Program dossier
Department of Computer Science Computer Science 4 Year Programme MPhil/PhD
People to investigate
Foundational AI CDT Co-Director; faculty-fit lead only, with current MPhil/PhD supervision and capacity unverified
artificial intelligence, computer vision
Official Foundational AI CDT page lists Lourdes de Agapito Vicente as Co-Director, relevant to AI/computer vision.
Verify active Computer Science MPhil/PhD supervision and 2027 funding before outreach.
Foundational AI CDT Co-Director; faculty-fit lead only, with current MPhil/PhD supervision and capacity unverified
artificial intelligence, medical imaging, robotics
Official Foundational AI CDT page lists Danail Stoyanov as Co-Director, relevant to AI, medical imaging, and robotics.
Strong UCL medical-imaging/robotics AI fit; confirm accepting route and funding.
Professor; Foundational AI CDT Director
artificial intelligence, machine learning
Official Foundational AI CDT page lists David Barber as Director, relevant to foundational AI.
Good AI lead; topic fit less directly imaging-specific than Stoyanov.
Decision evidence
UCL Computer Science MPhil/PhD plus official AI-powered Medical Imaging route and Foundational AI faculty leads verified 🔗
Rolling applications; submit at least three months before the preferred start date; Fall 2027 date remains unpublished Europe/London
🔗UCL-RES includes maintenance stipend; amount depends on UCL-RES round and must be refreshed for 2027/28
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🔗UCL English Level 1 for Computer Science MPhil/PhD; alternate Medical Imaging route uses Level 2
🔗Level 1 exact score table TBD; recheck UCL English page before application
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🔗Identify proposed supervisor; research proposal; online UCL Select application; two references; transcripts/references in English or official translation; English evidence if required
🔗No application fee on retained official profile
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Institution profile
UCL Computer Science MPhil/PhD plus official AI-powered Medical Imaging route and Foundational AI faculty leads verified
UCL-RES includes maintenance stipend; amount depends on UCL-RES round and must be refreshed for 2027/28
UCL English Level 1 for Computer Science MPhil/PhD; health-insurance/visa IHS amount not captured; overseas tuition proxy GBP 34,700 for 2026/27
TBD / no application fee on retained profile
2026-08-04
Promoted from hold-funding to source-backed researching-funded-supervisor. Official UCL packet verifies Computer Science 4 Year Programme MPhil/PhD route, rolling application guidance, supervisor/research-proposal documents, UCL-RES competitive funding route, fee proxies, alternate AI-powered Medical Imaging route, and AI/medical-imaging faculty leads. Not shortlist-ready: Fall 2027 page not yet published, UCL-RES 2027/28 round not open, no programme-wide guarantee, health-insurance/IHS cost not captured, and Foundational AI CDT currently says not recruiting new PhD students. 🔗
Financial picture
UCL-RES is official competitive funding route covering full Home/Overseas tuition, maintenance stipend, and research costs up to GBP 1,200/year; no programme-wide guarantee 🔗
UCL-RES covers full Home/Overseas tuition for eligible awardees; otherwise 2026/27 fees are UK FT GBP 6,400, UK PT GBP 3,200, Overseas FT GBP 34,700, Overseas PT GBP 17,350
🔗UCL English Level 1 for Computer Science MPhil/PhD; health-insurance/visa IHS amount not captured; overseas tuition proxy GBP 34,700 for 2026/27
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