Research

Research studentships and scholarships

The university supports postgraduate research opportunities with a range of scholarships and studentships. 

Information on available University of Greenwich scholarships can be found below.

Investigating shared structural representations across language and mathematics.

Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Reference number: VCS-FEHHS-04-23

Commencement Date: January 2024

Closing Date: 30 October 2023

This VC Scholarship must be submitted to the MPhil/PhD Human Sciences programme (please see adverts).

Further information


Restorative Approaches in Schools – the impact for pupils’ behaviour, relationships in school and educational attainment.

Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Reference number: VCS-FEHHS-03-23

Commencement Date: January 2024

Closing Date: 30 October 2023

This VC Scholarship must be submitted to the MPhil/PhD Human Sciences programme (please see adverts).

Further information


Reducing Health Inequities through Virtual Reality Interventions: How Embodiment can Tackle Racial and Gender Biases in the Perception of Other’s Pain.

Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Reference number: VCS-FEHHS-02-23

Commencement Date: January 2024

Closing Date: 30 October 2023

This VC Scholarship must be submitted to the MPhil/PhD Human Sciences programme (please see adverts).

Further information


MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Exploring Human-AI Interactions in the Visitor Economy

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-06

Commencement Date: January 2024

Closing Date: 15 October 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Continuous extrusion manufacturing for the development of pharmaceutical products

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-05-22

Closing Date: 30th September 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Practising Community-Centred Public History Amidst the Legacies of Empire

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Reference: VCS-FLAS-05-22

Closing Date: 15th October 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Controlling Additive Manufacturing with Ultrasound

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: FES-PhD-2324-01

Closing Date: 15th September 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Reducing disease transmission through manipulation of tick-grey squirrel interactions

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-NRI-04-22

Closing Date: 8th September 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Nowcasting the UK economy

Faculty of Business

Reference: Autonomy PhD scholarship

Closing Date: 1st September 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Enhancing efficiency of dense phase conveying of powders to facilitate reductions in carbon emissions from in-plant transport of ingredients and products in food, chemicals, minerals, and other industries

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-01-23

Closing Date: 31st August 2023

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MPhil/PhD Scholarship: Fungal-derived technology for control of the invasive pest, Spotted Wing Drosophila

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-NRI-05-22

Closing Date: 17th July 2023

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Harvesting Light and Thunder to Age healthily

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-14-22

Closing Date: 1st July 2023

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Reducing disease transmission through manipulation of tick-grey squirrel interactions

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference:  VCS-FES-NRI-04-22

Closing Date: 30th June 2023

Further information


Fabrication of three-dimensional printed drug-eluting devices for women’s health applications 

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: TBC

Closing Date: 30th June 2023

Further information


The Institute for Lifecourse Development supports postgraduate research

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences

Find out more about our current PGR opportunities.


Applying for a postgraduate research scholarship

If you are interested in applying for a scholarship please follow to the guidance on the advert and refer to the information on our how to apply and application process pages.

Fee Status

Please note EU applicants may be eligible for Home fees, if holding EU settled/pre-settled status along with meeting other additional criteria.

Guidance on how your fee status is determined can be found here. Further information can also be found on UKCISA.

Funding opportunities

For information on external funding please visit our funding opportunities page.

What to study as a postgraduate?

For information on the wide range of research programmes available please visit our programme information page.

For information on applying for a research programme please visit our how to apply page.