Postgraduate Scholarships and Loans

Postgraduate Scholarships and Funding

News and Latest Awards

The University of Kent has a scholarship fund of over £12 million to support our taught and research students including funding from the UK Research Councils, subject and location-specific scholarships, philanthropic awards and discounts and scholarships for Kent alumni.

The funding links and pages below give more information about specific awards and the Scholarships Finder database allows you to make key word searches. In addition we recommend you check with the relevant Europe and centre or academic schools in case they have any additional information.

For links to subject specific awards, click 'Funding by subject' below.

 

Humanities and Social Sciences

Sciences

 

UK Research Councils

The UK Research Councils support postgraduate training and research through the awarding of valuable scholarships.

In general, Research Council scholarships provide UK candidates with tuition fees award plus a maintenance grant. For the 2018/19 academic year the standard maintenance grant will be £14,777.

EU residents (non-UK) can apply for tuition fee only awards. Non-EU residents are not eligible to apply.

These awards are highly competitive and candidates must apply via the University and meet strict deadlines; details of which are published on the relevant scholarship page.

To find out more about the application process and how successful candidates benefit from the funding take a look at these short films:

Research Council Funding at Kent – Prof Paul Allain, Dean of the Graduate School

CHASE (AHRC) – Stuart Morrison

SeNSS (ESRC) – Shazza Ali

The University of Kent makes every effort to ensure that the information contained in its publicity materials and webpage are fair and accurate.  However, information on funding is subject to change.  Full details of the University of Kent terms and conditions can be found at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/termsandconditions/

 

Scholarships Unit - © University of Kent

The University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ, T: +44 (0)1227 764000

Last Updated: 26/02/2019