Humanities & Social Sciences Full MPhil/PhD Studentships

We are pleased to offer up to 20 full studentships for MPhil and PhD students beginning programmes in the following Departments in 2010/11:

• Arab and Islamic Studies;
• Archaeology;
• Classics and Ancient History;
• History (including specialisms in Maritime, Naval and Medical History)
• Law School
• Politics (and International Relations, and Middle East Politics)
• Sociology and Philosophy (Including specialisms in the Philosophy of Science/Biology)
• Theology

The awards cover:

• Direct payment of tuition fees (at either the standard UK/EU rate or International rate)
• Research council equivalent maintenance allowance for accommodation and living expenses. In 2009/10 this was £13,290 p.a; the 2010/11 allowance will be announced later in the year.

For full information, please visit the HuSS Funding Opportunities web page.

To apply for a PhD Studentship, you need to complete the Application Form for Humanities & Social Sciences Scholarships & Bursaries and submit it to Elizabeth Hull at (huss-pgadmissions@exeter.ac.uk) by 13.00 GMT on Friday 12th March 2010.

As for all of our awards, you must have also applied to the university via the normal university application form. Please make sure your application includes two academic references. You must have applied to the University and have submitted all your supporting documents by Friday 12th March 2010 to be eligible, so please submit your application form as soon as possible.

Important Note: please make sure that you visit the Studentship and Bursary web pages for full application information, and contact the HuSS Graduate school if you have any queries.