Studentship opportunities
Learn more about studentship opportunities at the Graduate School.
How studentships work
A studentship will usually cover tuition fees for three years as well as pay the student a stipend for three years, paid monthly. The project area and sometimes the project itself will already be decided and you will need to submit your application by the set deadline.
Applications will be shortlisted for interview and following the interview, the successful candidate(s) will be awarded the studentship.
The Graduate School is delighted to announce the availability of PhD studentships in the following faculties, which will be awarded to high-calibre graduates in the areas of research excellence detailed.

Opportunities by faculty
Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education
There are no current opportunities in this faculty.
Faculty of Business and Law
There are no current opportunities in this faculty.
Faculty of Environment and Technology
- Modelling in pharmacokinetics and mathematical pharmacology – closing date 17 August 2022, Ref: 2022-OCT-FET04
- Mathematical modelling and decision making for reducing traffic congestion and carbon emissions – closing date 17 August 2022, Ref: 2022-OCT-FET05
- Investigating Ordinal Logistic Regression as an alternative analysis approach in statistical applications – closing date 17 August 2022, Ref: 2022-OCT-FET06
Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences
- The development and testing of a new tool to facilitate the provision of support for people affected by appearance-altering conditions or injuries – closing date 14 August 2022, Ref: 2022-OCT-HAS03
- The role of social media to promote acceptance diversity and reduce stigma in the general public – closing date 14 August 2022, Ref: 2022-OCT-HAS04
- HAS Dean Studentship 2022 – closing date 19 August 2022, eight opportunities
- THRIVE - Toileting Health pRomotion In eVery Early years opportunity – closing date 31 August 2022, Ref: 2223-JAN-HAS04
- Development of a new strategy to improve dehorning wound healing and welfare in dairy calves – closing date 28 August 2022, Ref: 2223-JAN-HAS12
- Developing an automatic monitoring system to evaluate individual drinking behaviour and water intake of dairy cows in grazing systems – closing date 28 August 2022, Ref: 2223-JAN-HAS13
- Application of machine learning to screen hyperspectral data for important soil and plant properties - closing date 28 August 2022, Ref: 2223-JAN-HAS15
- Using routine council data to evaluate the enhanced parenting pathway - closing date 09 September 2022, Ref: 2223-JAN-HAS14
Self-funded research
If there are no suitable studentships in your research area you have the opportunity to put forward your own research proposal on a self-funding basis. This includes if you are being sponsored by an organisation external to UWE Bristol such as your employer. You may also be eligible for the UK government Postgraduate Doctoral Loan.
All opportunities
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