Partially Funded PhD Scholarships at University of Edinburgh 2019-2020

The University of Edinburgh is offering overseas students 30 PhD Global Research Scholarships for the academic year 2019-2020.

Eligibility

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

Academic Merit

• Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential.
• Although candidates with an upper second class honours 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.

Excluding Factors

• 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 a PhD programme cannot be considered for these awards.
• Please also note that if you have applied for consecutive registration where you will start your Master's programme of study in 2019 and your PhD the following year in 2020, that you will not be eligible to apply for an award in 2019.
• Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships cannot be held concurrently with fully-funded scholarships such as a Commonwealth Scholarship, or a Marshall Scholarship.

About University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city of Edinburgh, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university.