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Fees and Funding
Fees
Information on tuition fees:
UCL Tuition Fees
Part-time fees are pro-rata of full-time fees.
Scholarships
UCL scholarships available to STS applicants
UCL Research Excellence Scholarship
Open to exceptional applicants from any country. Up to 40 scholarships are awarded across UCL
DEADLINE FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS: Friday 12th January 2024
If you are applying for UCL RES funding, you must also submit your PhD application by Tuesday 2nd January 2024 23.59 GMT
UCL Research Opportunity Scholarship
UCL's Research Opportunity Scholarship (UCL-ROS) supports BAME postgraduate research degree students. 7 scholarships are awarded across UCL
DEADLINE FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS: Friday 12th January 2024
If you are applying for UCL ROS funding, you must also submit your PhD application by Tuesday 2nd January 2024 23.59 GMT
External scholarships for STS applicants:
London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)
The LAHP AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership funds up to 80 research studentships per year across all subject areas covered by LAHP.
Applications for funding should be made directly to LAHP, and opens on 27th November 2023.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS TO FUNDER: 5pm 26th JANUARY 2024
UK students with excellent academic records in history of science or philosophy of science are encouraged to apply. Please note that in order to be eligible for this funding you must have established your supervisor before applying to LAHP for funding. We strongly recommend that interested individuals contact potential supervisors by late November, and you will need to have submitted a standard UCL PhD admissions application complete with references, by the STS January deadline. However you are advised to submit a complete application earlier if possible.
More information can be found on the London Arts and Humanities Partnership website.
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
The department has ‘+3’ and '1+3' recognition from the ESRC in the category of Science and Technology Studies. Studentships are available to UK and EU applicants intending to pursue a PhD and who have already received a foundation in research training (+3), or who wish to pursue a PhD after completing an ESRC-recognised MSc (including those within the department) (1+3). Applicants with such qualifications who are interested in the areas of public understanding of science, science policy research, social history of science, or the sociology of science and technology are encouraged to discuss the possibility of applying for an ESRC grant with the departmental graduate tutor at the time of their application. See the ESRC Doctoral Training Programme website for further details. You can also visit the main ESRC Website to find out more about the council itself.
DEADLINE FOR PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS Monday 15th January 2024 23:59 GMT (Applications open 27th October 2023).
If you are applying for ESRC funding, you must also submit your PhD application by Tuesday 2nd January 2024 23.59 GMT
British Society for the Philosophy of Science
The British Society for the Philosophy of Science offers scholarships for doctoral work in the philosophy of science at a UK university.
Scholarships are only available to students applying to degree programmes in philosophy or in philosophy of science.
Further details are available from the BSPS website.
The next scholarship competition will run in 2025
Overseas students are encouraged to apply for Commonwealth and British Council Scholarships in those countries where they are administered.
A list of other scholarships available to students applying to UCL is available via the UCL Scholarships page.
