PhD funding
Fees, funding and living costs
View our fees and funding guide to find out about:
- taught scholarships
- tuition fees
- fee status
- cost of living
- university-wide funding
- part time work
University of Bristol funding
External funding
General scholarships
- University of Bristol Postgraduate Research Scholarships
- EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnerships
- China Scholarship Council Joint Scholarship
- Faculty of Engineering Dean's Scholarship
Candidates for any of the above scholarship schemes need only submit one application. They will be considered for all scholarships for which they are eligible.
Research group PhD opportunities
We have a number of exciting PhD projects available in our Engineering research groups. We are also open to suggestions for suitable PhD project ideas.
Centres for Doctoral Training scholarships
- ACCIS vacancies (Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science)
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Communications vacancy
- EngD in Composites Manufacture scholarships
- Water Informatics: Science and Engineering (WISE)
Specific research scholarships and PhD vacancies (including EPSRC Industrial CASE and Interdisciplinary scholarships)
- Testing Agents for Verification of Autonomous Systems (PDF, 102kB)
- Usable Abstractions for Secure Programming - A Mental Models Approach (supported by GCHQ)
- Dynamically Adaptive Cyber Security for Infrastructure Systems - supported by Airbus Group UK (EPSRC Industrial CASE)
- Cyber Security of Supply Chains - supported by HMG
- Hybrid Autonomous Systems
- Flow Control using Tailored Permeable Surfaces - supported by Embraer
- Augmented Multisensory Interaction and Inclusive Education
- Understandable Autonomy for Unmanned Maritime Vehicles
- Acceptability of Smart Home Technologies for Health and Care
- Low Noise RF Amplification and Detection using Piezoelectric Optomechanical Platforms
- Modelling goal-oriented pedestrian behaviour
- Usable Security for Industrial Internet of Things
- Indoor localisation via passive WiFi backscatter sensing (EPSRC Industrial CASE)
- Effects of loss of constraint on fracture of stainless steel type 316 (EPSRC Industrial CASE)
- Augmented Reality for Information Visualisation in Fusion Plant Monitoring and Operations
For general enquiries please contact the relevant School Office:
School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (CAME) came-pgr@bristol.ac.uk
School of Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering Mathematics (SCEEM) sceem-pgr@bristol.ac.uk