Bonamy Dobrée PhD Scholarships in English Studies, University of Leeds

UK. The School of English is offering two full-fee awards to international research postgraduate students commencing their studies in October this year. The bursary will pay the full cost of tuition fees at the international rate and £500 maintenance per annum (renewable annually up to a maximum of 3 years on condition of satisfactory progress).

The award-holder will be registered as a provisional PhD candidate, and would be expected to up-grade to full PhD status within twelve months of registration. Applicants for these awards are also expected to make an application to the ORSAS competition through the University of Leeds.

Minimum Academic Requirements

Good UK Upper Second Class Honours or First Class Honours Degree and preferably a distinction at Master’s Degree level, or equivalents, in appropriate subjects. Candidates must also meet the University’s English language requirements.

You may apply online for research degree study at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/apply_research.htm or may be downloaded from: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/appfmweb.doc

You may apply online for taught postgraduate degree study at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/apply.htm or a PDF version may be downloaded from this page.

For further details, you may please contact:
Louise Ward
School of English
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel: +44 (0) 113 343 4735
Email: l.e.ward@leeds.ac.uk
Web: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english

Application deadline: 13 June 2008