Arts and Humanities Research Scholarships

School of Arts and Humanities Scholarships – October 2026 start date

PhD, Professional Doctorates, Master’s of Arts by Research, and Master’s of Science by Research scholarships are offered in the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Huddersfield, for an October 2026 start. The scholarship gives those selected access to a full tuition waiver for their research degree, as well as additional funds to attend national and international conferences to disseminate and publish their research.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the 29 June 2026, and invited to attend a Teams interview during the week beginning 6 July 2026. After interview the most outstanding applicants will be offered a scholarship.

Arts and Humanities International Scholarships

The School of Arts and Humanities International Scholarship scheme 2023-4 offers a £2000 fee waiver (i.e. reduction of full fee by £2000 per annum) to international/overseas applicants proposing high-quality research aligned to the School’s key areas of research.

Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme

If you’re a Huddersfield graduate, looking to undertake a full-time or part-time research degree, you may be eligible for a full fee-waiver on your research degree.

The scholarship is open to home and international candidates.

Please note, for international students our Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme provides a fee waiver of at least 50% on full-time or part-time research degrees, some schools may offer 100%.

Eligibility criteria

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is a competitive application process and to be eligible, you must have achieved one of the following:

- a first-class honours degree
- a distinction at taught Master’s
or
- be recommended based on your Master’s by Research by your supervisor and academic school
and
- graduated from the University of Huddersfield in the last three years.

Any offer will be conditional on your degree outcome if you are graduating in the current academic year.

General

Available for research undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis including PhD, Master of Arts by Research, and Master of Science by Research.

Scholarship is only available for the standard registration period only,

For doctoral awards, or PhD, the fee waiver will be for 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time

For Master’s by Research awards, the fee-waiver will be for 1-year full time or 2 years part time.

The fee waiver will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period, including any write up period.

The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.

Please note, that this fee waiver is subject to availability.

How to apply

To apply, please complete an online application form stating the scholarship you wish to apply for in the funding section.

To be considered for the scheme, ensure you meet the application deadlines:

PGR Start Date	Application Deadline Date
April 2026	23 January 2026
September/October 2026	12 June 2026
January 2027	16 October
April 2027	22 January 2027

Selection process

All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.

Further information

For more information, please contact the Graduate School at gs.pgradmissions@hud.ac.uk

Chancellor’s Scholarships

We are seeking the very best graduates from across the UK to participate in our Chancellor’s Scholarships Scheme, which gives those selected access to a full tuition waiver on their research degree, as well as additional funds to attend national and international conferences to disseminate and publish their research.

Details

To celebrate 200 years of the University of Huddersfield, which in 1825 was established as The Science and Mechanics Institute, we are awarding Chancellor’s Scholarships across all PhD disciplines.

These scholarships are available across all academic disciplines for research undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Eligibility criteria

Our Chancellor’s Anniversary Scholarships Scheme is a competitive application process open to home (UK resident) candidates and to be eligible you must have achieved one of the following:

2:1 honours degree or above.
Distinction at taught Master’s.
Master’s by Research degree and have a letter of recommendation from your supervisor.

Research degrees include the following awards; PhD, Professional Doctorates, Master’s of Arts by Research, and Master’s of Science by Research.

General

The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.

All scholarship students must successfully complete progression monitoring at the end of each academic year to continue the scholarship award.

If you have any queries or require further information, please contact gs.pgradmissions@hud.ac.uk

How to apply

To apply, please complete an online application form stating the scholarship you wish to apply for in the funding section.

For more information on applying, please visit our how to apply for a research degree page.

The following deadline dates will apply:

PGR Start Date	Application Deadline Date
April 2026	23 January 2026
September/October 2026	12 June 2026
January 2027	16 October
April 2027	22 January 2027

Selection process

All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.

Further information

For further information, please contact the Graduate School at gs.pgradmissions@hud.ac.uk