School of Computing

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UK and EU Students

There are several studentships available for UK and EU students. If you want to apply for a scholarship you will have to indicate that on your application material. In addition, most scholarships need additional application forms which must arrive before a certain deadline and can only be processed after a general application for a place of study has been received. Therefore it is in general most advisable to get your place-of-study application in as soon as possible as scholarship applications will only be processed after it is clear that you fulfil the general PhD requirements.

University Research Scholarships

Eligibility: full-time UK/EU PhD students, rewards are competitive and are made on academic quality --- the minimum requirement is a very good upper second BSc degree (or equivalent, for example Masters Degree) in Computer Science or a related field.

  • Value: Full home/EU fees and maintenance of 13,290 pounds for 3 years.
    The School of Computing will extend the scholarship to 3.5 years.
  • Application Deadline: 31 March 2009
  • Decision: beginning of June
  • PhD Start Date: 1 October 2009

Important guidelines: Scholarship applications are processed after place-of-study applications; therefore candidates should apply for a place well in advance before the scholarship deadline.

Further information: Application forms, regulations and guidance notes are available from the Scholarships office (see also their page on Research Postgraduate Scholarships for UK/EU Students)

School of Computing Research Scholarships/ EPSRC Doctoral Training Account Scholarships

Eligibility: EU and UK research students, rewards are competitive and are made on academic quality --- the minimum requirement is a very good upper second Bsc degree (or equivalent, for example Masters Degree) in Computer Science or a related field

  • Value: Full home/EU fees and maintenance of 13,290 pounds for 3.5 years.
  • Application Deadline: 1 June 2009
  • Decision: end of June 2009
  • PhD Start Date: flexible

Important guidelines: To be considered for this award, you must indicate this on the PhD application form. There is no separate application form. Candidates who have been unsuccessful for the University Research Scholarships can be reconsidered.

Specific EPSRC project studentships

Eligibility: EU/UK PhD students; requirements dependent on project specification. Value includes fees and maintenance. Members of the School of Computing may have specific project grants, sometimes in conjunction with industry, with funding for a studentship. These are linked to a specific area in Computing that the project specialises in. They come up throughout the year and are advertised on the School of Computing vacancies page. Please check there for deadlines and requirements.

Frank Parkinson Scholarship

Eligibility: Beneficiaries under the Fund must be born of British parents who have been domiciled in Yorkshire for a period of not less than ten years. The years of domicile need not be successive, but must amount to ten in the aggregate. All candidates will be required to supply proof of eligibility in respect of British nationality and the Yorkshire domicile of parents. Decisions on these awards among eligible candidates are competitive.

  • Value: full fees and £8,000 maintenance for three years
  • Application Deadline: 1 June 2009
  • PhD Start Date: 1 October 2009
  • addition information and application here(doc)

Important guidelines: Scholarship applications are processed after place-of-study applications; therefore candidates should apply for a place well in advance before the scholarship deadline.

Further information: Application forms, regulations and guidance notes are available from the Scholarships office (see also their page on Research Postgraduate Scholarships for UK/EU Students)

Leeds Alumni - Graduate Bursary

Eligibility: Any former student (and children of former students) of Leeds. This commences from 2007 entry and can not be awarded retrospectively.

  • Value: 10% of full fees for each year of the course
  • Application Deadline: None
  • Decision: Automatic for former students
  • PhD Start Date: flexible

Important guidelines: To be considered for this award, you must indicate this on the PhD application form. There is no separate application form.

Akroyd, Brotherton & Brown Scholarship

Eligibility: full-time UK/EU PhD students, rewards are competitive and are made on academic quality --- the minimum requirement is a very good upper second BSc degree (or equivalent, for example Masters Degree) in Computer Science or a related field.

  • Value: full fees and £8,000 maintenance for three years
  • Application Deadline: 1 June 2009
  • PhD Start Date: 1 October 2009
  • addition information and application here(doc)

Important guidelines: Scholarship applications are processed after place-of-study applications; therefore candidates should apply for a place well in advance before the scholarship deadline.

Further information: Application forms, regulations and guidance notes are available from the Scholarships office (see also their page on Research Postgraduate Scholarships for UK/EU Students)

 

Overseas students

There are several scholarship opportunities available for overseas students. If you want to apply for a scholarship you will have to indicate that on your application material. In addition, most scholarships need additional application forms which must arrive before a certain deadline and can only be processed after a general application for a place of study has been received. Therefore it is in general most advisable to get your place-of-study application in as soon as possible as scholarship applications will only be processed after it is clear that you fulfil the general PhD requirements.

The main funding opportunities are:

Fully-Funded International Research Scholarships (FIRS)

Eligibility: International, non-EU students commencing PhD studies; truly outstanding merit and research potential. See the University's Research Degrees and Scholarships page for details.

  • Value: full overseas fees and maintenance of 13,290 pounds per year for 3
    years.
  • Application Deadline: 31 January 2009
  • Decision: Early April 2009
  • addition information and application here(doc)

Important guidelines: Scholarship applications are processed after offer of a place of study; therefore candidates should apply for a place well in advance of the scholarship deadline.

Further information: Application form, regulations and guidance notes are available from the University's Research Degrees and Scholarships page.

Leeds Alumni - Graduate Bursary

Eligibility: Any former student (and children of former students) of Leeds. This commences from 2007 entry and can not be awarded retrospectively.

  • Value: 10% of full fees for each year of the course
  • Application Deadline: None
  • Decision: Automatic for former students
  • PhD Start Date: flexible

Important guidelines: To be considered for this award, you must indicate this on the PhD application form. There is no separate application form.

Other funding opportunities:

Note that all research students can earn extra income through demonstrating and marking in support of the School's undergraduate teaching programmes, up to a maximum of 6 hours per week.

Many foreign governments have schemes to allow their graduates an overseas research stay. You will have to contact your own governmental organisations to find out about these schemes. The process for these is often quite slow and you should contact them as early as possible, preferably a year before your postgraduate degree starts.

There might be further specific funding opportunities on the University's scholarship website which includes a searchable database.