At Warwick, we offer a range of funding opportunities to support our postgraduate students. The Department of Classics and Ancient History is pleased to announce funding opportunities designed to assist you in accessing financial resources to pursue your academic ambitions.
Funding opportunities for Master's courses
A 10% discount to all Warwick alumni accepted on our Masters programmes is available.
The Warwick Taught Masters Scholarship Scheme has £500,000 to allocate to eligible postgraduate students for the 2023/2024 academic year, with a minimum of 50 awards expected.
Last year, the Scheme opened for applications on 4 March 2022 and closed on 31 May 2022.
Applications are now open for Departmental bursaries towards Masters' fees. The applications are open to all offer-holders at postgraduate level and the deadline for applying to study with us is 30 March 2024.
Please write a letter of application explaining why you think you deserve a bursary. Applications are ranked on academic merit but we take into account any special circumstances you may have.
Funding schemes for PhD study
The department of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick is currently seeking expressions of interest for students looking to undertake doctoral study.
The department has research expertise in Greek and Latin literature, ancient Greek drama, numismatics, the medical humanities and Greco-Arabic studies, epigraphy, ancient space, art and archaeology, as well as Greek and Roman history and material culture more broadly.
Classics and Ancient History has a lively research environment, with weekly seminars and training activities during term time and conferences throughout the year.
Interested students are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor or Clare Rowan, Director of Graduate Studies () to begin to develop project proposals as soon as possible. Better developed proposals generally are more successful in obtaining funding.
An online information event presenting PhD study and funding opportunities at Warwick will be held online on 13 November from 5-6pm on Teams. Please contact Clare Rowan () if you wish to attend; we are also happy to host prospective students on campus.
Submissions deadline: 14 December 2023
These are scholarships awarded from Warwick to the most outstanding international and EU PhD applicants.
The Chancellor's International Scholarship includes full payment of tuition fees and a maintenance stipend in line with UKRI rates (£18,622 for full time award holders in 2023/24), as well as a research, training and support grant of £5,000.
Candidates need to have applied to Warwick for doctoral study by 12 December 2023.
The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C)Link opens in a new window brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
M4C is awarding doctoral studentships for UK and international applicants for 2024 entry through an open competitionLink opens in a new window and Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA)Link opens in a new window working with a range of partner organisations in the cultural, creative and heritage sector. Funding covers fees, a stipend in line with UKRI rates (£18,622 for full time award holders in 2023/24) and training/travel expenses. Before the deadline students must have applied for a place to study and ensured that two academic references are submitted via the Midlands4Cities online reference form.
Candidates must have applied for a place to study at Warwick by 16 January 2024.
Applications are now open for Departmental bursaries towards postgraduate study in Classics. The applications are open to all offer-holders at postgraduate level and the deadline for applying to study with us is 30 March 2024.
Please write a letter of application explaining why you think you deserve a bursary. Applications are ranked on academic merit but we take into account any special circumstances you may have.
