The College of Arts and Law is a vibrant community of students and academics, dedicated to ensuring that excellence is rewarded, and that fears about finance do not constrain current or prospective students. For this reason, in addition to University funding schemes, we offer our own College-specific funding initiatives.
Doctoral Training Partnership opportunities
The University of Birmingham is part of the AHRC Midlands4Cities DTP and the ESRC Midlands Graduate School DTP, both of which are offering postgraduate research studentships to campus-based UK/EU applicants across each DTP’s partner institutions. Applications for 2020 entry are now open:
College of Arts and Law opportunities
The College of Arts and Law also offers a range of funding opportunities, detailed below. Applications for 2020 entry are now open:
Other opportunities
International scholarships
The University also awards a number of scholarships for international students. These include scholarships for students from particular countries and regions, such as the Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholarship and the Fulbright PGT scholarship (USA).
Postgraduate loans
These government-backed student loans provide up to £10,906 for taught and research Masters courses and up to £25,700 for postgraduate doctoral courses in all subject areas, including programmes delivered on campus or by distance learning. Criteria, eligibility, repayment and application information can be found on the UK government website.
Additional funding opportunities
Other funding opportunities may be available to prospective postgraduate students throughout the year. For details of all funding opportunities that may be available to you, please visit the University's Postgraduate Funding Database.
Funding for current students
Within the College of Arts and Law we thrive on our research, which is why we offer our current postgraduate students the following funding opportunities for new activity or to enhance existing activity:
University-wide funding schemes for existing students to undertake travel projects and accept internships are also available. For more information on these schemes, please visit the Student Funding Office pages of the intranet.