Deadline: 31 January 2016
Open to: UK, EU and international students with a Master´s degree in fields for which SPIR provides supervision
Scholarship: covers tuition fees and a maintenance allowance – £16,052 in 2015/16 academic year
Open to: UK, EU and international students with a Master´s degree in fields for which SPIR provides supervision
Scholarship: covers tuition fees and a maintenance allowance – £16,052 in 2015/16 academic year
Description
The School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR)
offers a number of generous studentships for students undertaking their
doctoral studies at Queen
Mary University of London. Applications are welcome in all the fields and
disciplines for which SPIR provides expert supervision. A full list of research
interests in SPIR is available by following the links HERE.
Applicants with interdisciplinary projects (for example, with history and
geography) are also encouraged to apply.
Before applying, you should make informal contact with a
potential supervisor to establish whether SPIR can provide you with expert
supervision. Make sure you include a draft research proposal with any enquiry
to a potential supervisor – academic members of staff are unable to respond to
general, undefined queries about research degrees.
Eligibility
UK, EU and international students with a Master´s degree in
fields and disciplines for which SPIR provides expert supervision are eligible
for studentships.
Scholarship
There are different scholarships offered by SPIR:
QMUL Principal’s Studentships;
SPIR Graduate Teaching Studentships;
China Scholarships Council;
Economic Social Research Council: Doctoral Training Centre
(London Social Science) Studentships.
Usually studentships cover tuition fees and a maintenance
allowance (£16,052 in 2015/16 academic year) during the duration of study.
How to apply?
The deadline for applications is 31 January 2016. However,
in order to promptly provide you with a decision on your application, you are
strongly encouraged to submit application by 15 January 2016. There
are different procedures of application depending on the specific studentship.
See specific information HERE. Applications to all studentships must consist of
the following:
A research proposal which should include a hypothesis, key
questions to be addressed by your research, methodology and an indicative
bibliography;
You should have a 2:1 or equivalent in your first degree and
if your first language is not English you must be able to provide recent
evidence that your spoken and written command of the English language is
adequate for the programmes for which you have applied;
Transcripts from previous degrees;
2 academic references (ensure that you complete and send the
reference request for to your referees);
A full curriculum vitae (CV);
A supporting statement (1 page A4), which explains why you
want to take the programme.
For more information please visit the official website.
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