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PhD Studentships

Coventry University are currently offering a number of funded PhD opportunities for prospective candidates, beginning in 2024.

All of our PhD studentships have been put together by leading researchers across the institution, covering a breadth of disciplines and research areas.

With just under 600 academics working in our challenge-led, interdisciplinary Research Centres, each excelling in its own specialist areas, our ambition is focused on delivering 'excellence with impact'. This means our research goes beyond just enhancing academic knowledge and effects real change in the wider world.

From autonomous vehicles and digital culture to sustainability and data sciences, Coventry University has a wide range of PhD opportunities that will stimulate and inspire.

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Trailblazers

These fully-funded PhD projects have been devised and developed by leading early-career researchers at Coventry University. The scheme provides PhD candidates with an innovative and dynamic intellectual space in which to undertake transformative research.

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Cotutelle PhD Programmes

The Cotutelle PhD programme enables postgraduate research candidates to benefit from enrolment, supervisory support and awards from Coventry University and one of our international partner institutions.

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Midlands4Cities

Coventry University is proud to be one of eight universities in the Midlands4Cities (M4C) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded Doctoral Training Partnership.

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A*STAR

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is a leading research organisation in Singapore that works to nurture and develop talent for the research community in Singapore and beyond.

All PhD studentships

View all current funded and self-funded PhD opportunities across our interdisciplinary research centres.

See the full list of available opportunities
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