The Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship at University College London 2026 (Fully Funded)

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable UK-domiciled students from backgrounds underrepresented in The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment to pursue a PhD with UCL.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineMay 15, 2026
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity College London
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyUniversity College London
• Eligible CountryUnited Kingdom

Benefits

• Full tuition fees plus an annual allowance to cover living and study expenses (£22,780), for the normal duration of the MPhil/PhD programme at The Bartlett.
• All Promise scholars will also receive ongoing academic and career support during their study.

Requirements

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in The Bartlett, to pursue postgraduate research studies at The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment.

Candidates must:

• be UK domiciled with home fee status or a forced migrant (as defined by UCL)¹ in the UK
• have an offer of admission to a Bartlett PhD programme to start in September 2026/27 and
• must not have completed a PhD at UCL or anywhere else previously

In addition to these mandatory criteria, candidates must meet at least one of the additional criteria:

• be in financial need as assessed by UCL²
• be from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background³
• be from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community?
• have a disability?
• be a care leaver?
• have care responsibilities
• be first generation in family to attend university at undergraduate level
• be first generation in family to attend university at postgraduate level

¹ You can apply for a Bartlett Promise UK PhD scholarship if you are UK domiciled with Home fee status and have refugee or asylum seeker status with the right to remain in the UK for the full duration of your PhD course. You also need to have a right to study (i.e. you must not have a ‘no study’ bail condition on your Bail 201 letter). In order to assess your UK domicile status and right to study, our Visa Compliance team will check your Asylum Claim documents and request your permission to do a UKVI Immigration History Check after the closing date of the scholarship (15 May 2026).  
² With an assessed household income of less than £42,875
³ We define BAME as those of a non-white heritage and individuals of mixed-heritage who self-identify as coming from a BAME background
? Underrepresented groups in Higher Education

Application Deadline

How To Apply

To apply, visit UCL Scholarship webpage