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Postgraduate research degrees (2013 entry)

PhD funding: 100 studentships available. Apply now!

100 PhD studentships

The University of Sussex is investing up to £6 million to support 100 PhD studentships across the arts, humanities, social sciences, science and engineering for outstanding research students in the academic year 2013-14. 

The funding is primarily made up of University-matched Research Council studentships, collaborative doctoral studentships, school-based awards and University-wide scholarships. The breadth and scope of the awards available will enable the University to attract the most talented students from around the globe.

For details of our PhD scholarships and to find out what awards are available in your subject area, visit our online funding database at Search funding opportunities.

Chancellor's International Research Scholarships

The University of Sussex is investing £5 million in 50 new Chancellor's International Research Scholarships to support development of our key interdisciplinary research areas:

• Culture and Heritage 
• Digital and Social Media 
• Environment and Health 
• Global Transformations 
• Mind and Brain 
• Security and Social Justice.

The scholarships are open to international (non-EU) students from any discipline and include payment of international tuition fees (non-EU rate) and living costs (£13,500 annually). The scholarships are for three years. Ten scholarships are available in 2013 and applications should demonstrate outstanding research potential/ability and identify with one of the above research areas.

For further details (including how to apply), visit Funding: Chancellor's International Research Scholarships (2013) or email our Doctoral School at E  doctoralschool@sussex.ac.uk

Research training and Doctoral School

Our MSc in Social Research Methods, run by the new Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Centre, is specifically designed to provide 1+3 training for those intending to move directly to doctoral study in relevant disciplines and interdisciplinary areas. It can also be taken as a stand-alone one-year course.

Our Doctoral School is a distinctive development at Sussex, operating alongside our schools of studies. The Doctoral School recognises that the more than 1,200 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers at Sussex are a fundamental part of the University's intellectual vitality and seeks to enable you to feel fully integrated as a member of the wider research community of the University.

Our Doctoral School hosts the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) through which the ESRC delivers support for postgraduate training. The Centre receives around £3.5 million in funding from the ESRC. With matched funding from the University, this provides up to 110 doctoral studentships over five years from October 2011. For more information, refer to 2013 Funding for postgraduate study.

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