Students' research should produce an original contribution in their chosen field of study. Students will work closely with their supervisor, a member of academic staff, who is their principal source of support. If students choose a research area that has interdisciplinary aspects, they may have more than one supervisor. In addition to regular supervision, students will be supported by a supervisory panel of three academic staff who provide further structured input and guidance.

Kent's world-leading researchers, in key areas such as systems security, programming languages, communications, computational intelligence and memory management, and in interdisciplinary work with biosciences and psychology, earned Kent an outstanding result in the most recent national research assessment.

This programme is taught and supervised by leading researchers who are experts in their fields. The School of Computing at Kent is home to several authors of leading computer science textbooks.