Scholarships

Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme provides a 50% fee waiver on full-time or part-time research degrees to international students and those from the EU.

Eligibility criteria 

To be eligible for our Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship you must:

•    Have a first-class honours degree
•    Achieved Distinction at taught Master’s level

or

•    Have been recommended on the basis of your Master’s by Research by your supervisor and academic school.

and

•    Have graduated from the University of Huddersfield in the last three years. If you are due to graduate in the current academic year, then any offer will be conditional on your degree outcome.

General

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is available for research undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Research degrees include the following awards; PhD, Master of Arts by Research, Master of Science by Research and Master of Enterprise.

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is available for the standard registration period only; for doctoral awards this will be either 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time and for Master’s by Research awards this will be either 1 year full time or 2 years part-time. The fee waiver will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period, including any write up period.

The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.

If you have any queries or require further information please contact study@hud.ac.uk

How to apply?
To apply, complete our expression of interest form. 

Please make clear on your application that you wish to be considered for our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme.

Applications must be submitted as follows to be considered for our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme:

Research start date	Application deadline
January 2024	15 October 2023
April 2024	26 January 2024
Sept/October 2024	7 June 2024

Selection process 

All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.

Further information 

School of Arts and Humanities - sah.research@hud.ac.uk
School of Applied Sciences -  SASResearchAdmin@hud.ac.uk  
School of Computing and Engineering -  sce.research.admin@hud.ac.uk  
School of Human and Health Science - HHSPhDApps@hud.ac.uk  
Please find more information on the alternate scholarships offered by Huddersfield Business School and the School of Education and Professional Development on their scholarships pages. 

VC scholarships are part of a suite of scholarships offered by the University, available for various start dates. To find out more about what other Scholarships are currently available, please visit our School Scholarship pages 

Chevening Scholarships

This prestigious and highly competitive award is a full scholarship covering your tuition fees and living expenses.

Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at universities in the UK.

The Chevening programme was established in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious international scheme. Chevening Scholars come from more than 150 countries and territories worldwide (excluding the USA and the EU), and this year the Scholarships will support more than 1,500 individuals. There are over 43,000 Chevening alumni around the world who together comprise an influential and highly regarded global network.

The programme provides full or part funding for full-time courses at postgraduate level, normally a one-year Master’s degree, in any subject and at any UK university.

Full information including how to apply is available at Chevening.

These scholarships can not be awarded in conjunction with the University of Huddersfield Scholarships for new international undergraduate and Master's students.