South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW DTP)

We are delighted to announce the availability of fully-funded Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded PhD studentships as part of the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWW2).

The application systems will open on Monday 25 November 2024 and will close at 23:59 on Monday 20 January 2025.

The start date of this PhD studentship is 1 October 2025.

UWE Bristol invites applications to undertake doctoral research that focuses on a subject area within AHRC primary research supported by SWW2. 

To find a suitable supervisor at UWE Bristol, please see UWE Bristol's research centre and group pages. In addition, potential applicants may want to look at the individual UWE Bristol staff profiles. Further information about finding a supervisor can be found on the SWWDTP website.

Should you have further questions about SWW at UWE Bristol in general, please contact Dr Bernhard Gross, UWE Bristol Academic Lead for SWW (bernhard.gross@uwe.ac.uk).

More information about SWWDTP

Studentships will start on 1 October 2025 and consist of an annual tax-free stipend of approximately £19,237 (this is the 2024/2025 rate as 2025/2026 rates are yet to be confirmed). In addition, full-time tuition fees will be covered for the length of the funding period. Please see the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership Student-led Awards for further details.

The full award only covers the UK rate tuition fees, so UWE Bristol will cover the difference between the UK rate and the international fees for successful UWE Bristol international candidates.

Please see the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership eligibility and residency guidelines.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday 20 January 2025.

Please note: if you are successful in gaining SWW DTP funding, you will be required to apply separately to UWE Bristol for your PhD. We will contact you directly if this is the case with instructions on how to apply to UWE Bristol.

Apply for SWW DTP2 funding

Once the application system is open, you will be able to find full details and guidance on the SWW2 page for prospective students, and apply via the SWW2 application system by the closing date.