Scholarship information

Eligibility
The scholarship is available to UK and international students (including EU).

Application process
For more information about the eligibility criteria, application process, and documentation needed, please visit the SWDTP website below:

• How do I apply for a studentship?

Deadline

Full Education PhD applications must be submitted by 12 noon (GMT) on Monday 2 December 2024. We will not accept any applications that have outstanding documents past this date.  Please ensure that you register your interest on your PhD application, when you submit it. Note: you do not have to have an offer of study by this date.

The funding application deadline is 12 noon (GMT) Tuesday 14 January 2025.  By this deadline applicants must have an offer to study and have submitted their SWDTP/ESRC applications to ed-phd@bristol.ac.uk

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Law is pleased to announce that there will be up to 7 fully-funded PhD scholarships across the Faculty for applicants showing exceptional research potential.

We actively encourage applications from all parts of the world, and from under-represented and non-traditional groups, both from within and outside of the UK. All applications, whether requiring home or overseas fees, will receive equal consideration.

Please see the Faculty’s website here for more information about the scholarship and how to apply.

Deadlines

Full Education PhD applications (including your registration of interest in the scholarship) to study must be submitted by 12 noon GMT Monday 2 December 2025.

We will not accept any applications that have outstanding documents past this date. Note: you do not have to have an offer to study at this point.

The funding application deadline is 12 noon GMT Friday 24 January 2025. By this deadline applicants must have an offer to study and must have submitted their funding application.

Eligibility

Students who are successful in securing an offer of study for the Education PhD will be considered for nomination for the CSC scholarship. If they are successful in securing nomination they will be provided with a formal nomination letter.

Application process
Please read the following information on the eligibility criteria and how to apply here. Please ensure that you register your interest on your PhD application, when you submit it.

Deadline

You must apply for the Education PhD by with a valid English language certificate by 12 noon (UK time) on Monday 2 December 2024.

Successful nominees should then apply directly to the China Scholarship Council by 31 March 2025.

This Japanese Studies Postgraduate Studentship Programme, funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, is designed to support the development of the study of Japan in the UK.  

The studentships are intended for support of PhD programmes only at the University of Bristol. This is a one-year studentship with the value of £15,000. Applications can be made in recurrent years of three years (although the Foundation cannot make a recurrent three-year commitment to any one PhD candidate at the outset).  

 Eligibility   

1. PhD applicants/candidates pursuing any aspect of Japanese studies (the primary focus of the thesis needs to be on Japan)  
2. All disciplines within arts, humanities, and social sciences  
3. Open to any nationality (including Japanese)   
4. Previous study of Japanese language is not a condition   

Application process
Prior to application, please contact Dr Misa Izuhara (M.Izuhara@bristol.ac.uk) at the School for Policy Studies for further details. Please ensure that you register your interest on your PhD application, when you submit it.

Deadline
Full applications to study must be submitted by Monday 3^rd March 2025. Applications that have outstanding documents will not be accepted past this date.  Note: you do not have to have an offer to study at this point.