Applications are sought from exceptional UK and overseas graduates and are particularly welcome in the following areas:
- business and management
- computer science
- cultural policy and management
- economics
- engineering and mathematics
- food policy
- information science
- international politics
- language and communication science
- law, justice and journalism
- music
- nursing and midwifery
- optometry and visual science
- psychology
- sociology
Each University Doctoral Studentship provides:
- An annual bursary (15,000 for 2011/12, expected torise in line with inflation in subsequent years)
- A full tuition fee waiver
- A one-off allowance of 1,000. This may be used across the three-year period to cover the cost of attending conferences, purchasing equipment orother activity in support of the research.
Continuation of the award after the first year is subject to confirmation from the relevant School of satisfactory progress by the student. Recipients will usually be expected to undertake some form of teaching support activity in their second and third years as part of the bursary arrangements, by agreement with the School concerned. Support for the development of research skills is also provided.
Please note that while applications for research degrees at City can usually be made at any time of year, University Doctoral Studentships are awarded only once a year.
