You could receive funding for up to three and a half years.

This includes:

• tuition fees
• a training support fund of £1,000 each year
• a maintenance stipend at the UKRI minimum rate

You can apply for this award if you are a Home or International student, however, in line with guidance from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the number of awards available to International students will be limited to 30% of the total.

International students should note that a studentship award does not cover UK Student visa costs, or the cost of the mandatory UK Immigration Health Surcharge. These costs can be considerable, so we ask all International applicants to check these costs before applying and ensure they would be willing and able to cover these from their personal funds.

International applicants must satisfy all visa and immigration requirements, including successfully obtaining ATAS clearance if their offer of study confirms this is required.

Find out more about your tuition fee status.

Academic eligibility

You must have obtained, or be expected to obtain, at least an upper-second class (2:1) UK Honours degree, or the international equivalent, in a discipline appropriate to your intended research project. Some research projects may require a first-class UK Honours degree or a Master’s level qualification, or the international equivalent.

English language requirements

If English not be your first language, you must meet our English language entry requirement.

Programme expectations

You are expected to attend in person and be based at the University of Bath from the start of the programme (except during any placements).

The scheme opens in October each year and closes when all available studentships have been allocated.

All disciplines:

Applications are considered on a rolling basis for pre-defined, directly-funded projects, which will be advertised on our FindaPhD.com feed. The deadline for applying to each individual project, along with instructions on how to apply, will be given in each project advertisement.

Browse FindaPhD for available projects.

Departments of Mathematical Sciences and School of Management ONLY:

You may contact a supervisor to agree your own research project or apply for an advertised project.

See our application guidance for doctoral study.

We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability status.

For more information, please visit the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpage.

If you have circumstances that you feel we should be aware of that have affected your educational attainment, then please feel free to tell us about it in your application form. The best way to do this is a short paragraph at the end of your personal statement.