PhD studentships

We are delighted to announce 5 fully funded PhD Studentships for Home/EU students (with up to 1 available for overseas students), covering fees (£4,120 for 2017-18) plus stipend. Stipends will match standard EPSRC rates (£14,553 for 2017-18). Studentships are for a period of 3 years and start from 1st October.

If you are Chinese, we recommed you to apply for the China Scholarship Council Award. We also offer a wide range of funding opportunities for research students.

How to apply

You should apply via the Essex postgraduate applications site, ideally making contact with potential PhD supervisors before applying. Then prepare the necessary documents. You can also find out more about our current areas of research on our research areas page and on our staff profiles.