PhD AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility (ADA) at University of Surrey

Programme overview

Our AI-enabled Digital Accessibility (ADA) PhD programme supports pioneering research in merging AI advancements with human expertise - to improve digital accessibility for all, regardless of age, language, cognitive and sensory abilities. ADA will nurture the next generation of leaders in AI-enabled digital accessibility, uniting experts in engineering, computer science, social and cognitive science, and language, translation and design studies.

Duration: 4 years full-time; 8 years part-time | Study mode: full-time; part-time | Intake: October 2027, January 2028 | Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our ADA PhD gives you the opportunity to undertake an interdisciplinary research programme in conceptual, experimental and/or applied areas of AI-enabled digital accessibility. As a PhD student, you’ll become part of Surrey’s Leverhulme-funded Doctoral Scholarships Network for AI-enabled Digital Accessibility (ADA-DSN), putting you at the heart of a community of academics, postdoctoral researchers, industry representatives and advocates in this emerging field. Activities focused on developing interdisciplinary, cohesion, integration, team-working, team-building and practical skills.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants are expected to hold a first or upper-second-class (2:1) UK degree in a relevant discipline (or equivalent overseas qualification), or a lower-second (2:2) UK degree plus a good UK masters degree – distinction normally required (or equivalent overseas qualification). IELTS Academic 6.5 or above (or equivalent) with 6.0 in each individual category and at least 7.0 in the writing component

International applicants: GBP 22,700 a year (2027/28). Annual tuition fee, full-time route, October 2027 start; non-September starts attract a pro-rata fee in the year of entry Source

Intake: October 2027, January 2028

Duration: 4 years full-time; 8 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/doctoral-college/prospective-postgraduate-researchers/application-guidance

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