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Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships at The University of Manchester

Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships at The University of Manchester

At The University of Manchester we're celebrating 200 years of achievement in research-driven learning, development and innovation with our prestigious, fully funded Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships.

This new £28 million initiative represents a major investment from the University to recruit and fund more than 200 early careers researchers between 2025/26 and 2026/27, in partnership with philanthropic support.

As a Bicentenary Postgraduate Researcher, you’ll contribute to the ongoing success of our University and the next two centuries of research excellence.

Discover more about the Bicentenary PhD Studentships available in each of our three Faculties, browse projects and learn how to apply:

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Join our mission to address the world's most pressing challenges in biology, medicine and health.

Pioneer the future of innovation and discovery, and conduct groundbreaking, multidisciplinary research that has real-world impact on the lives of people around the world with one of more than 70 Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships.

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

Research your passion in the place where the atom was split, graphene was discovered and AI was born.

You could receive one of our 45 Bicentenary PhD Studentships, engaging in interdisciplinary research across the Faculty in chemistry, computer science, engineering, physics, materials, mathematics, and earth and environmental sciences.

Applications open: From Friday 29 November

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Faculty of Humanities

Become part of a diverse community of more than 1,000 humanities postgraduate researchers exploring their life’s passion.

Our Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships will support 12 PhD researchers and 27 early career postdoctoral research fellows across disciplines as diverse as business, arts, languages and cultures, environment, education and development, and social sciences.

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