Please note that non complete applications will not be processed.

Qualifications

Applicants must hold, or be expected to achieve, an Upper Second Class Honours degree from a UK University, or the equivalent qualification and grade from a non-UK University.

• Please upload your certificate and/or transcript.If you have not finished your degree please upload an interim transcript.
• If your qualification documents are not in your current name please also provide evidence of your change of name, e.g. marriage certificate or affidavit.
• For Chinese qualifications, we require your degree and graduation certificate to confirm award.
• Where original documents are not in English we require official English translations and a copy of the original document.

Personal Statement

Please draft a brief (4,500 characters maximum) personal statement that:

• Explains your interest in your chosen PhD project
• Describe your academic history, skills, expertise, professional experience and awards or publications and how these prepare you for the HetSys training programme (300 words maximum).
• Describe how your skills and interests match with your chosen PhD project or projects. You might want to consider the significance of the project and any prior engagement with relevant topics (300 words maximum).
• Describes how being a part of the HetSys CDT will help you to achieve any future career plans (300 words maximum).
• If you have a CV please also upload this.

Research Proposal

• You do not need to write a research proposal as you are applying to specific projects, instead please upload a document detailing:
• ·The name of your preferred projects in order (with 1 being your preferred), maximum of three projects.

Referees

You must provide contact details for your nominated referees. Please use a company or institution address where possible:

• 2 references from Academic staff who have taught you on your current or most recent degree.
• The University will accept professional references if you have been out of higher education for over two years. These must be submitted by your current or most recent line manager. Please note that personal references, such as those from family and friends, are not acceptable.
• Provide contact details for your nominated referee(s) below. Please use an institution or company email address where possible.
• Please note that we will verify referee emails to ensure they come from legitimate sources. If your reference cannot be verified or is fraudulent, your application may be withdrawn.
• Immediately after you have submitted your application, we will email them to request a reference on your behalf. It is your responsibility to ensure that your referee supplies a reference.