Published: 22 Dec 2025 353 views
If you are applying for doctoral study in humanities, management, engineering or science, you may be eligible for the University Research Studentship Award. This studentship is available to both Home and International Students.
You could receive funding for up to:
Funding includes:
*Please note that our studentships do not cover UK Student visa costs, or the cost of the mandatory UK Immigration Health Surcharge. These costs can be considerable, so we ask all Overseas applicants to check these costs before applying and ensure they would be willing and able to cover these from their personal funds.
This studentship is available to both Home and International Students.
International applicants must satisfy all visa and immigration requirements, including successfully obtaining ATAS clearance if their offer of study confirms this is required.
You must have obtained, or be expected to obtain, at least an upper-second class (2:1) UK Honours degree, or the international equivalent, in a discipline appropriate to your intended research project. Some research projects may require a first-class UK Honours degree or a Master’s level qualification, or the international equivalent.
English language requirements
If English not be your first language, you must meet our English language entry requirement.
Programme expectations
You are expected to attend in person and be based at the University of Bath from the start of the programme (except during any placements).
IMPORTANT: In all cases, when completing the application form, you must select ‘University of Bath URSA’ from the drop-down menu in the ‘Funding your studies’ section. If you do not follow this instruction, there will be a delay with the processing of your application and it may not be possible to consider your application for funding.
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences students
In Humanities & Social Sciences only, the?URSA?competition is run in tandem with the ESRC SWDTP competition.
Read guidance on applying for the ESRC SWDTP and URSA competition.
School of Management students
The School welcomes applications from exceptional students with research proposals of their own design as well as from students who apply in response to advertised projects.
Find an advertised project, with application instructions, on our FindAPhD feed or choose to apply with your own research proposal.
Students may also consider the ESRC SWDTP or Graduate Research Scholarships. Read about alternative funding for School of Management students.
Faculty of Engineering & Design and Faculty of Science students
Most students apply in response to an advertised project.
Find an available project on our FindAPhD feed. You’ll find application instructions in the project advert.
Both faculties will also consider applications from exceptional students with research proposals of their own design. See our application guidance for doctoral study.
Faculty of Engineering & Design students ONLY: One URSA studentship per year is reserved for an applicant holding Refugee, Humanitarian Protection, or Asylum Seeker status as the Doctoral Sanctuary Studentship in Engineering and Design.
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences students
Scheme opens
Applications are accepted from October each year.
Applications for September 2026 entry close on 9 January 2026 at 12:00 noon UK time (GMT).
School of Management students
Scheme opens
Applications are now open for 2026/27 entry.
Friday 27 February 2026 at 23:59 UK time (GMT).
Faculty of Engineering & Design students
Scheme opens
Applications for entry in September 2026 open on Monday 13 October 2025.
Sunday 30 November at 23:59 UK time (GMT).
Faculty of Science students
Scheme opens
Applications are now open for 2026/27 entry.
Application deadlines for advertised projects are quoted in the project advertisement on FindAPhD.com.
Applications from candidates with their own research idea will be considered until all available funding has been allocated. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
For more details, visit University of Bath Scholarship webpage
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