Key Information
- Duration: Full-time (36 months), Part-time (60 months)
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting September 2026 – Application deadline not specified.
Overview
Time-resolved observations are one of the best ways to track small scales beyond direct resolution: the orbital period of the disk where close-in planets form span ranges from days to years.
Time-resolved data is one of the main drivers of current missions (Kepler, TESS, Gaia) and time-resolved spectroscopy lies behind the confirmation of extrasolar planets. In this project, you will use time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of young stars to unveil their circumstellar environments, as well as to establish it as a tool to map what happens in the innermost planet-forming regions.
The data, which consists of new observations acquired at the Calar Alto Observatory during 2020, and existing archival data, will allow to measure the velocity of the material around the stars, and to detect eclipses or shadows cast onto its surrounding. You will be also involved in the future observations that are required to complete our view of the most interesting systems.
Visit the programme website for more information
Programme Structure
- The observations of the innermost part of the disk will allow us to understand how the star and disk are connected and the role of the stellar magnetic field, how accretion onto the star proceeds, and what the general innermost disk structure looks like and can affect the formation and migration of planets.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English Requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other Requirements
General requirements:
- You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, and/or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.
- IELTS 6.5
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International: 50,609 AUD / year (≈ 26,570 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,116 AUD / year (≈ 4,786 GBP / year)
Living Costs
Dundee, United Kingdom: 1,499-2,846 AUD / month
Scholarships
The following scholarships are available for this programme:
- Chevening Scholarship – Various benefits – Deadline 06 Oct 2026 – University of Dundee
- Vice Chancellor's Africa scholarship – 6500 GBP – Deadline 28 Aug 2026 – Merit-based – University of Dundee
- GREAT Ghana Scholarship – 10000 GBP – Deadline not specified – University of Dundee
- GREAT Kenya Scholarship – 10000 GBP – Deadline not specified – University of Dundee
- GREAT India Scholarship – 10000 GBP – Deadline not specified – University of Dundee
- Vice Chancellor's South Asia scholarship – 6500 GBP – Deadline 28 Aug 2026 – University of Dundee
- Vice Chancellor's South Asia Scholarship – 6500 GBP – Deadline 28 Aug 2026 – University of Dundee
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program – Various benefits – Deadline 07 Oct 2026 – U.S. government
- ServiceScape Scholarship – 1000 USD – Deadline 30 Nov 2026 – ServiceScape
- ACES Scholarships – 3500 USD – Deadline 15 Nov 2026 – ACES Education Fund
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility – Various benefits – Deadline not specified – OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
- Scholarships for PhD Students – 19000 GBP – Deadline not specified – Junhua Li
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship – Various benefits – Deadline 28 Feb 2027 – Boustany Foundation
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship – 1000 USD – Deadline 31 Oct 2026 – IvyPanda
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship – 1000 USD – Deadline 01 Mar 2027 – Voice Talent Online
- Women Scholarship for International Students – 5000 USD – Deadline 28 Aug 2026 – educations.com
- The PhD Prep Fellowship – 10000 USD – Deadline 01 Sep 2026 – Admit Lab
- Dream Chaser Scholarship – 1000 USD – Deadline 13 Jan 2027 – Salvado Law
- Scholarship for students with disabilities – 3000 USD – Deadline 31 Dec 2026 – Anonymous Hope Fund
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids – 22500 GBP – Deadline not specified – UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria – Various benefits – Deadline 31 Dec 2026 – Leopold Figl Foundation
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship – 1500 USD – Deadline not specified – IELTS from 6 to 9
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme – 12000 USD – Deadline 11 Jan 2027 – The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
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