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PhD Studentship: Decommissioning Cultures and Communities: understanding culture change from operation to decommissioning in a large nuclear facility (NDA funded)
Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £22,442 UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least the UKRI minimum stipend
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 24 Jun
PhD studentship in the Population Health Sciences Institute: Exploring the Impact of Heavy Drinking in Older Adults on Healthcare Costs
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 annual stipend (living expenses) and 100% of home tuition fees paid
Date Placed: 15 May
Closes 12 Jun
Doctoral Student
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Location: Frankfurt am Main
Salary: £2,770.93 per month gross
Date Placed: 15 May
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship: Latin American Studies: Women Walkers in Latin America
Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Funding: A full studentship will cover UK tuition fees, and a stipend (£21,805 p.a. in 2026/27, updated each year) for 3 years
Date Placed: 14 May
Closes 14 Jun
PhD Studentship: Tackling Health Inequalities in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Health Services Management Centre
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 14 May
Closes 29 May
ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship: Longitudinal prediction of children’s health and wellbeing outcomes from early years assessments
Aston University and University of Birmingham
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Aston University, Birmingham
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 12 May
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship for Project Reconciling Ownership and Democracy within Land-use Transformations
University of Southern Denmark
Location: Odense
Salary: monthly salary including pension + office facilities and financial support for conference travels and research visits
Date Placed: 11 May
Closes 27 May
PhD Studentship: Institutional Cultures and Citizen Engagement for Net Zero Decision Making
Civil Engineering and Management
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate and tuition fees will be paid.
Date Placed: 11 May
Closes 09 Jul
PhD Studentship: Feedback conversations that improve prescribing practices: a sociomaterial study in the UK and Australia – PhD (Funded)
HLS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees + annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year, matched to UKRI stipend
Date Placed: 08 May
Closes 01 Aug
PhD Studentship: Reimagining just and low-carbon immersive futures
College of Arts, Technology and Environment
UWE, Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-exempt stipend, which is currently £20,780 (2025/26) per annum. In addition, full-time tuition fees will be covered for up to three years (Home)
Date Placed: 08 May
Closes 12 Jun
PhD Studentship: Apprenticeship Provision in South Yorkshire: Improving Opportunities for Young People
Sheffield University Management School
University of Sheffield
Location: Sheffield
Salary: Fully funded 3.5 years scholarship covering Home or International tuition fees, and a stipend at the basic UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27)
Date Placed: 07 May
Closes 26 Jun
ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship: Deteriorating Unnoticed in Digital Health: Inequality and the Human Dimensions of Telehealth in Care Homes
De Montfort University and These Hands Academy Ltd
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: De Montfort University, Leicester
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 07 May
Closes 25 May
PhD Studentship: Care-full Digital Mobility
College of Arts, Technology and Environment
UWE, Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-exempt stipend, which is currently £20,780 (2025/26) per annum. In addition, full-time tuition fees will be covered for up to three years.
Date Placed: 05 May
Closes 12 Jun
PhD Studentship: Enabling Circular Business Models for a more Sustainable Healthcare System - PhD Funded by the NHS Scotland Circular Economy Programme (Scottish Government) and Department of Management, University of Exeter Business School
University of Exeter – Business School
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter, Hybrid/On-site
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 08 Jun
PhD Studentship in Exploring Barriers to PGR Access and Progression for Black and Minoritised Ethnic Students: An Intersectional, Mixed‑methods Study with Codesigned Interventions
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rate)
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 27 May
UWS Vice-Chancellor & Match-Funded Studentships 2026
University of the West of Scotland
Location: Glasgow
Salary: UK fees & annual stipend currently £21,805
Date Placed: 24 Apr
Closes 15 Jun
PhD Studentship on Justice and Energy Transitions with Emphasis on Critical Minerals
African Leadership Centre
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Stipend: £23,805 per year (paid at UKRI rate). Tuition fees: Full home tuition fees. Other: Research allowance of £1350 per year
Date Placed: 23 Apr
Closes 25 May
PhD Studentship: Tourism Skills for Growth: Developing an Evidence Base for the United Kingdom
Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM)
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Partially & directly funded for this project only. Funding is for 36 months. Fee waiver covering home or international fees for 36 months. Please note this offer does not include a monthly stipend, visa or accommodation fees
Date Placed: 21 Apr
Closes 08 Jun
PhD Studentship: Creativity and Friction: Designing for Reflective Creative Practices in Human-AI Interactions
Informatics
University of Sussex
Location: East Sussex, Falmer
Salary: For 3.5 years, you will receive a tax-free stipend at a standard rate of £21,805 per year and your fees will be waived (at the UK or International rate). In addition, to a one-off Research and Training Support Grant of £2,000
Date Placed: 21 Apr
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentships 2026
Graduate School
Birmingham Newman University
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 15 Apr
Closes 31 May
Joint NIHR PhD Studentship - Understanding Pathways of Care for People with Multiple Long-term Conditions (MLTC) in NHS Hospital Care
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 15 Apr
Closes 24 May
Closes 31 Aug
Early Notice of Forthcoming Call for Applications for the Doctoral Programs (2026/27)
Scuola Superiore Meridionale
Location: Naples
Salary: £16,526.12 p.a.
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Expires 17 Jun

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