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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Tuition fees waiver + £18,622
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
The University of Kent is pleased to offer EPSRC studentships starting in September to exceptional students undertaking PhD on a full-time basis, or to home students on a part-time basis. The University of Kent is committed to equality, diversity, widening participation and inclusion and they endeavour to recruit students from all walks of life.
They encourage enquiries and applications from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation and transgender status.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
These scholarships include a doctoral stipend (equivalent to the Research Councils UK National Minimum Doctoral Stipend; £18,622 for 2023/24) for 3.5 years, tuition fees at the home rate and access to further research support funding. If you are applying as an international candidate, Kent will waive the difference between Home and International fees.
Eligibility
- Successful candidates will demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding research potential.
- Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a first or upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, and ideally a Master’s degree or equivalent.The University of Kent requires all non-native speakers of English to read a minimum standard of proficiency in written and spoken English before beginning a postgraduate degree.The studentships are open to Home and Overseas (including EU) students. The number of international studentships awarded per cohort is capped by UKRI at 30%. To be classed as a Home student, candidates must meet the RCUK residency criteria
UK residential conditions:
- Be a UK National (meeting UKRI residency requirements), or
- Have settled status, or
- Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirement) or
- Have indefinite leave to remain or enter.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Please apply for a PhD for one of the following programmes Actuarial Science, Mathematics or Statistics and include the following:
select a suitable supervisor by contacting SMSAS staff with a matching research interest;
explain reasons for study/outline research proposal;
provide details/evidence of qualifications;
provide two academic references;
provide other personal information and supporting documentation..