University of Edinburgh 2023 Informatics Global PhD Scholarship

If you have a strong academic record of accomplishment at undergraduate or Masters level, and are highly motivated to pursue a PhD programme in the School of Informatics at The University of Edinburgh, you could be selected to receive a full PhD scholarship. 

Applicants who submit a programme application to one of the eligible Informatics PhD programmes will automatically be considered for this scholarship.

• Table of Content
• About University of Edinburgh
• University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship
• Requirements for University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is the sixth oldest university in the UK and the oldest civic foundation in the English-speaking world. Today, the University is home to over 45,000 students spread across five campuses around the city. These campuses also house some of the world’s most important collections, including art, musical instruments, natural history, geology, anatomy, rare books and manuscripts.  90% of their research was recently deemed world leading or internationally excellent and they have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize five times. As w... continue reading

University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship

• Category PhD
• SponsorUniversity of Edinburgh
• City to study Edinburgh
• School to study University of Edinburgh
• Course to study Not specified
• Application Deadline April 26, 2024

Aim and Benefits of University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship

• Full funding of all tuition fees.
• A stipend of 15,609 pounds per year
• An additional research support fund of 2,000 pounds per year for the first three years.

Requirements for University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship Qualification

• There are no residency or nationality-based limitations; applicants who submit a program application to one of the accredited Ph.D. programs in informatics will be immediately evaluated for this grant. 
• Candidates must have submitted an application to enroll full-time in one of the School of Informatics' qualifying programs listed below:
  • Doctorate in Informatics: AIAI: Knowledge Management, Data-Intensive Research, Agents, and Automated Reasoning
  • ANC: Computational Neuroscience, Computational Biology, and PhD Informatics 
  • PhD in Informatics: LFCS: Databases, Software, Systems Modeling, and Computer Science Foundations
  • PhD Informatics: ICSA: Networks & Communication, Architecture, Compilation & System Software
  • IPAB: Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, and Animation PhD in Informatics
  • PhD in Informatics: ILCC: Information Retrieval, Speech, Language Processing, and Cognition 

Interview date, Process and Venue for University of Edinburgh PhD Scholarship

• Candidates who meet or are expected to meet the eligibility requirements will be reviewed by their selected research institute. This will normally involve an interview, which may take place in person or via video conference. Successful candidates will receive notification of their scholarship, which may be conditional on candidates achieving the predicted qualifications.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Eligible applicants will be considered automatically for the Informatics PhD Scholarship as part of the School’s PGR selection process.

Applicants wishing to be considered for the IGPS (for entry in the academic year 2024/25) must submit a programme application via the EUCLID application portal. The deadlines for submitting an application are:

Round 1

EUCLID application deadline: Friday 24 November 2023

Round 2

EUCLID application deadline: Friday 26 January 2024

Before applying via the EUCLID PhD application form, you should ideally contact an academic supervisor in the School of Informatics, discuss your research interest, and obtain their agreement to supervise you. When you have found a supervisor, you must complete and submit an application for PhD admission in the research institute of your chosen supervisor.

Contact an Academic Supervisor

You can select your chosen institute from the table below to access the relevant PhD application form.

Artificial Intelligence and its Applications Institute 

Automated Reasoning, Agents, Data-Intensive Research, Knowledge Management 

ANC

Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Biology

ICSA

Computer Architecture, Compilation & System Software, Networks & Communication

ILCC

Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition

IPAB

Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics & Animation

LFCS

Foundations of Computer Science, Databases, Software & Systems Modelling 

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