Joint PhD Scholarships

Applicants MUST: be due to commence one of the mentioned full-time joint PhD programmes run in collaboration between King's College London and the stated partners during the academic year have applied to King's College London as the home institution have provisional agreement from supervisors at both King's and the partner university have submitted all the required application materials by the funding deadline, including references and the Travel Plan form, which can be found online or obtained via the King's Admissions office. Please note that: scholarships cannot commence prior to October 2025 the funding is only offered for full-time study applications for joint PhD programmes must be approved by both King's College London and the partner university before a formal admissions offer can be made. As such, the process may take longer than for a single PhD programme. Students are able to apply for the scholarship whilst their application is being considered in order to meet the set deadline students are required to spend a set minimum amount of time at the partner university (12 months for the Humboldt, NUS and USP partnerships and 50% of the overall time for the HKU partnership). Students must note their potential periods of candidature in the Travel Plan form mentioned above.