10 Quintin Hogg Trust PhD Studentships

University of Westminster – Graduate School

The Graduate School at the University of Westminster is very pleased to announce 10 new full PhD studentships funded by the Quintin Hogg Trust to begin in the academic year 2026/27 for a September start.

Applications are welcome to our Schools listed below. For any queries about any aspect of the application process or informal enquiries about where your research might fit within a School, please contact the relevant School PhD Coordinator (details below).

In our selection of successful applications, we will be looking in particular for the following:

• Research proposals that fit with one or more of the key themes of our Research Communities (see https://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/communities).
• Research proposals with strong inter-disciplinary potential.
• Applications which meet the university’s commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion.

The studentships will consist of:

A fee waiver (at home fee level) and an annual stipend which will match UKRI stipend levels and will include London weighting. UKRI have not announced their 2026/27 stipend level yet, but in 2025/26 the UKRI UK fees are £5,006 and the stipend is £22,780 (which includes London weighting). The stipend will be for three years. *

Applications are welcomed from international students. The difference between the home fee waiver and the fee for international students would need to be met by the student. Overseas fees for 2026/27 are £17,510.

Applications should be submitted by 5pm on Friday 6 February 2026. Interviews will take place in the week commencing 9 March 2026.

Please make sure you detail within the application form the programme you wish to be considered for – see School information below.

You must include the title of the studentship in your application i.e. ‘The Quintin Hogg Trust Studentship’.

For more information on our entry requirements for research degrees, visit the Entry Requirements page: westminster.ac.uk/research-degrees/entry-requirements.

To learn how to apply, go to the How to Apply page: westminster.ac.uk/research-degrees/how-to-apply.

For useful resources to support your application, visit the Thinking of Doing a PhD page: westminster.ac.uk/thinking-of-doing-a-phd.

Applications are welcome across our twelve Schools:

School of Humanities: ... Contact: Dr Sara Dominici (s.dominici1@westminster.ac.uk)

School of Applied Management: ... Contact: Dr Alireza Nazarian

* Minimum full-time enrolment before submission is 33 months. Fee waivers are in place for the three-year studentship. Following that there is a six month no fee period for writing up. Should a doctoral research student not have submitted by the end of the no fee period then a £1,500 fee is applicable

Qualification Type:PhDLocation:LondonFunding for:UK Students, EU Students, International Students, Self-funded StudentsFunding amount:Not SpecifiedHours:Full TimePlaced On:5th December 2025Closes:6th February 2026