University of Portsmouth
PhD scholarships for October 2018

At Portsmouth we place huge value on research and innovation. We focus on creating solutions for the real world, tackling problems that have an impact on society, human life and our planet. This gives you the chance to work with staff at the forefront of their disciplines. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2014), over 60 per cent of research submitted by the University was rated as world leading and internationally excellent.

We’re offering funded PhD studentships across our five faculties for full-time PhD programmes starting in October 2018 and welcome applications for projects across a range of subject areas:

• Accounting, Economics and Finance
• Architecture, Civil Engineering and Surveying
• Art and Design
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical, Biomolecular and Pharmacy
• Business and Management
• Computing and Creative Technologies
• Dental Academy
• Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Education, Childhood and Youth Studies
• Engineering
• Film, Media and Performing Arts
• Geography
• Health Sciences and Social Work
• History, Sociology and Politics
• Law
• Mathematics
• Modern Languages and Area Studies (including European Studies, Development Studies, History and Sociology)
• Psychology
• Sports and Exercise Science

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Join an exceptional research community

With a thriving research community of more than 800 research students, there isn’t a better time to join one of the top universities in the UK for postgraduate research student satisfaction – we achieved 86% overall satisfaction according to PRES 2017.

A dedicated Graduate School

Our dedicated Graduate School is the first port of call for information for all postgraduate research students and supervisors. We support, administer and coordinate training for the MPhil, PhD and Professional Doctorate programmes. As a research degree student at the University of Portsmouth you will have access to the Graduate School Development Programme, which offers broad-based generic skills training with over 100 workshops on a wide range of topics. These popular and highly rated workshops support our students at all stages of their research degree

How to apply

1. Select a subject area above to see what funded opportunities are available
2. Apply online using our application form – please quote the relevant project code in your application form

Application deadlines

Faculty funded studentships and Portsmouth Global PhD scholarships: 11 February 2018 (midnight).

ESRC SCDTP: 22 January 2018 (noon) for University of Portsmouth applications and 31 January 2018 for SCDTP funding applications.

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