Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC

These scholarships include a doctoral stipend (equivalent to the Research Councils UK National Minimum Doctoral Stipend; £18,622 for 2023/24) for 3.5 years, tuition fees at the home rate and access to further research support funding. If you are applying as an international candidate, Kent will waive the difference between Home and International fees.

The deadline for this scholarship for 2023/24 has passed. Details for 2024/25 will be published here when available

Successful candidates will demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding research potential.

Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a first or upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, and ideally a Master’s degree or equivalent.

The studentships are open to Home and Overseas (including EU) students. The number of international studentships awarded per cohort is capped by UKRI at 30%. To be classed as a Home student, candidates must meet the RCUK residency criteria.

UK residential conditions:

• Be a UK National (meeting UKRI residency requirements), or
• Have settled status, or
• Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirement) or
• Have indefinite leave to remain or enter.

The University of Kent requires all non-native speakers of English to read a minimum standard of proficiency in written and spoken English before beginning a postgraduate degree. For more information on English language requirements, please visit this page.

The University of Kent is pleased to offer EPSRC studentships starting in September 2023 to exceptional students undertaking PhD study in the following schools:

• Division of Natural Sciences
  
  • School of Chemistry and Forensic Science
  • School of Physics and Astronomy
• Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
  
  • School of Computing
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Mathematics and Actuarial Science

on a full-time basis, or to home students on a part-time basis.

Click on the links above to find details of our research areas, supervisors and potential PhD topics.

The University of Kent is committed to equality, diversity, widening participation and inclusion and we endeavour to recruit students from all walks of life. We encourage enquiries and applications from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation and transgender status.

Enquiries should be directed to the relevant Postgraduate Admissions team: studypgnats@kent.ac.uk for schools in the Division of Natural Sciences, and cemsadmissions@kent.ac.uk for schools in the Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.