University of Manchester Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship Awards 2023/2024 (Fully-funded)

The University of Manchester is please to announce the Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship Awards 2023/2024 open to students of all nationalities and across all research areas. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified applicants who wish to enroll for postgraduate research studies at the University for academic session.

The scholarship, hosted by the Faculty of Science and Engineering, is fully funded and covers the student’s tuition fees at the international rate, annual maintenance stipend equivalent and a fixed research training support grant per year.

Eligibility Criteria

Interested applicants seeking for University of Manchester Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship Awards are expected to meet the following conditions:

• Applicants from all nationalities
• Applicants must hold an offer to start a PhD programme in September 2022. Candidates who do not yet have an academic offer should get in touch with Faculty admissions team to discuss how to best progress a PhD application in time for the funding deadline. See `useful links’ for contacts.
• Applicants must hold (or be about to obtain) a first class honours undergraduate degree (or international equivalent).
• Ideally hold a master’s qualification at merit or distinction (or international equivalent)
• Applicants must meet English language entry requirements as specified by the Department that you are applying to;
• Have a track record of engaging with research. This may include contributions to publications / articles, promoting your research to a wider audience, prizes for research or project work.

Benefits

The scholarship is a fully funded award and includes:

• Tuition fees at the international rate
• Annual maintenance stipend equivalent to UKRI minimum stipend rate
• £1000 Research Training Support Grant per year

How to Apply

Dean’s Doctoral Scholarships operate on a nomination basis. Your supervisor will nominate you for consideration by the Faculty and in order to be considered, you must hold an offer for a place on one of our PhD programmes.

It is therefore essential that you apply for a place on the PhD programme of your choice as early as possible and that you specify in the funding section of your application form that you wish to be considered for the Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship funding.

Full details of our research projects can be found on the relevant Department web pages as well as information on how to apply for PhD programmes.