Scholarships and Funding
UCL Overseas Research Scholarships
| Important information for all Applicants |
The UCL Overseas Research Scholarships (UCL-ORS), aim to attract high-quality international students to UCL to undertake research.
Approximately 40 Overseas Research Scholarships (UCL-ORS) are available annually.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be
- Admitted to or currently registered at UCL for full- or part-time MPhil/PhD or EngD research, and
- Liable to pay tuition fees as the overseas rate (overseas fees status), and
- Holding or expecting to achieve at least a UK 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
While current students may apply, those entering their third year of research will normally only be considered for funding in exceptional circumstances.
Selection Criteria
Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence and research potential. Successful applicants will normally hold or be expected to achieve a UK 2.1 or equivalent foreign undergraduate degree. Financial circumstances are not taken into account.
Value: Benefits and Duration
Awards consist of fee funding to cover the difference between overseas and UK/EU tuition fees.
UCL-ORS recipients who do not have any other fee funding will receive additional UCL funding to cover remaining tuition fees for the duration of the UCL-ORS award.
Awards are tenable for years 1, 2, and 3 of a full-time M.Phil./PhD degree programme (or years 1-5 of a part-time programme), subject to annual review and renewal.
If granted, funding begins at the start of the next academic session.
Applicants are advised to secure additional funding to cover living costs, which are estimated to be in the region of £12,000 per year. UCL-ORS awards may be held in conjunction with UCL’s Graduate Research Scholarships and other non-fee awards.
Application Deadline and Procedure
Information for Students
There is one common application procedure and form for a number of research student scholarship schemes.
Applicants will be considered for a UCL Overseas Research Scholarships as well as for our UCL Graduate Research Scholarships, Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (DHPA), and for CSC/UCL Graduate Scholarship (Chinese students). You only need to complete one application form to be considered for any of these funding schemes, provided you fulfil the relevant eligibility criteria.
Candidates should complete the UCL GRS/ORS/DHPA Scholarship Application Form.
Please note that we have prepared information that may be helpful for your chosen referee, the UCL Guidance for Referees. We suggest you provide your referee with a copy of this document when asking for an academic reference.
Complete applications along with required documentation as detailed in the form must be submitted to the applicant's academic department. In order to be short-listed, you must make sure that your scholarship application is complete.
All applications should be sent to the relevant academic department at
Department of ...
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UK
Applications must be submitted to departments no later than Monday, 15th February 2010. Please check with the relevant academic department to ensure you do not miss their application deadline.
Notification of Results
There is a combined selection by UCL academics for the four schemes. The decision of which award a successful candidate will receive is made by the selection panel.
The selection panel meets in late March/early April. Successful candidates can expect to be notified as soon as possible thereafter.
Page last modified on 20 November 2009
*NOTE: All scholarship and student funding schemes are subject to availability of funds, and details given here are subject to change at any time. Potential applicants are urged to check information regularly to ensure they are aware of current procedures, deadlines etc.
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