The UCL Overseas Research Scholarships (UCL-ORS)
aim to attract high-quality international students to UCL to undertake
research. Approximately 40 UCL-ORS awards are available annually.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be:
- in receipt of an offer of admission to or currently registered at UCL on a full- or part-time research degree programme, and;
- liable to pay tuition fees at the overseas rate (Overseas fees status), and;
- holding or expecting to achieve at least an upper second-class Honours UK undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
While current students may apply, those entering
their third year of research will normally only be considered for funding in
exceptional circumstances.
Selection Criteria
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic
excellence and research potential. Financial circumstances are not taken into
account.
Scholarship value
Awards consist of fee funding to cover the
difference between Overseas and UK/EU tuition fees.
UCL-ORS recipients who do not have any other fee
funding will receive additional UCL funding to cover remaining tuition fees for
the duration of the UCL-ORS award.
The award does not cover the Additional Fee
Element (AFE) of your programme (if applicable), unless you are also awarded a
UCL GRS award.
Awards are tenable for years 1, 2, and 3 of a
full-time MPhil/PhD/EngD degree programme (or years 1 to 5 of a part-time
programme), subject to annual review and renewal.
Where students are undertaking an
integrated four-year doctoral programme the award will be extended to
their final year of study.
If granted, funding begins at the start of the
next academic session.
Applicants are advised to secure additional
funding to cover living costs, which are estimated to be in the region of
£12,000 per year. Where UCL-ORS awards may be held in conjunction with UCL
Graduate Research Scholarships (GRS) and other non-fee awards (unless the
fee award covers the Home/EU rate only).
Applications must be submitted to departments no
later than Friday 17 January 2014.
