The Faculty of Social Sciences and Law is pleased to be able to offer a number of fully-funded and/or half-funded PhD scholarships to UK, EU and international applicants to the Sociology and the Politics PhD programmes showing exceptional research potential. Scholarships are renewable for up to 3 years (where offered full-time) subject to satisfactory progress.
Eligibility
New Home UK/EU and international postgraduate students studying full time for an PhD.
Applicants are expected to hold a 1st Class Honours Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree (UK or UK equivalent) in a relevant discipline. For those whose first language is not English, a minimum language proficiency score of IELTS 7.0 (Profile B) is required.
Value
Tuition fee and a maintenance stipend of the RCUK minimum per annum (full or half funded).
Closing dates
The closing date for SWDTP studentship applications is 12pm (GMT) 29th January 2019*
The University of Bristol PhD Scholarship deadline is TBC