The scholarship of Lord Kelvin-Adam Smith is established by
University of Glasgow to support full time PhD students at the
university. The UK Phd scholarship
is available to international students and will include cover
maintenance grant costs at the research council recommended rates.
Deadline: 29th November 2013 and 14th January 2014.
Program Description
Every year the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom offers a demanding Phd or doctoral scholarship program to any eligible international PhD candidates. The University reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions as it deems appropriate. The University will not change the terms and conditions of the Scholarship without providing due notice to applicants, Scholars, Donors/partners (if appropriate) and staff. As stated in The University’s Strategic Plan 2010 (Glasgow 2020: A Global Vision) the University aspires to “encourage multi-disciplinary approaches by supporting and developing networks of researchers.” Furthermore, the University has pledged to “enhance our standing as a community of world-leading researchers by promoting excellence within disciplines and inter-disciplinary teams tackling global challenges providing cultural enrichment and benefiting the economy.”
Award Amount
Each of the winners of the PhD scholarship will be awarded benefits of maintenance grant costs at the research council recommended rates (£13,726 in 2013-14). The Host College shall waive the Scholar’s tuition fee in full whether this is at the Home/EU or International rate.
Eligibility and Criteria
The Glasgow University PhD scholarship is limited offered for candidates who meet the conditions. Please learn the detail information of the eligibility criteria below:
Program Description
Every year the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom offers a demanding Phd or doctoral scholarship program to any eligible international PhD candidates. The University reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions as it deems appropriate. The University will not change the terms and conditions of the Scholarship without providing due notice to applicants, Scholars, Donors/partners (if appropriate) and staff. As stated in The University’s Strategic Plan 2010 (Glasgow 2020: A Global Vision) the University aspires to “encourage multi-disciplinary approaches by supporting and developing networks of researchers.” Furthermore, the University has pledged to “enhance our standing as a community of world-leading researchers by promoting excellence within disciplines and inter-disciplinary teams tackling global challenges providing cultural enrichment and benefiting the economy.”
Award Amount
Each of the winners of the PhD scholarship will be awarded benefits of maintenance grant costs at the research council recommended rates (£13,726 in 2013-14). The Host College shall waive the Scholar’s tuition fee in full whether this is at the Home/EU or International rate.
Eligibility and Criteria
The Glasgow University PhD scholarship is limited offered for candidates who meet the conditions. Please learn the detail information of the eligibility criteria below:
- The Scholarship award is offered to a candidate subject to the candidate meeting all the conditions required by the University for admission to study for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
- The Scholarship is intended to support candidates of the highest calibre and as such may be offered to residents of any country provided that the candidate has obtained leave to remain in the UK for the purposes of full-time study.
- It is recognized that a scholarship candidate might have been involved in the development of the project proposal. Where a candidate has been involved, and the proposal is successful in receiving an allocation, the scholarship will be awarded to them, provided they meet the University’s required entrance standards.
- The Scholarship is to be awarded for PhD study only, and cannot be used to support a 1+3 model of training (i.e. the student may not register for a Masters degree and then upon completion, register for a PhD). A candidate should undertake any required research training during the first years of their PhD.
- The Scholarship is intended to support candidates who have not previously undertaken study at a doctoral level and as such cannot be awarded to a candidate already in possession of a Doctoral degree or equivalent.
- The Scholarship is intended to support full-time study, based at the University of Glasgow campuses, notwithstanding any periods of study away from the campus (research furth of Glasgow) as authorised by the host College.
- If the Scholar withdraws from study within 3 months of the Scholarship start date, project partners may re-advertise or seek to award the Scholarship to a reserve candidate, provided that they meet above eligibility requirements.
Applicants' Citizenship
Any PhD candidates origin for any nationalities
Level and Area of Studies
PhD in study program offered at Glasgow University.
Application Procedure
Please visit the link below to find the detail information of the application steps at the website link below.
Submission Deadline
The application deadline is 29th November 2013 (Deadline for project proposals should be sent electronically in Word format only to College Graduate Schools) and 14th January 2014 (Deadline for Graduate School rankings Graduate Schools forward top 5 project proposals.
Contact Details
Any relevant questions can be sent to pgr@glasgow.ac.uk
Other Information
The Scholarship is only valid for a maximum of four years (48 months). No additional funding will be awarded for continuation beyond this period.
Website and Application Link http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_290285_en.pdf
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