Studentships and Bursaries 2010/11
How to apply
To be eligible for this scholarship, candidates must make a formal application for postgraduate research study at the University of Kent. This can be done online.
When candidates send their application paperwork to the University of Kent they should include a covering letter stating that they would like to be considered for this University of Kent scholarship.
For further information, please contact:
- Ben Martin
Administrative Assistant
Kent School of Architecture
Marlowe Building
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NR
The School has an emerging but thriving research culture and is building up its postgraduate community. There is a weekly research seminar series centered on research students’ work, together with other research events organized around the CREAte research centre that hosts visiting lecturers and provides excellent research resources.
Staff across the school produce a range of publications in diverse media, from books to films and exhibitions and are involved in a number of group and individual research projects.
We are interested in applications in all areas of architecture and urbanism, history and theory and urban design. PhD by design is one of the innovative features of our MPhil/ PhD programme in architecture.
Entry Requirements
PhD candidates are normally expected to have completed, or be in the process of completing, an MA in the area of research being applied for. Applicants will normally be interviewed in relation to their proposal for doctoral research. You will be registered in the first instance for the degree of MPhil, and you will be expected to upgrade to PhD at the end of your first year of registration. Continuation of your studentship (in the case of University of Kent studentships) is subject to satisfactory progress.
MA Taught Candidates are normally expected to have, or be on course to attain, a 1st Class Undergraduate Degree, including a 1st Class mark for the dissertation. Studentships will be awarded to outstanding candidates who intend to continue with postgraduate research.
For more information on postgraduate funding, please visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding