Chemistry Tercentenary International PhD Scholarships

The School of Chemistry will offer a maximum of ten scholarships students starting a full-time PhD programme in the 2019-2020 academic session.

The Chemistry Tercentenary International PhD Scholarship scheme helps outstanding research students from outside the United Kingdom and European Union to study in the School of Chemistry by providing for some of the costs of their training and supervision.

Awards

Each scholarship will have a value of £5,000 per annum and will be deducted from your tuition fees and will be tenable for three years. These awards cannot be held concurrently with any other fully-funded scholarship.  They can, however, be combined with other partial funding (up to £8,000).

A number of awards are available through our Centres of Doctoral Training (CDT's).  Further infomation can be found here : Studentships 

Eligibility

The scholarships are offered to applicants who are liable for the overseas rate of tuition fees and starting a full-time PhD programmes in the School of Chemistry in 2019-2020, with start dates between 1 September 2019 and 1 June 2020. The Supervisor with which you wish to study must support your application.

Criteria

The studentships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit with candidates requiring the equivalent of a first-class honours degree or upper second-class honours degree from a recognised university or institution. Non-native English Language speakers must meet the University entry requirements of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Application

Applications for this scholarship are no longer being accepted for 2019-2020 as the 28th February deadline has now passed.

Selection Procedure

The School Scholarships Allocation Committee will meet in  March 2019 to select the studentship holders. Successful applicants will be advised as soon as possible after the awards have been allocated.