Funding for Postgraduate Studies
Funding for Postgraduate Programmes 2011-12
The School of English commits a proportion of its annual budget to fund postgraduate taught and research students. Home and EU students are eligible for awards from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Department for Employment & Learning (DEL). International students can avail of awards from the University, amongst other sources.
General information about postgraduate study at Queen's is available at: http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/ProspectiveStudents/PostgraduateStudents/.
Funding for September 2011 Entry
The closing date for funding applications for September 2011 entry to MA and PhD programmes in the School of English is 4pm on 16 March 2011. There is no separate application form for funding and all applications received by this deadline will be considered for funding.
Applicants should apply for a place on the relevant programme via the University’s online application system at: https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/ and may do so until 3 June 2011 for September 2011 entry. Applications submitted between 17 March and 3 June 2011 will not be eligible to be considered for funding.
School of English Funding Table
Updated 22 December 2010
|
Level of Award
|
Value of Award |
Number of Awards/Funding Source |
Eligibility |
|
MA - one year's full-time study |
Fees and maintenance |
3 awards: 1 AHRC award c £17,500 1 School award c £15,500 1 School award c £15,500 |
UK residents EU residents International residents |
|
MA – one year's full-time study or two years’ part-time study |
Tuition fee |
10 awards: 10 School awards c £3,500 each |
UK/EU/International residents |
|
PhD – three years’ full-time study |
Fees and maintenance |
6 awards: 2 AHRC awards c £17,500 each per annum 2 DEL awards c £17,500 each per annum* 1 School award c £15,500 per annum 1 University award c £23,500 per annum** |
UK residents UK residents
EU resident International resident
|
*One of the DEL awards is given specifically for a PhD project on Poetry and Music in the works of Thomas Moore, click here
**The University award is given specifically for a PhD project on the EM Forster-Forrest Reid Letters, click here
Details of the latest tuition fees may be found at: http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/TuitionFeesandStudentSupportArrangements201011/
