"Application Deadline is March 31": Apply For Scholarship and Relocate to the UK For Free

"Application Deadline is March 31": Apply For Scholarship and Relocate to the UK For Free

  • Applications are now being accepted for the University of Manchester's dean's doctoral scholarship award
  • The scholarship is open to doctoral students from all countries of the world, and it offers a full tuition fee waiver
  • The University of Manchester has announced that the application deadline for the scholarship award will terminate on March 31, 2024

The University of Manchester, UK, is accepting applications from doctoral students who want to study under scholarship.

The school is offering a full tuition waiver to 40 students from around the world who are willing to relocate and take up doctoral research.

Scholarship opportunities in the UK.
The University of Manchester offers scholarships to doctoral students. Photo credit: Getty Images/Izusek and Aaron Foster. Photos are used for illustration only.
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Information on the school website notes that the offer is managed by the faculty of science and engineering.

University of Manchester's dean's doctoral scholarship award

The offer is valid for three years and five months, and the selected students must study full-time at the University of Manchester.

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The candidates must meet other criteria for regular admission into the school to be considered. This means submission of an application for a PhD program at the University of Manchester and then indicating interest in the scholarship program.

The school stated:

"Dean's Doctoral Scholarships work on a nomination basis, the lead supervisor will consider you for nomination and will support you through the process. It is important that you have had significant contact with the supervisory team during the application process and that they are aware that you wish to be considered for funding.In order to be considered, applicants must apply for a place on the PhD programme of your choice as early as possible before the advertised funding deadline."

The deadline for the submission of applications is March 31, 2024.

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Speaking to Legit.ng on the benefits of bagging one's PhD in the UK, a relocation expert at Japa Systems, Seyi Obasi, said it has many advantages.

Her words:

"There is the opportunity for funding and also for lecturing after studies. That's basically one opportunity for PHD students. Majority however never get to lecture."

Lucky student bags scholarship in the US

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian student got a fully funded master's scholarship to study in the USA despite having only a Higher National Diploma, HND.

Omokhoya Sunday possesses an HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, which he bagged from the Federal Polytechnic, Offa.

Information obtained by Legit.ng shows that Sunday will be studying at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, United States.

Source: Legit.ng

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