Studentships

Browse our frequently updated list of funded studentships open for applications. You may also be eligible to apply for other funding opportunities offered by the Doctoral College.

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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – inclusive digital tours: understanding quality of experience for disabled and neurodivergent heritage visitors with the National Trust and University of Surrey

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The award pays tuition fees up to the value of the full-time fee (Home/International) and will be required to reside in the UK until completion of the PhD. The award also pays an annual stipend for all students, both home and international students. This stipend is tax free, and is the equivalent of an annual salary, enabling the student to pay living costs. The UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend is £21,805. There is also a CDP maintenance payment of £600 per year.
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Joint University of Surrey and A*STAR PhD studentships

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Whilst the candidate is in the UK, University of Surrey funding will include UKRI-aligned stipend (£17,668 pa for 2025-6) and approved fees. When the candidate relocates to Singapore, A*STAR will provide funding consisting of: a stipend of SGD 3600/month, housing subsidy of SGD300/month, a one-time airfare grant to Singapore of SGD 1,500, a one-time settling-in allowance in Singapore of SGD 1,000, a one-time IT allowance of SGD 800, medical insurance and a conference allowance.
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Population-based indirect damage detection system for railway bridges

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Home Fees (only) and UKRI Standard Stipend (£21,805 for 2026/27 academic year) and RTSG (Research Training Support Grant) of £8,000.Please note: international students are welcome to apply, however, the funding available will cover home fees only, and any difference would need to be met through self-funding.
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Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogel (FRESH) additive manufacturing of sustainable porous calcium phosphate scaffolds for hard tissue engineering

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Fully funded studentship opportunities covering home university fees and UKRI standard rate stipend (£21,805 for 2026/27 academic year).
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Surrey Business School PhD studentships

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Fully funded PhD studentship opportunities covering home or international fees and monthly stipend. UKRI standard stipend is currently £21,805 per annum for 2026/27 academic year.
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Multi-agent AI for software-defined traffic control in satellite networks

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Fully funded studentship opportunity covering home university fees, additional research training, travel funds and UKRI standard rate (£21,805 for 2026/27 academic year).
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Tourism skills for growth: developing an evidence base for the United Kingdom

Funding information:

Fee waiver covering home or international fees for 36 months. Please note that this offer does not include a monthly stipend, visa or accommodation fees.
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QoE-driven agentic AI for automated bug discovery in video games (collaborative doctorate with Sony Interactive Entertainment)

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Home or International fees for 42 months. UKRI standard stipend £20,780 pa (42 Months) RTSG: £1,500 per year. Additional conference funding (up to £3,000) may be available, subject to approval.
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Near-resonance-informed parallel methods for nonlinear oscillatory PDE models

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Fully-funded studentship opportunities covering home and international university fees, additional research training, travel funds and UKRI standard rate (£21,805 for 2026/27 academic year).
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PhD in Nuclear Physics

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£24,805 per annum stipend.
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Quantum algorithms for nuclear level densities

Funding information:

UKRI Standard Stipend plus £3,000 pa uplift.
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Robust, certified, and scalable federated machine unlearning for privacy-preserving AI

Funding information:

Fully funded studentship opportunity covering home university fees, additional research training, travel funds and UKRI standard rate (£21,805 for 2026/27 academic year).
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