DPT: Quantum Informatics (UoE lead with Heriot-Watt, Oxford, UCL, Strathclyde) (PhD with Integrated Study)

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 Programme Director.

Compulsory courses

Topics in Quantum Informatics

Quantum Informatics Group Project

Quantum Informatics Practical Orientation

Quantum Informatics Individual Project

Course options

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 the student¿s prior knowledge of quantum computing and must be agreed upon in advance with the Programme 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

Advanced Introduction to Quantum Computing

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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 Programme Director.

Have a look at these options, or find others, ahead of arrival, in the Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study. The precise selection is personal, and decided under guidance from your supervisor, but on average we expect you to sit up to 20 credits of courses in term 1 and 20 credits in term 2.

HPC Architectures

Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms

Accelerated Systems: Principles and Practice

Algorithms and Data Structures

Elements of Programming Languages

Computer Architecture and Design

Machine Learning

Computational Complexity

Introduction to Modern Cryptography

Quantum Cyber Security

Randomized Algorithms

Introduction to Quantum Programming and Semantics