Postgraduate Scholarships and Funding

News and Latest Awards

The University has a multimillion-pound scholarship fund to support our taught and research students including funding from the UK Research Councils, subject and location-specific scholarships, and discounts and scholarships for Kent alumni.

The links below give more information about specific awards and the Scholarships Finder database allows you to filter and make keyword searches. In addition, we recommend you check with the relevant European centre or academic school in case they have any additional information. The Graduate School website has more information about how to fund your PhD, including through Doctoral Training Partnerships.

ESRC SeNSS scholarship

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) consortium, created to support outstanding Research in the Social Sciences.
CHASE Arts & Humanities scholarship

Funded by the AHRC, the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership funds up to 56 Arts and Humanities studentships annually.
ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership

Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) ARIES offers scholarships to train postgraduate research students to become 21st-century scientists and leaders.
Engineering and Physical Sciences scholarships

Funded from our EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Grant, Kent offers scholarships in Physical and Engineering sciences.
GCDC doctoral scholarships

Kent invites applications for 8 GCDC doctoral scholarships for interdisciplinary research designed to address the economic and social problems faced by developing countries.

Postgraduate Scholarships
Research Council Funding
Alumni Awards

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

Kent Alumni Awards

Kent values its graduates and alumni and is pleased to offer a variety of funding exclusively for them. (Please note eligibility criteria apply to all awards).

Alumni Research Scholarship

Covers fees and maintenance, open to all full-time applicants.

Templeman Scholarship

Covers fees, open to all full time applicants.

Graduate School Scholarship

£1000 fee discount, for graduates.

Loyalty Discount

10% discount off first year tuition fees.

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/

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Last Updated: 10/02/2020

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