Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh offers PhD scholarships for students starting their PhD research in the 2026-2027 academic session. These awards are designed to attract the best and brightest PhD students by providing not only unparalleled research facilities and superb supervision, but also development opportunities that support research students as they progress beyond their PhD. The Doctoral College is committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in all its policies and processes, and to widening access to postgraduate study to traditionally underrepresented groups, including BAME students and those from the most deprived communities in Scotland and the rest of the world. Each scholarship covers the University tuition fee as well as a stipend equivalent to the UKRI stipend rate (£20,780 for 2025-2026), and awards are granted for between three and four years subject to satisfactory progress. Scholarship holders are expected to undertake a package of training and development in areas such as teaching, public engagement, entrepreneurship, data science, and research.