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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Resilient digitalised critical infrastructure

Funding information:

Full UK/International Tuition fees UKRI Stipend at £19,237 p.a. (2024/25 rates) Up to £2,000 stipend enhancement £3,500 for Research Training Support.

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Exploring the links between cardiac arrhythmias and mitochondrial dysfunction

Funding information:

Home/UK fees covered, plus UKRI Standard Stipend p/a, currently at £19,237 for 2024-25.

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Unravelling the role of adventitial pericytes in thoracic aortic aneurysms

Funding information:

UKRI standard stipend (£19,237 for 2024-25) p/a.

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Learning Caching Strategies for Dynamic Workloads on Graph Databases

Funding information:

UKRI standard stipend (£19,237 p.a. 2024/25 rates) Full home tuition fees Research, training and support grant of up to £3,000 over the project.

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PhD in Post-Quantum Cryptography

Funding information:

UKRI standard stipend (£19,237 p.a. 2024/25 rates) Full home or overseas tuition fees (as applicable) Research, training and support grant of up to £3,000 over the project Funding available for 3.5 years (42 months).

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Deep-Learning for Scatter Tomography

Funding information:

Stipend of £25,000 per annum Generous top up on the UKRI standard rate of £19,237 UK tuition fees covered, research training grants

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Future Open SecuRe NeTworks (FORT) - Jointly with Queen’s University Belfast

Funding information:

Fully funded 4 year CDT Programme covers UK Tuition fees + minimum UKRI Stipend (currently £19,237 p.a.)+ Enhanced stipend payment of up to £2,500 + CDT training by the centre and each researcher will have an additional Research Training Support Grant worth approx. £3,700.

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Investigation into the impact of material properties on the gas transport behaviour of polyolefin materials

Funding information:

Funding covers a stipend of £20,000 pa (tax free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is available to cover travel, conferences, and consumables.

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PhD Studentship in Designing AI for Home Wellbeing through Participatory Design

Funding information:

UKRI standard stipend funded by University of Surrey (the current stipend is £19,237 per annum for 3.5 years, which will increase each year in line with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rate).A research training support grant of £3,000 total is available to cover travel, conferences, and consumables.

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Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship in AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility (ADA)

Funding information:

Fully funded 4 year studentship (48 months of full-time study) covers home or international tuition fees, maintenance at UKRI base levels (£19,237 for 2024/25) and £10,000 to support the individual student’s research and training needs.

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