Funding

PhD students from the UK are typically funded through research council (EPSRC/STFC) studentships; there are typically eight STFC studentships available each year in the Centre for Particle Theory and in addition two EPSRC awards for CPT students within the Maths Department. The university also offers a doctoral fellowship scheme for PhD students, which is open to all applicants.

There is an opportunity for short term fellowships in the IPPP though a Marie Curie Early Stage Training Host Fellowship.

More information on sources of funding is available from the university and departmental (maths/physics) web pages.

Course fees guide 2008/2009

• For students normally resident within the European Union: £ 3,300
• For students resident outside the European Union: £ 10,050
• For attendance at lecture courses only---please contact the Secretary, Department of Mathematical Sciences.

These figures are subject to change and are provided for guidance only-please consult departments for more information

University Guide to Fees

Living expenses

In addition to course fees, living expenses for the year are likely to be approximately £ 7300 for a single person.

University Guide to Living Costs

Sources of funding

These notes are intended as a rough guide only.If you wish to be considered for support available through the department you should say so when you apply for a place to study here and you should make you application without undue delay.

Project Studentships Studentships linked to specific research projects are sometimes available. When applying for these you should be careful to adhere to any special requirements and application dates. Please contact Simon F. Ross or Paul Sutcliffe or Michael Pennington for further details.

Durham University Doctoral Fellowships provide subsistence of £ 12600 per annum, at a rate similar to the UK research councils. Further information regarding the scheme for the 2007/08 academic year can be found at the Doctoral Fellowships Scheme website.

ORS awards cover the difference between European and Overseas Fees. See here for further details.

British Council Awards: If you live outside the United Kingdom you should enquire at an office of the British Council in your country of residence whether they have any suitable awards available. The possibilities vary from country to country and from year to year. They may have scholarships available for both MSc and PhD students. Some examples of the possibilities are given below:

British Council-USA -list of scholarships for US students (including NSF Graduate Research Fellowships)

British Council-India -list of scholarships for Indian students

Association of Commonwealth Universities (links to awards such as Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan and the Marshall Scholarships)

Paid Tutorial Work: Postgraduate students are usually encouraged to do a limited amount of tutorial and similar work and can usually earn about £1000 a year in this way. This is in addition to any of the awards mentioned above.

The Nick Brown Memorial Trust

The trust provides travel bursaries (typically one per year) either to allow a student from a developing country to travel to Durham to take up their studies or, to allow a student already in Durham to travel to a meeting or to pursue part of their studies elsewhere.