Postgraduate research

Funded opportunities

Listed below are the funded studentship opportunities which are currently accepting research student applications.

Research Council Studentships

PhD studentships funded by Research Councils open for September 2024 entry

Wellcome Trust DTP Studentship Projects for September 2024

  • Projects within the areas of Population Health Sciences, Genetics, Psychology and Vision Sciences, Cardiovascular Sciences, Law
  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 3 December 2023 (Midnight UK time)

Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Programme

  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 10 January (12.00pm UK time)

CENTA Studentships

  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 10 January 2024

BBSRC MIBTP DTP Studentships for September 2024

  • College of Life Sciences
  • Start date 23 September 2024
  • Closing date 4 January 2024

The Sciences and Technology Facilities Research Council (STFC) Studentships for September 2024

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Start date 23 September 2024
  • Closing date 19 January 2024

Leicestershire Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training Programme (LHII DTP) Studentships for 2024

  • Start date 1 October 2024
  • Closing date 31 January 2024

MRC AIM 2024 studentships

  • Start date: 23 September 2023
  • Closing date: midday GMT Friday 12 January 2024

College of Life Sciences

Please read the studentship adverts for eligibility criteria, funding and application process.

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands

NIHR BRC  The weight loss independent effects of new obesity pharmacotherapies on glycaemia, cardiometabolic parameters and weight regulation mechanisms in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

  • Dr Dimitrios Papamargaritis 
  • Start date: 8 January 2024
  • Closing Date 3 December 2023

Cardiovascular Sciences: Measuring myocardial immunosenescence in cardiovascular disease

  • Supervisor: Professor Gavin Murphy
  • Start date: 1 February 2024
  • Closing date: 11 December 2023

Wellcome Trust DTP: Studentship Projects for September 2024

  • Projects within the areas of Population Health Sciences, Genetics, Psychology and Vision Sciences, Cardiovascular Sciences, Law
  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 3 December 2023 (Midnight UK time)
 University of Leicester/China Scholarship Council Studentships
  • Open to Chinese applicants only
  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 20 December 2023

CENTA 2024 studentships

  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 10 January 2024

Molecular and Cell Biology PhD available to selected January 2024 Master's students

  • Open to students registering on the MSc Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology or MSc Molecular Genetics in January 2024.

BBSRC MIBTP Doctoral Training Programme Studentships

  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 4 January 2024

Population Health Sciences  Exploring patient safety incident investigation capability and capacity in healthcare

  • Supervisors Farhad Peerally and Natalie Armstrong
  • Start date 23 September 2024
  • Closing date 8 January 2024

Leicestershire Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training Programme (LHII DTP) Studentships for 2024

  • Start date 1 October 2024
  • Closing date 31 January 2024

MRC AIM 2024 studentships

  • Start date: 23 September 2023
  • Closing date: midday GMT Friday 12 January 2024

Self funded PhD projects 

College of Science and Engineering

Please check eligibility for each individual project.

University of Leicester/China Scholarship Council Studentships

  • Open to Chinese applicants only
  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 20 December 2023

Physics Studentship: Using Raman Spectroscopy to Assess the Habitability of Oxia Planum

  • Supervisor Professor Ian Hutchinson
  • Start date 23 September 2024
  • Closing date 19 January 2024

The Sciences and Technology Facilities Research Council (STFC) Studentships for September 2024

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Start date 23 September 2024
  • Closing date 19 January 2024

CENTA Studentships

  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 10 January 2024

MRC AIM 2024 studentships 

  • Start date: 23 September 2023
  • Closing date: midday GMT Friday 12 January 2024

Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistantships GTA projects

  • Supervisors. Project 1, Dr Alison Stuart. Project 2, Dr Minjun Yang
  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 31 January 2024

College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

 Practice-Based PhD in Archaeology and/or Ancient Historytuition fee waivers available

  • Open to UK applicants
  • January 2024 starts

Practice-Based PhD in Criminology - tuition fee waivers

  • Open to UK applicants
  • January 2024 start
  • Closing date: 3 November 2023

University of Leicester/China Scholarship Council Studentships

  • Open to Chinese applicants only
  • Start date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing date: 20 December 2023

Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Programme

  • Start Date: 23 September 2024
  • Closing Date: 10 January (12.00pm UK time).

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