2011-2012 Chancellor’s Scholarships for international PhD students in Warwick University

New for 2011-12 entry: Warwick establishes one of the UK’s most generous university scholarships for international PhD students.

To approximately 17 of the most outstanding international doctoral applicants to Warwick, we are offering –

• The full payment of overseas tuition fees (worth up to £14,600 at 10/11 rates)
• A maintenance stipend in line with RCUK rates (worth £13,590 at 10/11 rates)

Eligibility

1. Applicants for a Chancellor’s International Scholarship must also be applying for a PhD at the University of Warwick to begin in October 2011;
2. Applicants must expect to be ‘overseas’ students for fees purposes, but there is no other nationality criteria;
3. Applicants may be from any discipline at Warwick.

Please note that unlike Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarships, Chancellor’s International Scholarships are not open to current first year PhD students, but only to applicants for a PhD.

Competition for entry in 2011-12

If you are applying to Warwick for a PhD (or MPhil/PhD) starting in 2011-12, and you are an outstanding academic candidate, you might wish to also apply for a Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship (WPRS) to fund your studies. It’s worth preparing now – planning early is an essential factor in success in this very competitive process.

The Scholarship

Warwick Graduate School is delighted to offer around 45 Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarships this year, which include:

• The payment of academic fees at the Home/EU rate (£3,466 for full-time students in 2010-11)
• A maintenance grant in line with the UK Research Council stipend (£13,590 for full-time award holders in 2010-11)

Students and applicants who wish to apply for an AHRC doctoral award should apply to the WPRS competition and will automatically be considered for both competitions. More details on applying for an AHRC doctoral award are available here.
This competition, unlike most postgraduate funding, is open to Home, EU, and Overseas students from all disciplines at Warwick, and offers an equal award to all.

Overseas Applicants

The WPRS pays academic fees at the Home/EU rate, so overseas students awarded a WPRS will need to fund the difference between the Home/EU fee rate and the Overseas fee they will be required to pay. Occasionally, academic departments may be able to assist in funding the difference, entirely at their discretion and as their budget allows.
However, all eligible overseas students applying for entry in October 2011 will also be considered for a Chancellor’s International Scholarship, which pays the full overseas fee, by using a single application for both competitions. Details of how to apply are given below; details on eligibility for a Chancellor’s International Scholarship are given here.

Applications welcomed from:

• Applicants for a full-time doctoral course at the University of Warwick, expecting to begin in Autumn 2011.
• Students currently enrolled on a three-year full-time PhD or MPhil/PhD (in the case of the Faculties of Arts, Medicine and Social Science), at the University of Warwick may apply in the first year of their registration only.
• University of Warwick students currently registered on a “1+3″ course at a Doctoral Training Centre, who are in their Master’s year and expecting to start doctoral study in 2011-12. These students will be eligible for a three-year WPRS or (if paying overseas fees) a Chancellor’s International Scholarship.
• University of Warwick students currently registered on the “2+2” MPhil > PhD course in the Department of Philosophy may apply for a postgraduate research scholarship in either (or both) the first and second years of their MPhil. Students applying in the first year will be eligible for a three year WPRS or (if an overseas fees-payer) a Chancellor’s International Scholarship. Students applying in their second year will be eligible for a two year WPRS, or (if a UK or EU student) a two year AHRC doctoral award, or (if an overseas fees-payer) a Chancellor’s International Scholarship. No student will be permitted to apply for a WPRS/Chancellor’s International Scholarship on more than two occasions. UK or EU Students will be eligible to apply (via a separate process) for an AHRC Master’s award to fund their two-year MPhil.

Applicants must have obtained or be expected to obtain at least an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) from a recognised institution of higher education before 31 July 2011. Many disciplines (particularly in the Arts and Social Science Faculties) may also expect you to hold or expect to obtain a Master’s degree as preparation for a PhD.
Applications are open to students from all disciplines currently represented at the University of Warwick.
Only one application per applicant per round is permitted, i.e. it is not possible to apply for a PhD in more than one department and seek a WPRS (or Chancellor’s International Scholarship or AHRC doctoral award) for both.

Application deadline:

The competition will open for applications on 1 November 2010 and close on 31 January 2011.
No late applications will be accepted.
How to apply
The application process will be wholly combined with the applications for Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarships (WPRS) and all applicants for a Chancellor’s International Scholarship will automatically also be considered for a WPRS.
Further information of aplication procedures