Academic fees

The main source of information on fees payable for postgraduate study is on the following page from the Postgraduate Study section of the University site. (Note that Statistics is a "Band 1" discipline for PhD fees.)

Postgraduate Fees and Funding, link to the main University page

If you are a current student classified as 'home' for fees purposes, or have been made an offer of a place to study at Warwick for 2016/17 on this basis, we will protect your tuition fees from any increases linked to a change in your fee status after the UK leaves the EU.

We will also do this for EU students starting their studies with us in Autumn 2017, and also Autumn 2018. This means that those enrolling in 2016, 2017 or 2018 will continue to be charged fees at the same rate as UK students for the duration of their studies.

This decision is in line with the University’s existing policy to protect continuing students from any fee increases above the standard fee inflation rate.

For a PhD in Statistics there are several "regular" competitive sources of funding for students, many of which pay for academic fees plus a contribution to the living expenses of successful applicants. Some of those possible sources of funding are outlined below.

Funding your PhD

Here we list the main sources of funding. More details are given further down the page.

Funding sources open to all applicants: Department of Statistics PhD bursary Chancellor's International Scholarships Deadline: Wednesday 18 January 2017 Bridges Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Deadline: TBC Funding sources open only to residents of the United Kingdom (UK) or European Union (EU): EPSRC Doctoral Training Account (DTA) studentships EPSRC OxWaSP studentships UK/EU status is subject to certain residence requirements: for EPSRC funding see the EPSRC page on student eligibility for details. Funding sources open only to international students: Chancellor's International Scholarships Deadline: Wednesday 18 January 2017 Funding sources open only to Chinese nationals: China Scholarship Council Awards Funding sources open only to USA nationals: Warwick-Fulbright Scholarship Deadline: 11 October 2016

Application procedure for funds allocated by the Department of Statistics: if you wish to be considered for an EPSRC DTA studentship or for the Department of Statistics PhD bursary, please indicate which one(s) by checking the "Studentship" box in the "Finance" section of your PhD application form and then using the text boxes that appear there. Decisions on most of these awards will be made in three rounds: PhD applications that have resulted in an offer by 31 January 2017 will be considered in the first round. Later applications (to 10 May 2017) and applications carried over from the first round will be considered in the second round. The final deadline for applications for 2017 entry is 10 July 2017. Only in exceptional cases will awards be made at this stage. You are advised to allow a minimum of four weeks from completing your application, including all references, to receiving an offer. For more information on these studentships see below; please address any questions to the Postgraduate Support Officer, stats dot pg dot support at warwick dot ac dot uk.

EPSRC Doctoral Training Account (DTA) studentships

These studentships are available to UK and EU students for 3.5 years.

These studentships cover academic fees at the Home/EU rate for EU citizens. For UK citizens who are ordinarily resident, a tax-free stipend is provided (in 2016-17 this was £14,296). Those EU citizens who meet EPSRC residence requirements (EPSRC residence requirements) are provided with the same tax-free stipend.

Application procedure: please see above

Department of Statistics PhD bursary

The Department of Statistics has two PhD bursaries available for students starting during the academic year 2017-18.

The bursary will cover Home/EU or Overseas academic fees as appropriate, plus a maintenance allowance of £14,539. The student may be expected to carry out some tutorial duties. Subject to satisfactory performance, the bursary will be renewed at the end of the first year for up to a further two years.

Funds might also be made available from this source for successful PhD applicants who have only partial support from elsewhere.

The Department reserves the right not to award this bursary.

Application procedure: please see above.

Other funding sources for international students

About 25 Chancellor's International Scholarships will be awarded to the most outstanding international doctoral applications to Warwick. The scholarships will cover full overseas tuition fees, academic fees plus a maintenance stipend in line with basic RCUK rates (£14,539 at 17-18 rates).

Many international graduate students come to Warwick with sponsorship from their own countries, either with government scholarships or funding through their employers. The University has a number of scholarships for students from specific countries, and also has access to international schemes such as the Fulbright Scholarships for graduate students from the USA. See the Warwick Graduate School for more information. The number of grants made under these schemes is very limited. In practice most non-EU students studying in the UK need to make financial arrangements from their own countries.