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Find out more about fees, funding and scholarship opportunities for the MPhil/PhD programme at 果冻影院 Laws.
Fees and finance
Tuition fees cover all elements of your tuition, registration and examination. If applicable, any additional research expenses will be specified on your formal offer of admission.
Full details of the tuition fees for each academic year can be found under the fee schedule听pages of the 果冻影院 Current Students website.
Tuition fees for subsequent years are subject to increase. You should make provision for such increases and this is implicit in accepting the offer of a place at 果冻影院.
You must pay at least 50% of your tuition fee before or at enrolment to be fully enrolled, or provide a letter of sponsorship indicating who should be invoiced for your fee.
Tuition fees for 2025听entry
- UK students
(As a guide) 果冻影院鈥檚 tuition fees for UK students registered on graduate research programmes at 果冻影院 Laws for 2024-25听are 拢6,035听for full-time students, and 拢3,015听for part-time students.听 These will likely increase for 2025-26.
- International students
(as a guide) 果冻影院鈥檚 tuition fees for international students registered on graduate research programmes at 果冻影院 Laws are 拢25,900 for full-time students and 拢12,950听for part-time students for the academic year 2024-25.听听These will likely increase for 2025-26.
Tuition fees for 2025-26听may increase. Further information relating to on tuition fees can be found in the fees and funding听section of the 果冻影院 Current Students website.
Living costs
As well as your tuition fees, you will also need to think about how you are going to meet your living costs 鈥� accommodation, food and travel, as well as other costs associated with your studies and everyday life.
Find more information about living costs and managing your money on the 果冻影院 Prospective Students website.
Funding and scholarships
There are a number of different scholarships available to fund your PhD. All are awarded on the basis of academic excellence and are competitive.听 An application for a place on the PhD programme should precede any application for funding.
Each requires a different application process and deadline so please do read the following information carefully and adhere to the deadlines specified. No late applications will be accepted.
Please see also the 果冻影院 guidance on Funding for students on postgraduate research听courses, which provides information on other possible funding sources.听听
Annual Scholarship opportunities
- Faculty Research Scholarships
These scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, research potential and research area. Candidates must have an outstanding academic track record, an excellent research proposal and strong references as competition for these scholarships is high. Financial need is not an essential criterion but will be taken into account in tie-break cases, namely when there are two equally well qualified candidates on the basis of academic excellence.
A 果冻影院 Laws FRS covers the cost of tuition fees, plus a maintenance stipend per annum for full time study. The annual stipend for 2024-25听(as a guide)听is 拢21,337. Costs are pro-rated for part-time students.
Awards are made initially for one year but will be renewed for a second year, subject to satisfactory completion of studies during your first year. They will be renewed for a third year, provided the student has been upgraded to full PhD status and continues to make satisfactory progress in the programme.
How To Apply:
听All successful applicants to the 果冻影院 Laws PhD programme are听automatically considered听for our prestigious Faculty Research Scholarships (FRS), awarded directly by the Faculty. There is no separate application form that needs to be completed.
To be considered for the scholarship candidates must听apply for the PhD programme by 18th November 2024. Further details about applications are available here.听
Four Faculty Research Scholarships, named after distinguished legal figures associated with the Faculty, are typically available each year:
- Orme Scholarship:听Eliza Orme was the first woman to earn a law degree in England, graduating from 果冻影院 with an LLB in 1888. This followed 果冻影院鈥檚 groundbreaking decision to become the first UK university to permit women on an equal footing to men, in 1878. While women at the time were not permitted to qualify as a barrister or solicitor, Orme made a career drafting legal documents from her office in Chancery Lane. She was also involved in the National Society for Women鈥檚 Suffrage.
- Lawrence Scholarship:听Reina Lawrence was London鈥檚 first woman councillor. After receiving her LLB from 果冻影院 in 1893, Lawrence served on the Hampstead Distress Committee, helping the unemployed, before the Qualification of Women Act 1907 opened the way for female candidates in council elections. Lawrence stood for Hampstead Borough Council and was elected for the Belsize Ward with a large majority.
- Clarke Scholarship:听Ellis Clarke graduated from 果冻影院 Laws in 1940, being called to the Bar at Gray鈥檚 Inn the following year. Clarke returned to his native Trinidad and Tobago and served as a lawyer and, following that country鈥檚 independence from Britain, in a number of government posts including Ambassador to the United States and Ambassador to the UN. Knighted in 1963, Sir Ellis was instrumental in drafting a new republican constitution for Trinidad and Tobago and following its adoption was appointed President, serving in that capacity from 1976 to 1987.
- Elias Scholarship:听Taslim Olawale Elias graduated from 果冻影院 with an LLB in 1946, being called to the bar at the Inner Temple the following year. Elias completed his LLM and PhD at 果冻影院, becoming the first African to earn a PhD in Law from the University of London in 1949. In the run up to Nigerian independence in 1960, Elias played a key role in drafting the constitution and on its adoption was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice. In 1972 he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and served in a number of important international roles including Chairman of the UN International Law Commission, and helping to draft the Constitutions of the Congo and the Organisation of African Unity (forerunner to the African Union). In 1976 he was appointed a judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, becoming its President in 1982.
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- 果冻影院 Laws Research Opportunity Scholarship
The 果冻影院 Faculty of Laws offers听果冻影院 Laws Research Opportunity Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, research potential and research area. Candidates must have an outstanding academic track record and excellent research proposal. Financial need is an essential criterion for this award. It is a condition for eligibility for these scholarships that candidates qualify for 鈥楿K fee status鈥� as defined here by 果冻影院, and are domiciled in the UK.
A 果冻影院 Laws Research Opportunity Scholarship covers the cost of tuition fees, plus a maintenance stipend per annum for full time study. The annual stipend for 2024-25听(as a guide)听is 拢21,237. Costs are pro-rated for part-time students.
Awards are made initially for one year but will be renewed for a second year, subject to satisfactory completion of studies during your first year. They will be renewed for a third year, provided the student has been upgraded to full PhD status and continues to make satisfactory progress in the programme.听
How To Apply:
There is not a separate application form for this scholarship, and all applicants successful at interview will be given the option to provide financial information in order to be considered for the 果冻影院 Laws Research Opportunity Scholarship.
To be considered for the scholarship candidates must听apply for the PhD programme by 18th November 2024. Further details about applications are available here.
- 果冻影院 Laws BAME Research Opportunity Scholarship
The 果冻影院 Faculty of Laws offers 果冻影院 Laws BAME Research Opportunity Scholarships. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, research potential and research area. Candidates must have an outstanding academic track record and excellent research proposal.听
Financial need is an essential criterion for the scholarship. It is a condition for eligibility for these scholarships that candidates qualify for 鈥楿K fee status鈥� as defined here by 果冻影院 and are domiciled in the UK.听The scholarship is only available to ethnic groups currently underrepresented as academic staff members in Law Schools at Russell Group Universities. The Faculty will make an assessment of which groups are currently underrepresented using the latest HESA and National Census data.听
A 果冻影院 Laws Research Opportunity Scholarship covers the cost of tuition fees, plus a maintenance stipend per annum for full time study. The annual stipend for 2024-25听(as a guide)听is 拢21,237. Costs are calculated pro rata for part-time students.
Awards are made initially for one year but will be renewed for a second year, subject to satisfactory completion of studies during your first year. They will be renewed for a third year, provided the student has been upgraded to full PhD status and continues to make satisfactory progress in the programme.How To Apply:
听There is not a separate application form for this scholarship, and all applicants successful at interview will be given the option to provide the personal information required听in order to be considered for the 果冻影院 Laws BAME Research Opportunity Scholarship.
To be considered for the scholarship candidates must听apply for the PhD programme by 18yh November 2024. Further details about applications are available here.听
- IBIL Intellectual Property PhD Scholarship
The 果冻影院 Laws Institute of Brand and Innovation Law is offering a scholarship in 2025-26. The scholarship will fund one PhD student to undertake research in the field of Intellectual Property, and will provide a stipend of听at least听拢21,237听per year for 3 years. Fees at the Home听rate are covered (the scholarship is open to international students as well; if successful, an international student would receive a discount on the international fees equivalent to the value of the Home fees, and would need to cover the difference with their own funds).
The Institute of Brand and Innovation Law would like to thank its sponsors for their generosity, which has made this scholarship possible. Details of IBIL's sponsors can be found on our website.
How To Apply:
听All applicants to the 果冻影院 Laws PhD Programme in the field of Intellectual Property will be considered for the scholarship. There is no separate application form.
To be considered for the scholarship candidates must听apply for the PhD programme by 18th November 2024. Further details about applications are available here.
- Joseph Hume Scholarship
One scholarship worth 拢1,000 is available for prospective or current MPhil/PhD research students at 果冻影院 Laws. This scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic merit and research potential, taking into account the availability of other sources of funding.
How To Apply:
All successful applicants to the 果冻影院 Laws PhD programme are听automatically considered听for the Joseph Hume听Scholarship, awarded directly by the Faculty. There is no separate application form.
To be considered for the scholarship, candidates must听apply for the PhD programme by 18th November 2024. Further details about applications are available here.听
- 果冻影院 Research Excellence Scholarships
果冻影院 Research Excellence Scholarships (RES) aim to attract high-quality students to undertake postgraduate research at 果冻影院. The university usually awards approximately 40 果冻影院 RES annually to prospective and current 果冻影院 research students from any country.听These are highly competitive scholarships and are awarded only to the most outstanding potential and existing research students from all 果冻影院 departments and faculties.
The scholarships consist of tuition fees (for home or overseas students) plus a maintenance stipend of at least 拢21,237听for full-time study (benefits are calculated 'pro rata' for part-time students). The scholarship also includes additional support for research costs of up to 拢1,200 per year for the stated duration of the programme. Awards are normally tenable for years 1, 2, and 3 of a full-time research degree programme (or years 1-5 of a part-time programme), subject to annual review and renewal.听
How To Apply:
听All further information and required materials for application can be found online here. There is a separate application form which must be sent to phd-law@ucl.ac.uk.听You must also have applied to the PhD programme听by 18th November 2024. The RES application documents can be submitted later though - by a date to be confirmed in January 2025. Further details about applications are available here.听
- London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) and Arts & Humanities Research Council Studentship
We are partnered with the AHRC-funded London Arts & Humanities Doctoral Training Partnership. These are studentships that听normally cover fees and maintenance allowance (stipend).听
Candidates should be aware that the studentship competition is a twin-track process, and they will need to:
- Apply first for a place on the 果冻影院 Faculty of Laws PhD programme by 18th November 2024; and
- Apply separately and directly to LAHP to their .
The application window for LAHP Studentships opens in December 2024 (precise date tbc).The application process for these Studentships听is run entirely by LAHP.听 果冻影院's Faculty of Laws is not involved in the process at all. If you are intending to apply for an LAHP studentship, please make note of this on your online application form when you apply for a place on the PhD programme.听
