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International scholarships are available at King’s College in the UK for Postgraduate students.
The Centre for Doctoral Studies (CDS) at King’s College, London is offering fully-funded studentships to support international students to do full-time doctoral research degrees within the following academic Faculties:
- Life Sciences & Medicine
- Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
- Natural & Mathematical Sciences
- Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
- Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
Subject areas:
You can get the MPhil/PhD programmes scholarship in any of the following faculties:
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience; Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences; Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care; Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.
Funding type:
Tuition fee. Stipend. Bench Fees / Research Training & Support Grant.
The scholarship covers:
- Full international tuition fees
- An annual stipend of £17,609 (for 2021/22)
- Research costs of up to £5000 per annum, depending on the project
Academic year:
2021-22
Application deadline
The application will close on 1 October 2021, so you need to hurry now. Unless you just wish to keep it noted down and apply for the next year.
Eligibility criteria
Candidates must:
- Be liable for tuition fees at the higher international/overseas rate.
- Apply for a full-time MPhil/PhD programme at King’s College London within one of the following Faculties by no later than 1 October 2021:
- Plan to start the MPhil/PhD at King’s College in June 2022.
- Apply to King’s College London for the studentship (as instructed in the ‘Application Process’ section below) on or before 1 October 2021.
- Secure an admission offer on an eligible MPhil/PhD degree programme by 31 January 2022.
Please note that:
- Students who have already commenced their doctoral degrees at King’s College are not eligible.
- Distance learning programmes are not eligible.
- Professional doctorate degrees (such as the MD(Res) and DClinPsy) are not eligible.
- Joint PhD programmes are not eligible.
- These studentships cannot commence prior to, or after, June 2022.
Application process
Steps on How to Apply:
- Identify a supervisor at King’s by searching the King’s research portal and King’s website – use keywords relevant to your proposed research. To get more information on a doctoral degree at King’s College or how to get a supervisor, check out this page.
- Make an application for your chosen MPhil/PhD programme via the King’s online admissions application system – King’s Apply by no later than 1 October 2021. Make sure to select June 2022 as your planned start date.
- By no later than 1 October 2021, in the funding section of your King’s online Admissions Application Form:-
- ensure you tick the box at item 5 (Award Scheme Code or Name) and enter the code:Â 2122-INTCDS
- Complete a separate ‘PGR International Studentships 2021-22 Form’ and attach this to the ‘Funding’ Section of your application on King’s Apply, using the ‘File Upload’ option at the bottom of the page; under the ‘Document Category’ dropdown menu, select ‘Sponsorship Document’ or ‘Other’.
- Provide all relevant supporting documentation and meet all entry requirements for your chosen doctoral degree programme to secure an admission offer.
PLEASE NOTE:
- If you have already submitted an application via King’s Apply for an MPhil/PhD degree that meets the eligibility criteria, you do not have to reapply, but please ensure that your start date is updated to June 2022 and follow steps 3 and 4.
- If you submitted your admissions application before including the funding code or studentship form, simply log back into King’s Apply to update the ‘Funding’ section of your application. If you experience any problems with this, please contact the admissions office via the messaging section of your application for assistance.
- Students who fail to input the funding code and upload a completed studentship form, exactly as instructed in step 3, will not be picked up when we extract details from King’s Apply, so it is vital that you follow the instructions correctly!
Application forms
Click below to get your application form:
- PGR International Studentships 2021-22 Form (0.17 MB)
Terms and conditions
Click to find the terms and conditions of funding:
- Conditions & Regulations of Funding 2021-22Â (0.09 MB)
Selection process
What is involved in the selection?
Information and documentation provided via the online admissions application will be used to determine applicant eligibility as well as to consider the strength of an application and suitability for the studentship scheme.
Eligible applicants who have applied correctly for the studentship by 1 October 2021 will be considered by their faculty.
Ineligible candidates will not be reviewed and those who do not already hold an admission offer may have their admissions application returned as unsuccessful via King’s Apply.
By 31 January 2022 (23:59 GMT), faculties must shortlist and rank a limited number of their top candidates for further consideration by a central panel. Those that are shortlisted must have secured an admission offer by this point.
Selection will be based on the following criteria:
- Academic excellence of the candidate
- Research proposal
- Statement of Justification
The central assessment panel will determine the successful candidates of the studentships.
Contact
For any questions related to these international scholarships, contact the CDS at [email protected]
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Source: King’s College, London
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