Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship

Description:

The University of Edinburgh will offer 30 scholarships for PhD Research Programme in any field of study offered by the University for the 2016-2017 academic session.

Each award covers the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU graduate student and that chargeable to an overseas graduate student.

The awards do not cover maintenance expenses.

Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.

Host Institution

University of Edinburgh, UK

Course level: PhD

Field of study:

Research Programme in any field of study offered at the University

Session starts: Sept 2016

Number of Awards: 30

Who is to apply: International students

Scholarship value/benefit:

Each award covers the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU graduate student and that chargeable to an overseas graduate student. The awards do not cover maintenance expenses.

Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.

Eligibility:

-The awards are open to overseas students commencing a PhD in any field of study in 2016-2017.

-Applicants must be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to overseas students and must have already applied for admission to a full-time PhD research programme of study.

-Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential.

-Although candidates with an upper second class honors Bachelor's degree (or the overseas equivalent) can be considered, in order to be competitive you should really have a first class Bachelor's degree supplemented by an excellent Master's degree.

-Other factors such as financial status, nationality and the proposed field of study are not taken into account.

-The University of Edinburgh will not generally consider candidates who have already obtained a PhD, or formal equivalent, as a result of direct research training.

-Students already on programme can not be considered for these awards.

 Application instructions:

To apply for a scholarship you must first apply for admission for an eligible programme of study at the University of Edinburgh. We recommend that applicants do this as early as possible and well in advance of the scholarship deadline.

Application deadline: 1 Febuary 2016 (annual)

Visit the official application page for more information andapplication.

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