The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures is a major UK initiative delivering an unmatched level of expertise and cutting-edge facilities for PhD training in acoustics.

Led by the University of Salford in collaboration with the Universities of Bristol, Sheffield, and Southampton, the CDT programme works with over fifty project partners from industry and government to deliver training for the next generation of researchers who will transform how society understands, manages, and designs sound.

Funded to train 70+ PhD students across our four partner universities, we welcomed our first CDT cohort in 2025 and are now recruiting our second cohort to begin in September 2026.