Key Information
- Duration: Full-time (36 months); Part-time (72 months)
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2027; Apply before Jun 2027
Overview
With the Chemistry doctorate offered at University of Birmingham, you'll enter a high quality research environment that will provide you with the best starting point for your future career.
You’ll receive an excellent research experience at Birmingham. While becoming an expert in your chosen research field, you'll develop a diverse range of skills to equip you for a research career in science. You'll also develop key transferable skills that will be invaluable for pursuing a career in any discipline.
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Career opportunities
Prepare to face the world with upon completion of your research. Through your time with them, you will not only have acquired the diverse range of skills that equip you for a research career in science, but also have developed key transferable skills that will be invaluable for pursuing a career in any discipline.
Programme Structure
Research themes
- Molecular Synthesis and Biological Chemistry
- Interactions, Interfaces and Sensing
- Materials Chemistry
- Research and Training Centre in Physical Sciences for Health
- The Faraday Institution
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT 80 or new TOEFL iBT 4.5; PTE Academic 64; IELTS 6
Other requirements
General requirements: 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Chemical/ Biochemical Engineering or any Physical Sciences subject) or a first degree of a lower classification, along with an MSc or evidence of substantial relevant industrial experience.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
- International: 55,828 AUD / year (≈ 29,310 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,977 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
- Additional Details: UK: £2,619 part-time
Living costs
Birmingham, United Kingdom: 1,457-2,160 AUD / month
Funding
Scholarships
Available Scholarships
- Tackling Health Inequalities in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation – University of Birmingham – Grant (Various benefits) – Deadline: 07 Sep 2026 – Merit-based
- Birmingham Marshall Scholarship – University of Birmingham – Grant (Various benefits) – Deadline: 24 Sep 2026
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program – U.S. government – Grant (Various benefits) – Deadline: 07 Oct 2026
- ServiceScape Scholarship – Grant: 1000 USD – Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
- ACES Scholarships – Grant: 3500 USD – Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility – OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation – Grant (Various benefits) – Deadline: Not specified – Merit-based
- Scholarships for PhD Students – Junhua Li – Grant: 19000 GBP – Deadline: Not specified – Merit-based
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship – Boustany Foundation – Grant (Various benefits) – Deadline: 28 Feb 2027 – Merit-based
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship – IvyPanda – Grant: 1000 USD – Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 – Merit-based
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship – Grant: 1000 USD – Deadline: 01 Mar 2027
- Women Scholarship for International Students – educations.com – Grant: 5000 USD – Deadline: 28 Aug 2026 – Merit-based
- The PhD Prep Fellowship – Admit Lab – Grant: 10000 USD – Deadline: 01 Sep 2026 – Merit-based
- Dream Chaser Scholarship – Salvado Law – Grant: 1000 USD – Deadline: 13 Jan 2027 – Merit-based
- Scholarship for students with disabilities – Anonymous Hope Fund – Grant: 3000 USD – Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 – Need-based
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids – UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) – Grant: 22500 GBP – Deadline: Not specified
- BOC Sciences Chemistry Scholarship Program – BOCSCI Inc. – Grant: 1000 USD – Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 – Merit-based
- Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria – Leopold Figl Foundation – Grant (Various benefits) – Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 – Need-based
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship – Grant: 1500 USD – Deadline: Not specified
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme – Grant: 12000 USD – Deadline: 11 Jan 2027