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University of Warwick
Placed on: 28/08/2025 Salary: Please see advert for details
Closes 31 Dec
The University of Manchester - Materials
Placed on: 27/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 for 2025/26 annual tax-free stipend based on the UKVI stipend .Tuition fees will be paid
Closes 27 Nov
The University of Manchester - Computer Science
Placed on: 27/08/2025 Salary: £20,780
Closes 12 Sep
Manchester Metropolitan University
Placed on: 27/08/2025 Salary: Please refer to advert.
Closes 10 Sep
University of Birmingham - Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Placed on: 27/08/2025 Salary: Full funding is available
Closes 27 Nov
The University of Manchester - Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Placed on: 24/08/2025 Salary: £20,780
Closes 23 Nov
University of Greenwich - FES/CMS, Research Centre: CS2
Placed on: 22/08/2025 Salary: Bursary available (subject to satisfactory performance): Year 1: £19,237 (FT) or pro-rata (PT), Year 2: In line with UKRI rate, Year 3: In line with UKRI rate
Closes 05 Sep
University of Hertfordshire
Placed on: 22/08/2025 Salary: £20,780
Closes 07 Sep
Newcastle University
Placed on: 22/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 tax-free annual living allowance plus tax-free annual living allowance.
Closes 12 Sep
The University of Manchester - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Placed on: 21/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 for 2025/26
Closes 14 Sep
Technical University of Denmark - Department of Physics
Placed on: 21/08/2025 Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
Closes 21 Sep
Technical University of Denmark
Placed on: 20/08/2025 Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
Closes 17 Sep
University of Bristol - School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
Placed on: 20/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 for 2025/26. Standard EPSRC RTSG - £4900 over 3.5 years
Closes 30 Sep
University of Cambridge - Department of Computer Science and Technology
Placed on: 20/08/2025 Salary: Not specified.
Closes 02 Dec
University of Oxford - School of Archaeology and Faculty of Classics
Placed on: 20/08/2025 Salary: Funded doctoral studentship
Closes 19 Sep
University of Bristol - School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Placed on: 20/08/2025 Salary: £19,237 (increases each year). UK and EU citizens who have confirmation of UK settlement or pre-settlement status under the EU Settlement Scheme
Closes 30 Sep
Oxford Brookes University - Faculty of Health, Science and Technology - School of Biological and Medical Sciences
Placed on: 19/08/2025 Salary: £20,780
Closes 19 Sep
University of Warwick - Department of Statistics and Warwick Crop Centre
Placed on: 19/08/2025 Salary: UKRI rate stipend
Closes 17 Nov
University of Nottingham
Placed on: 19/08/2025 Salary: Not specified.
Closes 17 Sep
University of Bristol - CADE
Placed on: 19/08/2025 Salary: Minimum tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate is £20,780 for 2025/26.
Closes 30 Oct
Manchester Metropolitan University
Placed on: 18/08/2025 Salary: Only home tuition fees will be covered, which is £5,006 for the year 2025/26. Eligible international students will need to make up the difference in tuition fee funding (Band 3 £30,500 for the year 2025/26).
Closes 10 Sep
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main - Research Training Group “Aesthetics of Democracy”
Placed on: 15/08/2025 Salary: E 13 TV-G-U
Closes 14 Nov
The University of Manchester - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Placed on: 14/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Closes 13 Nov
University of Exeter - Engineering Department
Placed on: 13/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £20,780 per year
Closes 20 Sep
University of Exeter - Department of Biological Sciences (Streatham Campus)
Placed on: 13/08/2025 Salary: £20,780 per annum
Closes 15 Sep
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