Fees and funding for postgraduate research study
Tuition fees for postgraduate research degrees are set by the University. The Department of Archaeology charge fees at the lower (classroom-based) rate, regardless of your MA or MSc programme. Find more guidance on tuition fees and budgeting.
The University offers information on funding opportunities available to applicants, both internal and external, which include:
- UK government doctoral loans
- Arts and Humanities Research Council WRoCAH Studentships
- Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE) doctoral training partnership
- Wenner-Grenn Foundation
- Commonwealth Scholarships
- Postgraduate Studentships Listing
Please get in touch with our Director of Postgraduate Research (Steve Ashby) or your potential supervisor if you wish to discuss these funding opportunities.
Departmental opportunities
The Department often hold funded PhD studentships tied to particular projects or research or training networks. These opportunities will appear here as they become available:
- Leverhulme Trust - Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre - 3 funded PhDs to start October 2022
- AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with the National Railway Museum - to start October 2022
- ChemArch: doctoral training to create the next generation of artefact scientists
- ACCE NERC Doctoral Training Programme: morpho-functional evolution of the mammalian scapula
There are no scholarships or funding opportunities to show here right now. You may still be able to find a funding option that you are eligible for on our undergraduate funding or postgraduate funding pages.
Central opportunities
Opportunities that are currently closed may reopen for the next academic year.
NERC DTP in Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE)
This prestigious Natural Environment Research Council-funded Doctoral Training Partnership brings together the very best in environmental, ecological and evolutionary research.
Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities
With generous funding from the Wolfson Foundation, the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships fund doctoral research in three Subject Disciplines: History, Literature and Languages.
AHRC White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH) Open Competition Studentships
The Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities Open Competition scholarships suit student-led PhD projects within the AHRC remit of Histories, Cultures and Heritage, Creative and Performing Arts, and Languages and Literature.
China Scholarships Council joint research scholarships
We're pleased to offer up to ten joint-funded PhD scholarships in collaboration with the China Scholarships Council.
BBSRC White Rose DTP (WR DTP) in Mechanistic Biology
This prestigious Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-funded Doctoral Training Partnership and its strategic application brings together world-class molecular and cellular bioscience centres at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) WRoCAH Collaborative Doctoral Awards
A Doctoral Training Partnership of the Universities of York, Leeds and Sheffield
BBSRC White Rose DTP (WR DTP) in Mechanistic Biology: Diverse Talent Scholarships
The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) is committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive environment within its postgraduate research programme. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for a fully-funded PhD scholarship as part of the White Rose DTP.
York Graduate Research School (YGRS) PhD Scholarships
We're pleased to offer up to six fully-funded PhD scholarships in collaboration with the York Graduate Research School (YGRS).
ONAOSI Foundation postgraduate scholarships
We're proud to offer limited National Opera for the Assistance of Italian Health Orphans scholarships for students entering a one-year taught or research Masters.
ESRC White Rose Social Sciences DTP (WR DTP) Scholarships
The Economic and Social Research Council White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership is a collaboration across the social sciences at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, York, Bradford, Sheffield Hallam, Hull and Manchester Metropolitan.