International PhD Research Studentships in Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool will grant full tuition waiver to a small number of highly qualified non-EU nationals with BSc or MSc degrees from top universities worldwide admitted onto its PhD programme. The UK Government ranks the Chemistry Department 2nd best overall in the country and 1st in its quality of scientific output (REF 2014). The Department hosts several unique research centres, including the new £65M Materials Innovation Factory and the Leverhulme Centre in new materials.

The students admitted onto this programme will:

1. Receive full waiver of tuition and student fees for up to 42 months as long as they make adequate progress to degree.
2. Not be required to demonstrate (teach).

Click here for full eligibility requirements. Interested applicants who meet the requirements should email a single pdf file containing (in this order):

• 1 page covering letter, describing how the applicant meets the requirements of the programme and details of any prior communication with potential PhD advisors at Liverpool,
• a CV (2 page maximum),
• a full or partial undergraduate transcript (first an official English translation followed by documents in the language of issue; MSc students should also submit their BSc certificate/diploma),
• results of any tests taken (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL and/or GREs)

to Roman Boulatov (boulatov@liv.ac.uk) for initial review. Eligible candidates will be interviewed and shortlisted applicants will then be requested to apply through the University postgraduate application system and pass the English proficiency test if needed.

PRC nationals: Students admitted onto this programme will receive an offer of admission which makes them eligible to apply for the China Scholarship Council fellowship. The CSC fellowship, however, is NOT a pre-requisite for admission to this programme.

Deadlines: The program has no deadline: applications are reviewed as they are received. Applicants interested in applying for the CSC fellowship are strongly encouraged to submit their application materials to Roman Boulatov by December 1, which will enable them to be considered for the Liverpool-CSC fellowship nomination thus increasing their chances of obtaining the fellowship.

Please contact Roman Boulatov (boulatov@liv.ac.uk) with any questions about this programme.