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Degree Programme Table: Quantum Informatics (UoE lead with Heriot-Watt, Oxford, UCL, Strathclyde) (PhD with Integrated Study) - 4 Years (Full time) (PRPHDQUNTM1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
During the first year of this programme, students must complete 180 credits worth of taught courses. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have consulted the CDT Director.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Topics in Quantum Informatics

Must be passed at 50%

INFR11266 20 credits
Quantum Informatics Practical Orientation

Must be passed at 50%

INFR11267 20 credits
Quantum Informatics Group Project

Must be passed at 50%

INFR11268 20 credits
Quantum Informatics Individual Project

Must be passed at 50%

INFR11273 60 credits

Course options

CDT Quantum Informatics - Introduction Course

Select between 10 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students are required to take either Introduction to Quantum Computing (20 credits) or Advanced Introduction to Quantum Computing (10 credits), not both.

The appropriate course will depend on whether the student has prior knowledge of quantum computing and must be agreed upon in advance with the CDT Director.

Students who take Advanced Introduction to Quantum Computing (10 credits) will also be required to select an additional optional 10-credit course.
Selected courses must be passed at 50%
Introduction to Quantum Computing
INFR11256 20 credits
Advanced Introduction to Quantum Computing
INFR11297 10 credits
AND

CDT Quantum Informatics - Optional Courses

Select between 40 and 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
During the first year of this programme, students must complete 180 credits worth of taught courses. Before selecting your elective courses, please ensure you have consulted the CDT Director, where required.

The standard elective course options are linked below. Please review these to help decide your selection. On average, we expect you to sit up to 20 credits of elective courses in each semester.
HPC Architectures
EPCC11004 10 credits
Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
EPCC11007 10 credits
Accelerated Systems: Principles and Practice
EPCC11020 10 credits
Algorithms and Data Structures
INFR10052 10 credits
Elements of Programming Languages
INFR10061 10 credits
Computer Architecture and Design
INFR10076 20 credits
Machine Learning
INFR10086 20 credits
Computational Complexity
INFR11102 10 credits
Introduction to Modern Cryptography
INFR11131 10 credits
Quantum Cyber Security
INFR11187 10 credits
Randomized Algorithms
INFR11201 10 credits
Introduction to Quantum Programming and Semantics
INFR11242 10 credits
Fundamentals of Optimization
MATH11111 10 credits
Quantum Information
MATH11169 10 credits
Python Programming
MATH11199 10 credits
Topics in Mathematical Physics A
MATH11227 10 credits
Category Theory
MATH11237 10 credits
Digital Communication Fundamentals (MSc)
PGEE10019 10 credits
Advanced Coding Techniques (MSc)
PGEE11121 10 credits
Probability, Estimation Theory and Random Signals (PETARS) (MSc)
PGEE11164 20 credits
Machine Learning in Signal Processing (MSc)
PGEE11175 10 credits
Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics
PHYS10083 10 credits
Quantum Theory
PHYS11019 10 credits
Quantum Field Theory
PHYS11065 20 credits
AND

Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y

Select between 40 and 50 credits from Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Students are permitted to undertake courses from the wider DRPS Course Catalogue if justified and agreed with the CDT Director in advance. The non-standard elective course options are linked above.

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
This is the research phase of the PhD. There are no taught for-credit elements in year 2.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
This is the research phase of the PhD. There are no taught for-credit elements in year in year 3.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
This is the research phase of the PhD. There are no taught for-credit elements in Year 4.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

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