SUPA is a pooling of physics research and post-graduate education in 8 Scottish universities: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot Watt, St Andrews, Strathclyde and West of Scotland.
SUPA, supported by the Scottish Funding Council, is focussed on seven research themes: Astronomy & Space Physics, Condensed Matter & Materials Physics, Energy, Nuclear & Plasma Physics, Particle Physics, Photonics, Physics & Life Sciences.
The Graduate School offers world-class postgraduate education and training to doctoral students registered in SUPA departments. 570 students currently take classes under the curriculum, with around 120 students joining the programme each year.
Each year the Graduate School runs a SUPA Prize PhD Studentship competition, which sees hundreds of applications from many countries. Click here to visit the SUPA Prize Studentship competition page. The SUPA member departments also run taught MSc courses.
PhD Students are expected to take 40 hours of physics studies and 20 hours of generic skills training, at a minimum, during the first two years of their study. Click here for further course information and here for the current timetable.
The Graduate School also provides funding to support events and visits by distinguished visitors.
SUPA KT’s mission is to increase commercial engagement between SUPA and industry. This will generate revenue for SUPA and will allow commercial exploitation of research to the benefit of the economy of Scotland and beyond.
We have a number of case studies where SUPA research has benefitted our industrial partners.
SUPA has four mechanisms to help companies work with SUPA researchers:
SUPA KT has also examined the current needs and future opportunity for commercial engagement in three Market Sector reviews in Defence and Security, the Life Sciences and Medical Imaging.
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