Research

Research studentships and scholarships

The university supports postgraduate research opportunities with a range of scholarships and studentships. 

Information on available University of Greenwich scholarships can be found below.

Fabrication of three-dimensional printed drug-eluting devices for women’s health applications 

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: TBC

Closing Date: 30th June 2023

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Reducing scan time and radioactive exposure in nuclear imaging using swarm intelligence

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-08-22

Closing Date: 19th June 2023

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Doubly Stochastic and Hidden Markvov Models with Environmental Applications

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-07-22

Closing Date: 16th June 2023

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Nowcasting the UK economy

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: VCS-FBUS-06-22

Closing Date: 14th June 2023

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Overcoming Inequalities in Feedback for Minoritized Early Career Researchers

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Reference: VCS-FEHHS-01-23

Closing Date: 11th June 2023

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Endohedral fullerenes for portable atomic clocks: molecules carrying time

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-13-22

Closing Date: 2nd June 2023

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Enhancing Electrolysis with External Fields

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-06-22

Closing  Date: 8th May 2023

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The political economy of extractive industries across the world: a synthetic control analysis from 1970 to 2020

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-01

Closing Date: 30th April 2023

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Educational Technology and Psychophysiological Simulation Research: benefits and risks of Adaptive Virtual Reality Training for Simulated Taser Training and Trust-Building in Police-Community Engagement

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FEHHS-02-22

Closing Date: 21st April 2023

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Wealth across the world: understanding cross country differences in wealth inequality

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-02

Closing Date: 30th April 2023

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Innovation diffusion through managerial networks

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-04

Closing Date: 30th April 2023

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Digital Sustainability Transformation in Supply Chain: How to Improve Business Performance

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-03

Closing Date: 31st March 2023 (open until 31st March 2023 but may be filled earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

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Evaluating the impacts of in-prison training programmes on prisoners’ chances of rehabilitation

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-05

Closing Date: 31st March 2023 (open until 31st March 2023 but may be filled earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

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Exploring Human-AI Interactions in the Visitor Economy

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-06

Closing Date: 31st March 2023 (open until 31st March 2023 but may be filled earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

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Black Lives in the Workplace – the reproduction and mobilisation of racialised work

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-07

Closing Date: 31st March 2023 (open until 31st March 2023 but may be filled earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

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Street-Level Bureaucrats and refugee administration and service provision in the UK

Faculty of Business

Reference: GBS-PhD-2223-08

Closing Date: 31st March 2023 (open until 31st March 2023 but may be filled earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

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A Building Information Modelling based Digital Workflow for Fire Safety Engineering.

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-05-22

Closing Date: 15th March 2023

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Digital twin for improved sustainable usage of Heritage Buildings

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-11-22

Closing Date: 13th March 2023

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Safsect: Autonomous Safety and Security Validation System for Internet of Things Applications

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-10-22

Closing Date: 1st March 2023

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Cost-effectiveness analysis and impact modelling of structured exercise interventions focused on inactive populations and delivered in leisure centres

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences

Reference: VCS-FEHHS-08-22

Closing Date: 28th February 2023

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Identifying neural correlates: A multi-disciplinary approach to examining systems thinking. Implications for climate-smart agriculture practice in Malawi

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science,

Reference: Ref: VC 2022-FES-NRI-3

Closing Date: 24th February 2023

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Space Between

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Reference: TBC

Closing Date: 6th February 2023

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Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studentships in Food Systems

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Natural Resources Institute

Reference: UKFS-CDT-Cohort-3

Closing Date: 23rd January 2023

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Artificial Intelligence for Automated Collision Avoidance in Low Earth Orbit

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-09-22

Closing Date: 18th January 2023

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Microstructure Informed Modelling and AI for Reliability Predictions

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: MIRELAI: DC10

Closing Date:  20th December 2022

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Data visualisation in practice: articulating
spatial forms of knowledge

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Reference: VCS-FLAS-03-22

Closing Date: 30th November 2022

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Extreme Aquaponic Farming

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Reference: VCS-FLAS-04-22

Closing Date: 30th November 2022

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Imaginaries and pathways for sustainable, regenerative territories and landscapes

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VC 2022-FES-NRI-1

Closing Date: 30th November 2022

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Application of Thermally Stimulated Current (TSC) Spectroscopy for Qualitative and Quantitative Characterisation of Amorphous Pharmaceutical Systems in Collaboration with AstraZeneca

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Reference: VCS-FES-04-22

Closing Date: 30th November 2022

Further Information


The Institute for Lifecourse Development supports postgraduate research

MPhil/PhD Scholarship

Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences

Find out more about our current PGR opportunities.


Applying for a postgraduate research scholarship

If you are interested in applying for a scholarship please follow to the guidance on the advert and refer to the information on our how to apply and application process pages.

Fee Status

Please note EU applicants may be eligible for Home fees, if holding EU settled/pre-settled status along with meeting other additional criteria.

Guidance on how your fee status is determined can be found here. Further information can also be found on UKCISA.

Funding opportunities

For information on external funding please visit our funding opportunities page.

What to study as a postgraduate?

For information on the wide range of research programmes available please visit our programme information page.

For information on applying for a research programme please visit our how to apply page.