PhD funding

The School of Mathematics offers several fully funded PhD studentships each year. Students receiving School funding are awarded a stipend equivalent to UKRI stipend rates for a period of 4 years plus fees. 

Applications must be received by Monday 20 January 2025 in order to be considered for School and ESPSRC funding opportunities. Late applications may also be considered if there are still places. There is no need to submit a separate application for these. 

We are delighted to announce that we are one of the Martingale Foundation's university partners. The Martingale Foundation helps provide access to postgraduate mathematics study for UK students facing financial barriers by offering fully-funded MSc and PhD programmes.  All applicants must apply to the Martingale Foundation before they apply to the University of Edinburgh. Please access the information sheet below for timelines: 

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) awards are available to all applicants and provide full support (fees and stipend). The stipend is set by UKRI on an annual basis (stipend payment levels for 2024-25 are £19,237). 

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | UK Research and Innovation

Applications must be received by Monday 20 January 2025 in order to be considered for School and ESPSRC funding opportunities. Late applications may also be considered if there are still places. There is no need to submit a separate application for these. 

The Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarship (EDCS) is open to all Mathematics PhD students.

In 2025-26, the School will offer a fully funded Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarship (EDCS). This scholarship provides tuition fees and a stipend for 4 years. The award is open to UK and overseas applicants applying to start their first year of study in 2025-26.

Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2.1 honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent. 

Successful applicants will undertake a package of training and development which will help you to develop the necessary skills required to meet your career choices and offer you a breath of development opportunities in areas such as teaching, public engagement, entrepreneurship, data science and research. 

The application deadline for this opportunity is the end of Monday 3 February 2025.

Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarships | Scholarships and student funding

If you are having difficulties applying for the EDCS through EUCLID, please contact the following email address: 

There will be one scholarship available for PhD study to candidates who are citizens and permanent residents of the People's Republic of China at the time of applying for entry for the academic year 2025-26. Candidates should not be working outside China at the time of application and successful candidates must agree to return to China upon completion of their degree. Candidates studying outside China are eligible to apply but not those who have already commenced a PhD programme prior to the 2025-26 academic year. 

The application deadline for this opportunity will be announced shortly.  

To be considered for this scholarship applicants should complete the below China Scholarship Council (CSC)/University of Edinburgh Scholarship application form which should be submitted to pgresearch@maths.ed.ac.uk by the deadline. 

There will be an internal selection process and successful candidates will be notified via email. Candidates nominated by the University to be considered for a scholarship should satisfy the selection criteria set out by CSC by completing the application form and CSC Employer Reference form which can be found on the CSC website:

Application guide | China Scholarship Council

You must ensure you select the correct scholarship scheme, Institutional & Personal Channel, as there are several schemes. Please note that applicants for this scholarship must be able to prove that they meet the University's English language requirements at the time of application:

English language entry requirements | University of Edinburgh 

The scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic merit and candidates must have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, the equivalent of a first-class honours degree from a Chinese University.