CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Democratic Participation and Prisoners
Closing date: 24 February 2025
Key Information
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to launch its Swansea University Research Excellence Scholarship (SURES) for full-time doctoral students to its seventh cohort, commencing in October 2025.
There are TWO fully funded scholarships available, applications are welcomed from four subject areas including the below. (The two highest scoring applications across all four schools will be awarded the scholarships.)
Each scholarship is offered for a maximum period of three years; SURES students are expected to submit their theses within this timescale.
Informal scholarship enquiries from applicants to prospective supervisors are warmly encouraged.
Subject area: School of Law
Project start date: October 2025
Aligned programme of study: PhD in Law
Mode of study: Full-time
Eligibility
Scholarships open to UK fee eligible applicants only.
Candidates must have achieved, or be expecting to achieve, a 1st class UK undergraduate degree (or equivalent international qualification), or a 2:1 UK undergraduate degree and a Distinction in a UK master’s degree (or international equivalent)
- Where applicants have multiple master’s degrees, a distinction must be held in the degree that is most relevant to the intended PhD study.
- If you are currently studying for a master’s level qualification with an expected award date that is later than 01/10/2025, you should hold a minimum of an upper-second-class (2:1) honours degree.
- You should be able to demonstrate a pass with a minimum grade average of at least 70% for your part-one master’s degree modules (the taught aspect of your master’s course rather than a research-focused dissertation) and submit your dissertation by no later than 30/09/2025.
NB: If you hold a non-UK degree, please see the Swansea University degree comparisons to find out if you meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants must be able to begin their course of study in October 2025. As a cohort-based programme, deferral to an alternative enrolment window within the academic year or to another academic year is not permissible.
English Language: IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.5) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. For further information, please see the Swansea University English Language Entry Policy.
To apply and for more details, refer here
