Featured byThe University of Edinburgh
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition fees + others
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
If you have a strong academic record of accomplishment at undergraduate or Masters level, and are highly motivated to pursue a PhD programme in the School of Informatics at The University of Edinburgh, you could be selected to receive a full PhD scholarship
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Informatics Global PhD Scholars will receive full financial support for the duration of their PhD studies, for up to 3 years. This will include:
Full funding of all tuition fees, including overseas fees if applicable.
An annual stipend at the rate set by the UKRI.
An additional research support fund of £2,000 per year for the first three years. This can be used for a variety of purposes approved by your supervisor including, but not restricted to, purchase of a laptop, attending conferences where you present a paper, and specialist software or equipment.
Eligibility
- Applicants who submit a programme application to one of the eligible Informatics PhD programmes will automatically be considered for this scholarship; there are no restrictions based on nationality or domicile.
Applicants must have applied to study full-time on one of the following eligible programmes within the School of Informatics:
- PhD Informatics: AIAI: Automated Reasoning, Agents, Data Intensive Research, Knowledge Management;
- PhD Informatics: ANC: Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Biology;
- PhD Informatics: LFCS: Foundations of Computer Science, Databases, Software & Systems Modelling;
- PhD Informatics: ICSA: Comp. Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication
- PhD Informatics: IPAB: Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics and Animation;
- PhD Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition.
Candidates must also meet certain minimum requirements for English language competency.
- Candidates should be in receipt of, or expected to obtain, a high academic award from their most recent degree.
- In practice, this means a 1st class UK degree or a distinction at UK Masters level in a relevant discipline.
- Students with non-UK qualifications should check the equivalence of their degrees.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
24 Nov 2024
Eligible applicants will be considered automatically for the Informatics PhD Scholarship as part of the School’s PGR selection process.