Neurotechnology is the use of insights and tools from mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and engineering to investigate neural function and treat dysfunction. Brain-related illnesses affect more than two billion people worldwide, and the numbers are growing. Reducing this burden is a major challenge for society. The Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) is training a new generation of multidisciplinary researchers at the interface of neuroscience and engineering, to address this challenge.

The CDT spans the Faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Medicine at Imperial, with investigators from multiple departments inclduing Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computing, Chemistry, Physics, Life Sciences, and Medicine (the Division of Brain Sciences).

Directed by Profs Simon Schultz, Bill Wisden and Paul Matthews, it typically admits 12-14 students per year. Each research project involves a team of supervisors, each of whom will bring complementary expertise to the project. In addition to researchers from across Imperial College, the Centre involves twenty industry and charity partners, as well as satellite research groups at the Crick Institute and the University of Oxford.