The CIS Department’s research addresses and explores multiple distinctive research areas.

Prospective PhD students: Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil/PhD or MSc by research exist in all the areas identified below. Information about our current PhD opportunities may be obtained by contacting the Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange Professor Yifeng Zeng in the CIS department or from The Graduate School. 

Visiting scholars: We welcome visiting academics - please contact the Head of Department, Professor Shaun Lawson, in the first instance.

To access research outputs in this area and others, please visit Northumbria Research Link.

Find out more below about our research groups:


Computer and Information Sciences