Below is a list of Ph.D Scholarships in United Kingdom for African students 2026-2027
The School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University invites applicants to undertake PhD study. As populations age globally, inclusive design offers vital pathways to ensure environments, products, and services support diverse needs across the lifespan. This research area explores ho
Published: 05 Feb 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 27 Feb 2026
The Shawki Saad PhD Scholarship is a fully funded programme open to students ordinarily resident in Sub-Saharan Africa. PhD research projects must also have a direct relevance to challenges in Sub–Saharan Africa. Students must have a good Upper Second or First Class Degree (or International eq
Published: 03 Feb 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 02 Mar 2026
Exeter’s Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences is offering up to three fully funded Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities, open to Home and International fee-paying candidates for study commencing in September 2026. The research must be in the area(s) of history, lit
Published: 29 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 23 Feb 2026
This is a fully funded project which focuses on Analysing Demand Manipulation Attacks via Electric Vehicle Charging. The project will investigate this by analysing, modelling and evaluating physical-layer and communication-level attack vectors on EV charging. It will compare naive strategi
Published: 28 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 13 Mar 2026
The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme `Knowledge Orders before Modernity’ (KOM) is an innovative collaboration between King’s College London and the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent. The programme explores the capacity of the handwrit
Published: 22 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 13 Feb 2026
Kent Business School is looking to award up to four PhD GTA (Graduate Teaching Assistant) scholarships to highly motivated students. These scholarships are open to both home and international students. Two scholarships will commence in May 2026 and two scholarships will commence in
Published: 22 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 30 Jan 2026
SOAS is pleased to offer three 3-year PhD scholarships for entry in September 2026 in the form of the AHRC Landscape Awards scheme, part of the London and the Southeast Regional Hub (Hub G) Partnership.
Published: 20 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 30 Jan 2026
One scholarship is available for PhD research programmes offered by the Reid School of Music.
Published: 09 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 02 Feb 2026
This three-year Leverhulme Trust-funded PhD studentship (starting in September 2026) will focus on the interaction between input and uptake in primary school-aged Mandarin-speaking monolingual and heritage bilingual children with and without DLD in China and in the UK. The PhD student will be respon
Published: 09 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
Birmingham Business School Doctoral Scholarships are available to candidates of the highest academic calibre who wish to conduct doctoral level study on a topic within the research areas of Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Strategy & International Business at Birmingham Busin
Published: 08 Jan 2026 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 13 Jan 2026
The Colt Foundation is interested in high quality research projects in the field of occupational and environmental health, particularly those aimed at discovering the causes of illnesses arising from conditions in the workplace. The Foundation also makes grants each year to PhD students whose s
Published: 30 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
This scholarship is funded by a legacy to the School of Law from the estate of Mrs Mairi Rankin. The scholarship funds international travel in connection with postgraduate programmes in private international law at the University of Glasgow. The scholarship is awarded for a period not exceeding one
Published: 30 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The University will offer PhD scholarships for students starting their PhD research at the University in the 2026-2027 academic session. In order to attract the best and brightest PhD students, the University seeks to offer not only unparalleled research facilities and superb supervis
Published: 23 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 30 Apr 2026
SEDarc is pleased to offer funding for up to 39 doctoral studentships, supporting postgraduate researchers in undertaking impactful doctoral research and training. Of these, three studentships are ring-fenced for applicants who meet our widening participation criteria, as part of
Published: 05 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 30 Jan 2026
In this PhD project, you’ll explore how vibrating microbubbles can deliver drugs precisely where they’re needed in the body. Using ultrasound, high-speed cameras, and advanced “metalens” microscopes, you'll capture 3D images of how bubbles affect cells and tissues, linkin
Published: 27 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 27 Mar 2026
The ECU–UoP Joint PhD Program is open to prospective PhD candidates across all disciplines, yet prioritisation will be given to research conducted in the fields of Defence, Cyber Security and Criminology. Through the current scholarship scheme, one PhD scholarship will be available each year f
Published: 26 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Australia, United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 04 Jan 2026
The University of St Andrews and Macquarie University are pleased to offer a scholarship funded by both institutions to support an exceptional student undertaking doctoral research. This research examines how bias in AI-generated medical content can influence clinical decisions and patient care. By
Published: 26 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Australia, United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 03 Dec 2025
This project investigates how AI tools can augment developer creativity, while considering the potential downsides. You will be working at the intersection of human-centred AI and software engineering in delivering research with real-world impact. Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Co
Published: 24 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
This project aims to pioneer advancements in the energy-efficient Generative AI models (GenAI), focusing on achieving faster inference times and reduced model sizes without compromising performance and increasing carbon emissions. As GenAI becomes increasingly central to a wide range of applicati
Published: 24 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
This PhD project is based in the Department of Chemical Engineering. It focuses on developing innovative AI methods to design therapeutic-grade antibody and protein sequences.
Published: 24 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: United Kingdom Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified