Application Deadlines

for Postgraduate Research Degrees

These are the deadlines for PhD studentships in the 2024/2025 recruitment year.

Details for each individual studentship can be found either via our course search or on the studentship's host website.

PhD and Studentship funding deadlines

PhD studentship	Application deadline
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences PhD Studentships	To be confirmed
NRP Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership	25th November 2024
Faculty of Science Studentships Competition	27 November 2024
John Innes Foundation Rotation Programme	14th November 2024
China Scholarship Council	UEA PhD application deadline - first Friday of January CSC application deadline is normally 31 March
MMB DTP	6th January 2025
ARIES (NERC Doctoral Training Partnership)	8 January 2025
Leverhulme Critical Decade	No longer accepting applications
SENSS DTP Studentships	UEA deadline - Monday 6 January 2025 (midnight UK time) SENSS deadline - Wednesday 22 January 2025 (midday UK time).
CHASE Doctoral Awards (CDA)	Monday 17th February 2025 (midday UK time)
CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership	UEA deadline - Friday 13 December 2024 (midnight UK time) CHASE deadline - Monday 27 January 2025 (midday UK time)
AgriForwards Centre for Doctoral Training	No longer accepting applications
SENSS Collaborative Studentships	SENSS Deadline - Monday 24 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT

PhD project deadlines

Additional deadlines for individual PhD projects both self-funded and funded can be found on the Postgraduate Research PhDs and Studentships in our course finder.

Self-funded research degree start dates and deadlines

Start date	Last date for submitting application
	Home	International
1 October 2025	31 July 2025	31 May 2025
1 February 2026	30 November 2025	30 September 2025
1 June 2026	31 March 2026	2 January 2026

Please note that not all of the start dates are available for each school. Contact the Postgraduate Research Service for more information.

The School of Global Development only has an October start date.

School of Global Development - last date for submitting applications
Start Date	Home	International
1 October 2025	31 July 2025	31 May 2025

The EdD has a start date every other year. The next start date is expected to be in October 2026.

Professional Doctorate
Course title	Application deadline
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (ClinPsyD)	1:00pm (UK Time) 20 November 2024
Doctorate in Educational Psychology (EdPsyD)	5:00pm (UK Time) Wednesday 30th October 2024
Doctor of Education (EdD)	To be confirmed
Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care (ProfD HaSC)	31 May 2025
Doctor of Medicine (MD)	Please see section "Self-funded research degree start dates and deadlines"