A postgraduate loan is available to Home fee payers to help you pay for your Master’s (MA/MPhil) course.

For more information about postgraduate loans, visit Student Finance England's (SFE’s) dedicated student finance zone on the Student Room. If you are an EU national, you should check your eligibility for a postgraduate loan before applying.

Details for 2023/24 to follow

Chevening is the UK government’s international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders.

Deadline: Please check link for country specific deadlines.

Details for 2023/24 to follow

The University of Bristol has a collaborative agreement with the China Scholarship Council to further the development of research collaborations between the UK and Chinese Universities and Research Institutions.

Successful candidates will receive tuition fees to cover the full period of the PhD, a stipend, a round-trip international airfare, visa and passport fees and high levels of research and professional skills training, coordinated by the Bristol Doctoral College.

Please click here for more information on this fantastic opportunity.

Deadline: CLOSED

The SWW DTP will be awarding a number of doctoral studentships in the Arts and Humanities for entry in September 2023. SWW DTP studentships are for three years as standard (or part-time equivalent).

In response to the new UKRI eligibility criteria, University of Bristol is pleased to announce that it will be offering International fee discounts for successful UKRI applicants. The fees will be discounted to the home fees level. This approach ensures that students regardless of nationality or financial means will be able to apply for our UKRI studentships (including those administered by the SWW DTP). Successful applicants will receive a fully-funded studentship and will not be charged the international fee difference.

Please apply for the studentship via the SWW DTP website. These scholarships are for students commencing their studies in September 2023, as well as those that have already commenced doctoral study. Please check the SWW DTP Edigibility Guidlines before applying.

Deadline: CLOSED

The University of Bristol and the Faculty of Arts are pleased to be able to offer a number of PhD Scholarships to candidates commencing their PhD research in September 2023 that demonstrate exceptional research and teaching potential.

We will also be offering a number of Research Scholarships with Gratuate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) to cadidates demonstrating and articulating a clear teaching philosophy/vision.

Both scholarships are renewable for up to four years (full-time) or eight years (part-time), subject to satisfactory progress in the Scholar's research project and/or teaching.

Further details (including eligibility and funding awarded) can be found on our University of Bristol Postgraduate Research Scholarships web page.

Deadline: CLOSED

Opportunity Bristol provides financial support to UK students from Black backgrounds to undertake a research-related Masters degree (e.g. MPhil, MRes, etc.).

Opportunity Bristol offers up to six scholarships to Black students. It provides funding for research-focused Masters programmes and will help successful awardees to gain the research skills and experience needed to apply for funded doctoral research opportunities in the future.

Applications are now open for applicants who want to start their studies in the 2023/24 academic year. For more information on eligibility criteria and how to apply, please see the Opportunity Bristol web page.

Deadline: CLOSED

This four-year award is open to students embarking on PhD research starting in September 2023 in any aspect of the History of Hong Kong. We are looking for applicants interested in pursuing original research to be supervised by members of the Hong Kong History Centre and associated staff in the Department of History (including but not limited to Professor Robert Bickers, Dr. Vivian Kong, and Professor Ray Yep), and who also share a vision for public engagement of the discipline.

The studentships are funded by a generous donation from the Hatton Trust, as part of the Hong Kong History Centre established at the University of Bristol (http://www.hkhistory.net/). Building on the work of Hong Kong History Project, the new Centre encourages and facilitates the study of the history of Hong Kong in the UK, and collaborates with partners in Hong Kong and internationally. Possible doctoral projects could focus on any sub-discipline of history, with a focus on Hong Kong, that could be provided with expert supervision from Hong Kong History Centre staff or other members of the Department of History. It is expected that the project would require Chinese language skills.

Alongside their research, the students will help with aspects of public engagement coordinated by members of the team.

Location: Department of History
Eligibility: Home and Overseas students
Start date: September 2023
More information (including how to apply): Hong Kong History Studentship further details (PDF, 118kB)

Deadline: 5pm GMT, Tuesday 14 February 2023

The University of Bristol is funding one PhD scholarship in the field of modern ‘South Asian Studies’ in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law to start in September 2023.

The studentship is only available to applicants who apply with projects that are cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary in scope between the Humanities and Social Sciences, studying on-campus on a full-time basis. They will be co-supervised between two supervisors, one based in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, and one based in the School of Humanities (History, History of Art, English, or Religion and Theology) in the Faculty of Arts.

Prospective students must identify and secure the written support of two supervisors - one from each of the two different Schools before they submit their application. There is a list of potential supervisors at the bottom of the further information document linked below. This document also includes details regarding the funding awarded and how to apply.

Location: School of Humanities & School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
Eligibility: Home and Overseas students
Start date: September 2023
More information (including how to apply): South Asia Studentship 2023 further details (PDF, 160kB)

Deadline: 12 noon GMT, Monday 27 February 2023

The University of Bristol is funding two PhD scholarships in the field of ‘Transformative Research in Immersive Arts and Technologies’ in the Department of Theatre and Performance (Faculty of Arts) and the Department of Computer Science (Faculty of Engineering) to start in September 2023.

These two studentships available at the University of Bristol will develop projects which explore the intersection between culture and creative technologies and explore transformative digital research. They are only available to applicants who apply with projects that are cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary in scope between immersive art and computer science, studying on-campus on a full-time basis. They will be co-supervised between two supervisors, one based in the Department of Theatre and Performance in the Faculty of Arts, and one based in the Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering.

Prospective students must identify and secure the written support of two supervisors - one from each of the two different Schools before they submit their application. There are links to lists of potential supervisors included in the further information document linked below. This document also includes details regarding the funding awarded and how to apply.

Location: Department of Theatre and Performance & Department of Computer Science
Eligibility: Home and Overseas students
Start date: September 2023
More information (including how to apply): Immersive Arts and Technologies studentship further details (PDF, 152kB)

Deadline: 12 noon GMT, Monday 6 March 2023