Key Information
- Duration: Full-time, 48 months
- Start dates: September 2026, January 2027, April 2027
- Application deadline: No fixed closing date, applications are reviewed as quickly as possible.
Overview
All doctoral candidates within the English degree delivered by Queen Mary University of London benefit from a system of co-supervision, meaning that you will be offered the advice and input of two supervisors, one of whom may take the lead in guiding your research. We are also able to arrange co-supervision in English and in collaboration with staff from other departments at Queen Mary. All members of the Department of English are established scholars in their fields, and many have achieved international standing and repute.
Key Facts
As well as working closely on a one-to-one level with leading academic researchers, reading for a PhD at Queen Mary will involve you in the wider intellectual community of the Department. Of particular note is the long-running Queen Mary Research Seminar, a fortnightly event that is convened and chaired by doctoral students and hosts speakers from Queen Mary, as well as from UK and international universities. In addition, members of the Department organise and participate in a host of reading groups and seminars both in the College and across London. For further information about postgraduate life in the Department of English, visit our Graduate Life at Queen Mary pages; find out about seminars and reading groups in the Research area of our website.
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All those studying full-time for a PhD will be expected to submit within four years. Recent PhD graduates in English from Queen Mary have successfully entered a variety of employment areas, and many now have prestigious posts at universities in the UK and overseas.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Modern and Contemporary
- Eighteenth Century Studies and Romanticism
- Postcolonial Studies and World Literature
- Early Modern Studies
- Nineteenth Century Studies
- Postcolonial and World Literature Studies
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English Requirements
TOEFL iBT: 100
PTE Academic: 76
IELTS: 7
Other Requirements
- Applicants are normally expected to hold a good undergraduate degree (a solid 2.1 or above) and a master’s degree (with an average of 65 or above in the dissertation, and at least one element of distinction, either in coursework or in the dissertation) in a field related to your proposed area of PhD research.
- All candidates should ensure they have graduated, or are about to graduate, from an internationally recognised MA programme, achieving at least one element at distinction level relevant to their proposed field of research, and be able to show a certificate of proficiency in English at the standard required by Queen Mary.
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Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International: 43,547 AUD / year (≈ 23,050 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,042 AUD / year (≈ 4,786 GBP / year)
Living Costs
London, United Kingdom: 2,148-4,075 AUD / month
Funding
Scholarships are available. Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for English.
- HSS PhD Studentships - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified
- Egyptian Bureau for Cultural & Educational Affairs - PhD Scholarships - 1592 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay - 20000 USD - Deadline: Not specified
- China Scholarship Council Scholarships - Various benefits - Deadline: 28 Jan 2027
- Turkish Embassy Scholarships - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified
- ANID (Becas Chile) Scholarship - 1000 GBP - Deadline: Anytime
- Queen Mary Alumni Loyalty Award - 1000 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- Children of Alumni Award - 1000 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Various benefits - Deadline: 07 Oct 2026
- ACES Scholarships - 3500 USD - Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
- ServiceScape Scholarship - 1000 USD - Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified
- Scholarships for PhD Students - 19000 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship - Various benefits - Deadline: 28 Feb 2027
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship - 1000 USD - Deadline: 31 Oct 2026
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship - 1000 USD - Deadline: 01 Mar 2027
- The PhD Prep Fellowship - 10000 USD - Deadline: 01 Sep 2026
- Dream Chaser Scholarship - 1000 USD - Deadline: 13 Jan 2027
- Scholarship for students with disabilities - 3000 USD - Deadline: 31 Dec 2026
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids - 22500 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria - Various benefits - Deadline: 31 Dec 2026
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship - 1500 USD - Deadline: Not specified
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme - 12000 USD - Deadline: 11 Jan 2027
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