If you are applying for doctoral study in humanities, management, engineering or science, you may be eligible for the University Research Studentship Award.
Find out how much funding is available.
You could receive funding for up to:
Funding includes:
Find out if you are eligible for this funding.
You can apply for this studentship if you are a Home student.
In determining Home student status, we follow the UK government’s fee regulations and guidance from the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA). You can find more information within our fee status guidance.
Very limited opportunities may be available for academically excellent international students to receive an award. Given the highly competitive nature of these awards, international candidates are advised to discuss opportunities with their intended Bath supervisor before applying.
Find out how to apply for URSA funding. You will need to follow a different process depending on which Faculty or School runs the PhD programme for which you wish to apply.
In all cases, when completing the application form, you must select ‘University of Bath URSA’ from the drop-down menu in the ‘Funding your studies’ section. If you do not follow this instruction, there will be a delay with the processing of your application which may cause you to miss the deadline.
Find an available project or projects on our FindAPhD feed. You'll find application instructions within each project advert.
We also welcome applications from exceptional students with research proposals of their own design.
One URSA studentship per year is reserved for an applicant holding Refugee, Humanitarian Protection, or Asylum Seeker status as the Doctoral Sanctuary Studentship in Engineering and Design.
In Humanities & Social Sciences only, the URSA competition is run in tandem with the ESRC SWDTP competition.
Read guidance on applying for the ESRC SWDTP and URSA competition.
We welcome applications from exceptional students with research proposals of their own design as well as students to apply in response to advertised projects.
Find an available project or projects, with application instructions, on our FindAPhD feed.
Read about applying for ESRC SWDTP, URSA, and GRS funding.
Find an available project or projects on our FindAPhD feed. You'll find application instructions in each project advert.
Find out when you should submit your application.
Now open for entry in the 2024/25 academic year.
Applications close on 21 January 2024 at 23:59 GMT.
Now open for entry in the 2024/25 academic year.
Applications close on 12 January 2024 at 12:00 Noon GMT.
Now open for entry in the 2024/25 academic year.
Applications close on 12 January 2024 at 12:00 Noon GMT.
Now open for entry in the 2024/25 academic year.
Applications close on 10 December 2023 at 23:59 GMT
If you have any questions about doctoral funding, get in touch.