Funding
The School's postgraduate community is one of the largest and most diverse in the UK, enjoying state-of-the-art facilities and excellent support within a high-quality research environment.
The School offers an extensive range of research specialisations and Master's programmes in the following areas: East Asian Studies; European Languages and Cultures; Latin American Cultural Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Linguistics and English Language; and Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies. Apply for a programme here.
Funding your studies will be a crucial factor in your decision to apply for a postgraduate degree, so the earlier you consider your funding options, the better.
You can choose to pay your own tuition fees and living costs, or you can seek whole or partial funding from various sources.
The sources of funding available are different for UK/EU and international students.
AHRC Funding 2010-11
UK and EU students intending to take an MA or a research degree (MPhil or PhD) in the School may be eligible to apply for support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). AHRC awards are competitive and provide payment of tuition fees and a maintenance stipend for UK students, and tuition fees (and a maintenance stipend, subject to eligibility criteria) for EU students.
The School has the following AHRC studentships available for UK and EU students starting their programme of study from September 2010:
Doctoral Studentships in the areas of: French Studies; German Studies; Iberian and Latin American Studies; Linguistics and English Language.
Research Preparation Masters Studentships in the areas of: French Studies; Iberian and Latin American Studies; Linguistics and English Language; Middle Eastern and African Language.
A Professional Preparation Masters Studentship in the area of Interpreting and Translation.
Full details and guidance notes on how to apply can be found here:
The closing date for AHRC applications is Monday 15 March 2010.
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures will be offering a range of funding for both PhD and MA students starting their programme of study in 2010-11. Full details are given below.
Postgraduate Funding Opportunities 2010-11
The School will be offering funding opportunities for Home/EU and International PhD and MA students across all disciplines. The following will be available:
- Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs)
- PhD Fee Bursaries
- MA Fee Bursaries
- PhD Chinese Studies Fee Bursaries
- Brook Award (PhD English Language/Medieval English Literature)
- Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) PhD Studentship
- Funding Application Guidelines (PDF, 79 KB)
- Funding Application Form (Microsoft Word, 38 KB)
British Inter-University China Centre (BICC) MA Studentships: MA Contemporary China
From September 2010, four 1 year postgraduate studentships will be available through the British Inter-University China Centre (BICC). The studentships will be available to students on the MA Contemporary China programme at the University of Manchester. The studentships will pay full Home/EU fees and maintenance (currently £13,200 per annum), (fees only for EU students unless residency requirements as laid down in the ESRCs guidelines are met), along with a Research Training and Support Grant of £400.
Funded through the Language-Based Area Studies initiative, BICC is a cross-institutional research and teaching centre, which joins together the expertise of the Universities of Oxford, Bristol and Manchester in Chinese studies. These studentships are open to Home/EU students only (and eligibility for the awards follows research council residency rules). Students who already have an offer of a place or who still intend to apply for admission in September 2010 are eligible to apply.
Please download the application form, along with notes on eligibility from http://www.bicc.ac.uk
Closing date: 28 February 2010
Funding opportunities for international students
- NAFUM (North American Foundation Awards University of Manchester)
- Fulbright Scholarship
- British Marshall Scholarships
- The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
- DFID Shared Scholarships Scheme
- British Chevening Scholarships
- Programme ALBan
Further sources of funding
- ESRC - Applicants to certain Linguistics programmes may apply to the Economic and Social Research Council.
- BRISMES - Applicants to MAs in Middle Eastern Studies are encouraged to apply for the BRISMES scholarship. This is offered annually by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.
- British Federation of Women Graduates