(Y Werin Legacy Fund)

The scholarship shall be of the same value as a University Postgraduate Studentship, subject to available funds. The candidate must pursue a scheme of study for a postgraduate research degree in Arts or in Science at Bangor University.

Deadline for applications: is 1 June 2020.

Further information and application

Application form.

(Y Werin Legacy Fund)

The scholarship offers up to £1,500 to support talented graduates from Welsh Universities with an interest in language, literature, history and antiquities of Wales.

The deadline for applications is 1st June 2020.

Further information and application

(Y Werin Legacy Fund)

The Llewelyn Williams Postgraduate Studentship enables research in Welsh History, including Welsh laws and economic aspects of Welsh life. The scholarship offers up to £7,000 to support talented History, Law and Economics graduates with an interest in postgraduate research in a Welsh University.

The deadline for applications is 31st August 2020.

Further information and application

(Y Werin Legacy Fund)

The scholarship offers up to £2,000 to support talented graduates from Welsh Universities with an interest in Journalism or International Affairs.

The deadline for applications is 1st June 2020.

Further information and application

What’s included?

Payment of tuition fees for one-year taught or research postgraduate Masters or for two years if studying part-time.

Information on how to apply for the the Equality & Diversity scholarships for 2020/21 here. For more information please contact athenaswan@bangor.ac.uk.

Further information

For more information about the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Masters Scholarship scheme click here

UK Students (excluding students from Wales*) may be eligible for a Postgraduate Access Bursary if they were in receipt of one of the following as an undergraduate student during the 2019/20 academic year, or if they were unemployed immediately before starting a postgraduate course at Bangor University:

• Means Tested Maintenance Grant
• Means Tested Maintenance Loan
• an Estrangement Bursary
• a Care Leavers Bursary
• Job Seekers Allowance / Income Support / Universal Credit

Students must be able to provide evidence that they were in receipt of one these grants, bursaries or benefits.

A bursary of £500 will be awarded to:

• students who as an undergraduates in 2019/20 received the maximum means tested funding.
• students who were unemployed immediately before starting their postgraduate studies.

A bursary of £250 will be awarded:

• to students who as an undergraduate in 2019/20 received a partial means tested funding.

For more information and to request and application form, contact the Money Support Unit.

*Students from Wales are entitled to a minimum £1,000 grant from the Welsh Government.

These awards are aimed specifically at widening access to full and part-time postgraduate Masters courses. Click here for more information.

ESRC Wales DTP General Studentship 2021 in Economics

Bangor Business School, Bangor University, supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP), invites applications for PhD study, with the possibility of being awarded a
fully-funded ESRC DTP Studentship, available to start in October 2021. We expect to make a doctoral studentship award in the area of Economics.

Fully funded PhD studentship available.
Start: October 2021
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 03 February 2021 (12pm GMT)

Full Details here

ESRC Wales DTP General Studentship 2021 in Management and Business

Bangor Business School, Bangor University, supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP), invites applications for PhD study, with the possibility of being awarded a fully-funded ESRC DTP Studentship, available to start in October 2021. We expect to make doctoral studentship awards in the area of  Management and Business.

Fully funded PhD studentship available.
Start: October 2021
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 03 February 2021 (12pm GMT)

Full Details here 

International Scholarships

Each successful international applicant will be automatically considered for a Scholarship of up to £4,000. Applicants are NOT required to complete a separate scholarship application form. Scholarship awards will be clearly stated on the offer/admission letter.

Further information for International applicants

International applicants may be eligible for further financial support from external sources. Please visit the British Council’s webpages for further information.

Other useful information

In addition to the scholarships and fee reduction options outlined above you may also find the following information useful with regards funding your studies with us;

• You may be eligible for a Postgraduate Access Bursary if as an undergraduate you were in receipt of an Assembly Learning Grant, an Opportunity Bursary, a Foyer Bursary or a Care Leavers Grant.

Further details are found on the Postgraduate Student Finance webpages

Artificial Intelligence machine learning and advanced computing PhD

Two fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarships are available to start in October 2020 in the area of Artificial Intelligence machine learning and advanced computing.  The PhDs are suitable for graduates with a keen interest in AI algorithms for data analytics, visualisation and image analysis.

Further information about:

• PhD
• Proposals

Fully Funded Phd: Literacy development for pupils in SEN settings 

The Collaborative Institute for Education Research, Evidence and Impact (CIEREI) at the School of Education and Human Development, Bangor University, invites applications for a funded PhD studentship. Supported by the Abbey School the studentship will commence in October 2021. The research partnership also includes CEDAR, at the University of Warwick. 

The closing deadline for applications is 12.00 noon on March 26th 2021. More details here.

Fully funded PhD: Evaluating the impact of a pupil Health and Wellbeing programme in Special Needs contexts

The Collaborative Institute for Education Research, Evidence and Impact (CIEREI) at the School of Education and Human Development, Bangor University, invites applications for a funded PhD studentship. Supported by the Abbey School the studentship will commence in October 2021. The research partnership also includes CEDAR, at the University of Warwick. The closing deadline for applications is 12.00 noon on March 12th, 2021. More details here.

Teacher Training Incentives

The Welsh Government provide grants of up to £20K for teacher training in some subject areas. Funding is available for postgraduates starting Initial Teacher Education (ITE) PGCE courses in the following subjects:

• Up to £20,000 for mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, Welsh or computer sciences
• Up to £15,000 for modern foreign languages
• £3,000 for graduates with a first-class degree, a Masters or a PhD to teach all other main secondary subjects and primary
• A £3,000 supplement for graduates with a first-class degree, a Masters or a PhD undertaking primary PGCE studies with subject specialism in English, Welsh, mathematics or science.

For full details have a look at the Discover Teaching Teacher Training Incentives pages.

Iaith Athrawon Yfory

The Iaith Athrawon Yfory Incentive Scheme is an incentive paid to eligible persons who complete an accredited secondary postgraduate ITE programme in Wales that enables them to teach through the medium of Welsh or teach Welsh as a subject.

A total of £5000 for eligible student teachers paid in two instalments:

i. £2,500 for eligible persons on completion of an eligible secondary postgraduate ITE programme in Wales leading to QTS;

ii. £2,500 for eligible persons on successful completion of induction at a maintained Welsh-medium or bilingual secondary school or teaching Welsh in any maintained secondary setting in Wales.

For full details have a look at the Discover Teaching Teacher Training Incentives pages.

There are no awards available at the moment.

3-year PhD position in Spatial Cognition in STEM Learning at the Department of Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, Linguistics and Media, Bangor University

The Department of Linguistics at Bangor University, Wales, UK and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) project SellSTEM offers an Early Stage Researcher (ESR and PhD Student) position within the doctoral program for a PhD in Linguistics at Bangor University.

Thesis project: Examining language as a medium of representation in relation to STEM learning tasks and spatial ability

Background: The ESR in this project will use Cognitive Discourse Analysis (CODA; Tenbrink, 2020) to study the role of spatial ability in mental representations of STEM tasks. For example, children with low spatial abilities may struggle to understand the concept of ‘volume’. The way they talk about STEM learning tasks involving volume will reflect what exactly these difficulties are and what is being misunderstood. Such insights inform the design of classroom activities to help children overcome these difficulties.

Start: September 2021
Deadline for applications: 17:00 CET, 17 March 2021.

Full Details here

Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Bilingualism: Language Development in Welsh-English Bilingual Children with Down Syndrome and Autism (supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales - Wales DTP).

Down syndrome is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder, and a substantial proportion of children with DS also meet the clinical criteria for autism. A number of these children receive exposure to two languages, but there is little research on language abilities in these populations. Focussing on Welsh-English bilinguals, the project aims to fill this gap, by testing language in children with dual diagnosis in comparison with children with single diagnosis (Down syndrome only/ autism only).

Fully funded 3 (or 4 year 1+3) PhD studentship available.
Start: October 2021
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 03 February 2021 (12pm GMT)

Full Details here

Fully Funded PhD Studentships (Competition funded): Doctoral studentship award available in the area Bilingualism supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP).

Applicants should approach a potential supervisor to discuss their draft application before submitting their application. 

Fully funded 3 (or 4 year 1+3) PhD studentships available.
Start: October 2021
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 03 February 2021 (12pm GMT)

Full details here

International Scholarships

Each successful international applicant will be automatically considered for a Scholarship of up to £4,000. Applicants are NOT required to complete a separate scholarship application form. Scholarship awards will be clearly stated on the offer / admission letter.

Loyalty Award

Bangor graduates who proceed directly on to a full-time Masters degree at Bangor University will automatically be entitled to a discount on the tuition fee. For Home/EU graduates this discount will be £500, while for International graduates the discount will be £1,000.

Further information for International applicants

International applicants may be eligible for further financial support from external sources. Please visit the British Council’s webpages for further information.

Visit the Bangor University pages for information about other postgraduate funding opportunities offered by the University.

Music Postgraduate Bursaries

The School of Music and Media has a limited number of internal Music Bursaries, which are open to UK, EU and overseas students. These range in value up to a maximum of £1,000. These bursaries are available on a competitive basis. To apply for a bursary, please can you upload a letter with your application indicating why you would like to be considered. For more information please contact music.pg@bangor.ac.uk.

CAH Graduate School Doctoral/MPhil Travel Bursaries

MPhil or PhD postgraduate students in the College of Arts and Humanities at Bangor University may be eligible to apply for a travel bursary award during the period of registration in order to attend an academic conference or to make a visit to a relevant academic archive/library.

Each application is assessed on its own merits, and the bursary or bursaries awarded to any single postgraduate will not exceed the sum of £150 in total within any academic year. All enquiries should be directed to the College postgraduate administrator.

Other types of funding

The School of Music has an excellent track record in obtaining funding for research students. Over the years, we have won a number of grants for collaborative research projects with external partners (companies, industries, societies and orchestras) through KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) and KESS (Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships).

For more information about these and other funding possibilities, please contact: pgadmissionscah@bangor.ac.uk

PhD Studentships

The School of Chemistry has a number of PhD studentships available. To find out more please contact us.

Determining the agronomic and environmental impacts of organic products from agricultural and urban waste streams

Funding status: Fully funded PhD studentship

Whilst many EU countries, e.g. the UK, DK and NL, have developed sophisticated manure nutrient recommendation systems, there is insufficient evidence about the agronomic and environmental effects of new bio-based products, including modified products to reduce environmental losses, for their inclusion in such decision support systems. There is a growing need to assess the wider implications of using new and existing bio-based products, and develop technologies that enhance their nutrient use efficiencies but reduce their environmental impact.

This is a fully funded project, to submit an expression of interest and apply please email Prof. David Chadwick. Further information here.

Prestigious scholarships awarded for MSc Tropical Forestry at Bangor University. Apply now!

Following an extremely competitive bidding process against other top UK universities, Bangor University’s School of Natural Sciences (SNS) has been awarded 10 scholarships for its MSc Tropical Forestry (distance-learning. These scholarships are for exceptional scholars wishing to begin their studies in September 2019.

Further information about how to apply can be found here.

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission for MSc Tropical Forestry - Apply Now!

We offer a postgraduate distance-learning programme in Tropical Forestry, which is aimed specifically at international students who have been awarded a scholarship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission). These scholarships are for exceptional scholars wishing to begin their studies in September 2020.

Awarded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), these scholarships are exclusively for scholars from developing Commonwealth countries: Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda and Zambia. The scholarship includes international tuition fees, a study grant to help scholars with the costs of distance-learning study (such as internet data) plus a travel scholarship for a Tropical Forestry Study Tour in July 2021.

We have ten scholarships for entry to the programme in September 2019. Please click here for more information.

Other sources

• Chevening scholarships
• http://www.terravivagrants.org/

There are no awards available at the moment.

Fully-funded PhD Studentship: The neuroscience of voice perception

This project will focus in the research area of auditory neuroscience and can be tailored to the interests of the successful applicant and the supervisory team. Dr Bestelmeyer’s research broadly concerns how we extract information from the sound of a person’s voice. Fully funded 3-year PhD studentship. Closing date for applications: 12th March 2021. Full details here

Fully funded PhD Studentship: The Body in the Mind: Exploring Perceptual Self-Representations

The project will be concerned with bodily self-representation under the supervision of Dr Lara Maister. Depending on the candidate’s interests and expertise, the project could more specifically focus on one of two potential topics. The first focusses on our bodily self ‘from the outside’, by investigating our representations of our own physical appearance, and the second focusses on the bodily self ‘from the inside’, investigating interoceptive bodily awareness in young infants. Fully funded 3-year PhD studentship. Closing date for applications: 30th April 2021.  Full details of both potential topics here

The School/University offers the following awards to students applying to study on any taught postgraduate programme:

Jeremy Howell Research Conference Prize

As a UK Top 10, internationally recognised or World leading (REF 2014) research department, we are very keen for research excellence to be rewarded. We are extremely pleased to offer one successful Masters student financial reward towards presenting their MSc research project/dissertation at an academic conference of their choosing. 

The awarded offers one student who graduates from our MSc programme with the highest research project/dissertation grade up to £1000 to present their MSc research project/dissertation at an academic conference of their choice. To be considered for the award, applicants must apply during their Masters study at Bangor by completing a one-page proforma application detailing their research project/dissertation title, an overview of their research project/dissertation, and the conference at which they wish to present. Applications must be submitted by August 1st of the graduating year of the applicants MSc. A final decision on the successful applicant will be made at our exam boards and the award will be presented to the successful student at our Masters graduation ceremony.

In the event of a tie, the Masters student with the highest overall degree grade will be considered successful. Individuals who do not submit an application will not be considered for the award. The project/dissertation to be presented at the chosen conference must have been completed here in the School of Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences during the applicants year of Masters study. The award includes finanical support (up to a maximum of £1000) towards conference registration, flights, accommodation, and subsistence.

Graduate Assistantships

All postgraduate taught applicants (Home/EU/International, full-time and part-time) are eligible to APPLY to become a Graduate Assistant (GA).  Graduate Assistants are paid to work with academic staff in a range of teaching, learning and assessment activities to support undergraduate student learning for up to 60 hours each academic year.  

Why should you apply to be an Assistant?

SHES postgraduate programmes equip students with the latest knowledge in their selected field, plus a wide range of transferable skills, and an autonomous approach to learning that keeps them at the cutting edge of their chosen career. Assistantships are an innovative feature that allows students to put some of their learning into practice by supporting School activities, to help develop their personal applied support skills and to enhance their CVs with direct experience to support their future employability.

Graduate Assistants from the School have gone on to work as lecturers and research assistants in FE/HE, teachers, physiotherapists and exercise rehabilitation specialists, outdoor instructors/guides and paramedics.

“ A Graduate Assistantship provides the opportunity to place your own input and ideas into modules while gaining valuable experience in teaching, marking and helping out in the [physiology] labs. Most importantly an Assistant gains vital skills for a future career in sport and exercise science.”​

Ben Price, MSc Applied Sport Science, Graduate Assistant

What is expected of an Assistant?

Activities that GAs are involved with will include supporting lectures, leading seminars, providing tutorial support, demonstrating in practical classes, marking undergraduate student assessment, invigilating at undergraduate resit exams. 

GAs are expected to be prepared for each session by acquainting themselves with the core reading and ensuring that they have the ability to contextualise the material within the broader context of the module as a whole and the lecture associated with the seminar in particular. To this end attending the lectures can be enormously helpful, though this is unpaid and not compulsory.

Application process - Applicants should submit to a Curriculum Vitae, covering letter and a reference (ideally from a recent employer but an academic reference is acceptable), indicating their suitability for an Assistantship, to Dr Ant Blanchfield a.w.blanchfield@bangor.ac.uk by the closing date of the end of Welcome Week each year.

Selection is competitive and may involve an interview which will be in the first few weeks of semester 1. Please contact Dr Blanchfield for more information.

Please refer to our tuition fees and cost of living pages to fully understand how these scholarships will affect your overall costs.  

For PhD and Research students, please make sure you have identified and secured a source of funding (e.g. scholarship, self-funding with partial scholarship, Government or other sponsor etc) for your tuition fees and living costs BEFORE submitting an application to study.