Queen Mary Studentships and Bursaries 2010 in Humanity and Social Science
Each year Queen Mary offers research studentships and master’s bursaries to its most highly new qualified applicants. In recent years, the awards allocated to Humanities and Social Sciences have totaled more than £1 million per annum. These awards are available to both home and overseas students. The terms of the awards are as follows:
- Research studentships include payment of tuition fees (home OR overseas in most cases, check with your department for clarification) for three years and an annual stipend at the relevantresearch council rate.
- All studentships are full-time.
- Current Queen Mary research students are not eligible to apply for these awards, which are designated for new students only.
- Holders of Queen Mary research studentships will receive teaching training and may be required to undertake a few hours of teaching or other related work each week during the course of their study.
Master’s bursaries are to the value of home tuition fees, although they may be awarded to overseas applicants. Please note that not all master’s programmes will be awarding bursaries. Applicants should check with the convenor of their chosen programme.
How to Apply
Before submitting your application you are strongly advised to contact the department in which you intend to study. You can click here to find the schools and departments within the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Selection Process
Doctoral applicants: Departments, in the first instance, will interview applicants for the purposes of admission. A select number of candidates offered admission will then be invited to a second interview for a College PhD studentship (and AHRC award, if appropriate). The second round interviews—in person or via telephone—will likely occur in mid-March, but no later than 18th March 2010. The College will allocate all studentships by 31st March 2010. For further details please consult the Director of Graduate Studies in your chosen department.
Master’s applicants: Departments will scrutinize all applications in a desktop review and identify those candidates that it deems to be most competitive for College bursaries (and AHRC awards, where relevant). In the Departments of Drama, English and History, the College will allocate master’s awards by 31st March 2010. In all other departments, the College will allocate master’s awards by 21st June 2010. For further details please consult the convenor of your chosen master’s programme.
All candidates for Queen Mary studentships or bursaries will be judged according to the same criteria:
- academic and professional achievement
- quality of research proposal
- compatability with Queen Mary’s research strengths
For more details go to:
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/hss/funding/selection.html
