Durham University is inviting applications for Faculty of Arts & Humanities doctoral studentships. International and home/EU students can apply.

The aim of The grant is to enable and encourage academically able students from any nationality.

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities intends to award a limited number of Durham Doctoral Studentships (DDS) to international postgraduate researchers of exceptional ability for entry in October 2020.

Durham Doctoral Awards are tenable for three years full-time or five years part-time, and offer the following financial support package:

1. an annual maintenance allowance at Research Council rates;

2. fees at the overseas rate.

In addition, departments may be able to offer paid teaching and/or research assistance opportunities

Eligible Countries:  International and home/EU students can apply.

Entrance Requirements: Applicants from anywhere in the world are eligible for Durham Doctoral Studentships. Home/EU applicants to Durham should not apply for a DDS; instead, they should for an AHRC Northern Bridge studentship (http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/studentships/eligibility/). Northern Bridge applicants at Durham will automatically be entered into the DDS competition as well. Students from outside the UK/EU are not eligible to apply to Northern Bridge. To be eligible for a Durham Doctoral Studentship, you must have applied to one of the Faculty’s departments or school for the 2019–20 academic year. *Please note: that the award cannot be deferred and it is assumed that successful candidates will start in October 2019.

The University accepts IELTS, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge Proficiency (CPE), Cambridge Advanced (CAE) and the Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic as preferred English Language proficiency tests. All qualifications must normally be taken within two years of the start of the academic programme (except where an extension applies, please see footnote below for details) to meet the academic requirements of the University.