Quantum Information Science and Technologies
(PhD) Quantum Information Science and Technologies
Entry for 2025
FHEQ level
This course is set at Level 8 (Doctoral) in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
Course learning outcomes
Cognitive Skills:
Demonstrate an advanced, systematic and detailed understanding of the fundamental laws and principles applicable to quantum information science and technologies.
Cognitive Skills:
Synthesise the relevant physical principles needed to solve a variety of problems in order to translate the problems into mathematical statements or computationally answerable questions.
Practical Skills:
Create and interpret new knowledge through original research or other advanced scholarship, of a quality to satisfy peer review, in order to extend the forefront of the discipline, and merit publication
Practical Skills:
Conceptualise, design and implement a project for the generation of new knowledge, applications or understanding at the forefront of the discipline, and to adjust the project design in the light of unforeseen problems.
Practical Skills:
Apply a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of quantum information science and technologies.
Transferable Skills:
Translate real world problems into scientifically answerable questions in order to apply a range of theoretical and/or experimental skills to solve the given problem.
Transferable Skills:
Make informed judgements on complex issues and be able to communicate their ideas and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences
Transferable Skills:
Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex and unpredictable situations, in professional or equivalent environments.
Full-time course composition
| Year | Term | Status | Module | Credits | FHEQ level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autumn Semester | Option | Data Analysis Techniques (890F3) | 15 | 7 |
| Spring Semester | Option | Monte Carlo Simulations (L7) (865G1) | 15 | 7 | |
| Practical Quantum Technologies (893F3) | 15 | 7 | |||
| Teaching Topics in Quantum Information Science and Technologies (QIST) (990F3Q) | 5 | 7 |
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