MPhil and PhD degrees by research. In recent years, we have been very successful in attracting research funding and currently hold grants to a value of more than -1 million. Divisional research has attracted external support from BBSRC, EPSRC, DEFRA, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, the Scottish Executive, The Royal Society, The Nuffield trust and other funding agencies. Computing Science and Mathematics has scope for PhD studies in a number of areas, see the Topics tab above for more details. The MPhil and PhD in Computing Science and Mathematics are research training degrees. At the end of the programme the student will be able to demonstrate, via a written thesis, a range of abilities including: making a critical overview of a discipline, development of that knowledge into one or more specialisms, designing and executing research, investigative or development projects to deal with new problems and issues, applying a range of enquiry techniques, developing creative and original responses to problems and issues, and, communicating at an appropriate level to a range of audiences in a variety of contexts and for differing purposes.