£23,805 a Year UCL Laws PhD Scholarship
- Organization: UCL Faculty of Laws (University College London)
- Type: Scholarship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: November 19, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
UCL's Faculty of Laws in London funds a small number of its MPhil/PhD students each year through Faculty Research Scholarships and several related awards. There is no separate scholarship form: everyone who applies to the Law MPhil/PhD for 2027/28 entry by 19 November 2026 is automatically considered. Each award covers tuition fees plus a living stipend for three years of full-time doctoral research. **What you get:** - Full tuition fees for the MPhil/PhD - A maintenance stipend for full-time study, £23,805 a year at the 2026-27 rate (UCL gives this as a guide), pro-rated for part-time study - Funding renewed for a second and third year, subject to satisfactory progress and upgrade to full PhD status - If nominated by the Faculty for a UCL Research Excellence Scholarship, up to £1,200 a year extra for research costs - Supervision in UCL Laws, rated the leading UK law faculty for research quality in REF 2021 **What you'll do:** - Write a sustained piece of original legal research, registering first for the MPhil and upgrading to the PhD at about the half-way point - Take part in a mandatory first-year Skills Seminar Programme and an end-of-first-year PhD workshop - Join the Faculty's research centres, seminars and student-run work-in-progress forums **Key dates:** - Application window opened 1 September 2026 - Applications and scholarship consideration close 19 November 2026 at 5pm UK time - References due by the 10th working day after the application deadline - Interviews late November to December 2026 - Scholarship applications reviewed mid-January 2027; offers made late January 2027 - Research Excellence Scholarship nominees contacted in January 2027 - Programme starts September 2027 (the only entry point each year) **More information:** - Faculty Research Scholarships: open to all applicants, no separate form - Research Opportunity Scholarship and BAME Research Opportunity Scholarship: UK fee status and UK domicile required, financial need assessed after interview - IBIL Intellectual Property PhD Scholarship: one award for 2027-28 for research in intellectual property - UCL Research Excellence Scholarships: Faculty nomination, open to any country - Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism studentships: for research on democratic governance, the rule of law and constitutionalism - Enquiries: phd-law@ucl.ac.uk
