Faculty of Management and Law PhD Scholarships

Eligibility criteria

• Candidates should have, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class UK honours degree and a Master’s degree with a minimum average of 60% and the dissertation score above 65%, or equivalent
• Candidates whose first language is not English must meet one of the following English language requirements:
  • IELTS: Scores of at least 6.5 or more in each section and an overall score of 7.
  • TOEFL Internet based: an overall score of 100 with the following minimum scores of Listening 21, Reading 21, Speaking 23, Writing 22.
• Awards are open to UK, EU and international applicants who choose to study full-time at University of Bradford Faculty of Management and Law (Note: International students need to pay the balance of international fee).

Applicable courses

• Full-time PhD programmes at the School of Management, October 2017 intake
• Full-time PhD programmes at the School of Law, October 2017 intake

Eligible countries

Students from all countries, who meet the criteria, are eligible.

Payment amount & frequency

£4,195 (equivalent to Home/EU tuition fee), maximum scholarship available £12,585. Non-EU students will need to pay the balance of the international fee.

Award periods: tenable for a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory progress

How to apply

Application process:

There is no separate application process. The eligible candidates make a standard PhD application. On the application, the candidates must indicate their interest in being considered for the scholarship and a written statement should be included explaining their suitability for the scholarship.

Selection process:

Stage 1: All applications will go through the Faculty’s standard PhD application review process.
Candidates who have successfully secured a position on the PhD programme and are eligible to be considered for a Scholarship will be notified by the PhD office.
Stage 2: The applications will be reviewed and shortlisted by a selection panel appointed by Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee (RKTC).
Stage 3: The candidates are informed about the outcome by the PhD office.

Closing date: 12 June 2017.

Scholarship link