Dean's Doctoral Scholarship

In order to be considered for this scholarship, candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Have submitted an application by the deadline for a PhD programme to start in September 2024.
• Hold (or expect to achieve) a First Class or 2:1 UK honours degree (or international equivalent).
• Ideally hold a master’s-level qualification at merit or distinction (or international equivalent).
• Meet English language entry requirements as specified by the department that you are applying to.
• Be able to demonstrate potential for academic research. This may include contributions to publications/articles, promoting their research to a wider audience, and prizes for research or project work.

We will only consider candidates who hold a formal offer for a place on one of our PhD programmes.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to the success of The University of Manchester, and are at the heart of all of our activities. We know that diversity strengthens our research community, leading to enhanced research creativity, productivity and quality, and societal and economic impact. We actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation and transgender status.

We also support applications from those returning from a career break or other roles. We consider offering flexible study arrangements (including part-time: 50%, 60% or 80%, depending on the project/funder).

All appointments are made on merit.

1. Choose your research project.
2. Find your supervisor.
3. This scholarship works on a nomination basis so it’s important you make sure you have had significant contact with your supervisory team during the application process and that they are aware that you wish to be considered for funding.
4. Complete your application prior to the advertised funding deadline (see key dates below). Specify in the funding section of your PhD application form that you wish to be considered for the Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship.
5. Each Department will be invited to nominate candidates to Faculty – if nominated you will then be invited to an interview.

Full details of how to apply for postgraduate research, where to find research projects and supervisors, and much more can be found on our getting started page.

Please direct any enquiries to the relevant postgraduate research contact in each Department.

All applicants for September 2024 entry have been informed on whether they have received a scholarship. If you have not heard anything, please contact our admissions team.

The Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship is not currently accepting applications. Please check back later in the year for further updates.