EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Neurotechnology

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Neurotechnology for Life and Health (the CDT) was established in 2014 to train a new generation of multidisciplinary researchers at the interface of neuroscience and engineering, to address the challenge of brain-related illnesses. 

Directed by Profs Simon Schultz, Bill Wisden and Paul Matthews, the CDT welcomed 5 cohorts of students between 2014 and 2018, researching over 60 projects and completing in June 2023.

Multidisciplinarity was key to CDT projects, each involving a team of supervisors, bringing complementary expertise. The CDT was highly successful in bringing together researchers across the Faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Medicine at Imperial, with investigators from multiple departments including Bioengineering, Brain Sciences, Chemistry, Computing, Design Engineering, Earth Sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Life Sciences, Materials, Mechanical Engineering, NHLI, Physics, Surgery & Cancer. In addition, the CDT involved industry and charity partners, as well as satellite research groups at the Crick Institute and the University of Oxford.

Although the CDT no longer admits students, the Department of Bioengineering offers a 1-year MRes programme in Neurotechnology.