Selection criteria:All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.
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Study level you are applying for:Doctorate
If you're a Huddersfield graduate, looking to undertake a full-time or part-time research degree, you may be eligible for a full fee-waiver on your research degree.
The scholarship is open to home and international candidates.
Please note, for international students our Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme provides a fee waiver of at least 50% on full-time or part-time research degrees, some schools may offer 100%.
Eligibility criteria
Our Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme is a competitive application process and to be eligible, you must have achieved one of the following:
- a first-class honours degree
- a distinction at taught Master's
or
- be recommended based on your Master's by Research by your supervisor and academic school
and
- graduated from the University of Huddersfield in the last three years.
Any offer will be conditional on your degree outcome if you are graduating in the current academic year.
General
Available for research undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis including PhD, Master of Arts by Research, and Master of Science by Research.
Scholarship is only available for the standard registration period only,
For doctoral awards, or PhD, the fee waiver will be for 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time
For Master's by Research awards, the fee-waiver will be for 1-year full time or 2 years part-time.
The fee waiver will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period, including any write up period.
The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.
