Postgraduate Scholarships 2012 Entry

The University of Nottingham offers a comprehensive and expanding range of scholarships in order to encourage academic excellence, aid diversity, and offer real financial assistance in cases of hardship, whether individually or by region. Those relevant to engineering students are shown below.

There are also a number of external organisations who recognise the need to support engineering students and we have listed some of the main organisations below.

University of Nottingham scholarships for postgraduate research students

Scholarship	Countries/Region	Closing date
Dean of Engineering Research Scholarship for International Excellence	Overseas	24 February 2012 and 29 June 2012
High Fliers PhD Excellence Scholarships	Home and EU

University of Nottingham scholarships for postgraduate taught masters students

Scholarship	Countries/Region	Closing date
High Fliers Taught Masters Scholarships	UK, EU and Overseas

 

For more information about other International Scholarships available please see the International Office website.

Support offered by external organisations

There are a number of external organisations who also provide funding for engineers, particularly researchers. We have given links to some of the main funding orgnisations below however there may be others.

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Medical research Council (MRC)
• The British Council, Overseas Research Students Scholarships (ORS)
• Whitworth Scholarships

PhD Studentships

The jobs section of the University website details the PhD studentships that are currently available in the Faculty of Engineering. Studentships  provide a generous level of funding for a specific area of research.

An exciting opportunity currently exists in the Nottingham Geospatial Institute for a studentship in Precise location measurement in indoor and outdoor performance sport