UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships 2027

The UBEL DTP’s fully funded ESRC studentships cover full payment of tuition fees per year and an annual maintenance stipend.

The UBEL Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) offers ESRC-funded studentships across 30 disciplinary pathways, organised into 6 subject groups and delivered through six London universities:

• University of Greenwich
• University of East London
• School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• Birkbeck, University of London
• University College London (UCL)

• Table of Content
• About UBEL DTP
• UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship

• UBEL DTP studentships cover tuition fees at the UKRI rate and an annual maintenance stipend. For 2026/27 an UBEL studentship will cover tuition fees of £5238 and a minimum stipend of £23,805. This figure includes the London Allowance.
• UBEL offer a wide range of disciplinary pathways, in 6 groupings across 6 London institutions. Each pathway provides a range of study routes (+3.5; 1+3.5 +4.5) with MRes, MSc and MA programmes attached and accommodates both full-time and part-time students. 

Requirements for UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• You should normally have (or expect to achieve by 30 September 2027) an upper second or first class honours degree or a Master’s degree from a recognised UK university, or the equivalent qualification if gained outside the UK.
• For +3.5  award you must normally have (or expect to achieve by 30 September 2027) a Master’s degree with an appropriate level of research training.

Eligibility criteria

• All UKRI studentships are open to both home and international students.
• To be classed as a home student, candidates must meet the following criteria:

  Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), Have settled status,
  or Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements),
  or Have indefinite leave to remain or enter

• If a candidate does not meet the criteria above, they would be classified as an International student. Please read the UKRI Eligibility guidance document (pdf) for full details on residency requirements.
• UBEL cannot cover visa costs for international students. For any visa or immigration advice, please speak to your proposed institutions visa compliance team.
• UBEL is allowed to make no more than 30% of the total number of studentships (across competitions) to international students – this is an ESRC condition and cannot be waivered. (For 2025 Entry, UBEL could award only 10 international studentships out of 485 international applicants)

Interview date, Process and Venue for UBEL DTP ESRC Studentships Postgraduate Scholarship

Deadlines for Applications for 2027 ESRC Funding

Check also:
Swedish Institute Scholarships 2027
Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit UBEL DTP webpage.