Scholarships

The University of Huddersfield, the School of Music, Humanities, and Media, and the Departments of Music and Music Technology offer a wide range of fee waivers, scholarships and bursaries for top post-graduate applicants. Stipends and paid teaching opportunities are available to PhD candidates on a competitive basis.  Though there is no specific cutoff date for applications, MPhil and PhD applicants applying for fee waivers/scholarships should submit applications by February 1. (Bursary application information for MA by Research applicants will be sent after the candidate has been admitted.)  Application procedures and criteria are subject to change – for the scholarships offered by the University, please contact the relevant office for further information.

AHRC-equivalent Scholarships
Full-time PhD study
Full fee wavier plus £13,290 bursary
Three offered competitively across the School of Music, Humanities and Media
Contact: Dr Monty Adkins, m.adkins@hud.ac.uk

CeReNeM/hcmf Scholarship
Jointly sponsored by CeReNeM and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Supervision in composition/sonic art coupled with career mentoring from Graham Mckenzie, Artistic Director of hcmf. The scholarship includes the possibility performances associated with the festival.
Full-time PhD study
Full fee waiver plus £5,000 bursary
Currently held by Lefteris Papadimitriou; open for applicants beginning studies in 2011-12
Contact: Prof Liza Lim, l.lim@hud.ac.uk

Four subject-specific PhD scholarships of £8,500, named for individuals who have been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Huddersfield. The scholarships are available to full-time PhD applicants. For Home/EU students, the scholarship covers full tuition fees with remainder paid as bursary; for international students from outside of the EU, scholarship contributes to tuition fees.
Contact: Dr Monty Adkins, m.adkins@hud.ac.uk

Denis Smalley Scholarship for Sonic Arts
Full-time PhD study in music technology/electronic music
currently open

Jonathan Harvey Scholarship in Composition
Full-time PhD study in composition
currently held by Einar Torfi Einarsson; open for applicants beginning studies in 2012-13

Sophie Fuller Scholarship in Musicology
Full-time PhD study in musicology/analysis
currently open

Performance Scholarship
Full-time PhD study in performance
currently held by Sebastian Berweck; open for applicants beginning studies in 2011-12

University Research Student Fee Waivers
Home and International research students (MPhil/PhD)
100% fee waivers (full-time students only) and 50% fee waivers (full-time and part-time students)
Contact: Dr Monty Adkins, m.adkins@hud.ac.uk or the Research Office, research-office@hud.ac.uk

Music and Humanities Postgraduate Bursary
Home and International applicants to the MA by Research or MMus
Full-time and Part-time study
£2000 (number of awards varies per year)
Contact: Dr Aaron Cassidy, a.cassidy@hud.ac.uk

Additional PhD research assistantships are available for specific research projects, contingent upon external funding.

A number of departmental scholarships are available, ranging from £500 to full fee waivers. Stipends and paid teaching opportunities are available to PhD candidates on a competitive basis. MPhil and PhD applicants applying for fee waivers/scholarships should apply by February 1. Bursary application information for MA by Research applicants will be sent after the candidate has been admitted.