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13 December 2007
Sheffield offers new PhD scholarships
The University of Sheffield is making a major investment in developing its postgraduate research community. 60 University Studentships and 25 new ORS (Overseas Research Students) awards are being offered for 2008 entry.
The Studentships will provide tuition fees at the UK/EU rate, a maintenance grant of either £6,450 or £12,900 per annum, and a Research Training Support Grant. Awards are open to UK, EU and international applicants. International applicants will need to have the funding to cover the difference between the UK and international students tuition fee.
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Further information and application forms are available at:
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Deadline for applications: 1 February 2008
International students are also eligible to apply for the Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award Scheme. This scheme provides a maintenance grant and funding to pay the difference between the international and UK/EU research student tuition fee. These awards are granted annually, on a competitive basis, to attract high quality international students to undertake postgraduate research.
Further information and application forms are available at:
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Deadline for applications: 8 February 2008
The University of Sheffield is a one of the top-ranked research-led universities in the UK. Here are some reasons why:
• In the most recent RAE, 35 departments achieved top rating of 5 or 5* for internationally recognised research – the 6th highest in the UK
• 5 Nobel Prize winners associated with the University
• Research partners include global companies such as Boeing, Rolls-Royce and Novartis
• A founder member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), a consortium of 13 research-led universities in the UK, USA and China
• In the UK top 10 for number of PhD students
• One of the first to create a Research Training Programme (RTP) over 12 years ago
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An investment of more than £100 million has seen major developments across all research areas. These include:
• £20 million investment in the new North Campus: a major new multidisciplinary complex providing 18,000 square metres of research space
• £11 million investment in a Biomedical Sciences Research Facility
• £5.7 million investment in the Informatics Collaboratory of the Social Sciences: introducing a radical new approach to social science research by creating a focus for advancing social policy at regional, national and European levels
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