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.)

The University has issued the following statement, valid also for Autumn 2020 entry:

The UK government has confirmed that students from the European Union (classed as EU for fee purposes) who begin courses in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years will continue to have access to the same fees and funding options as in previous years, for the full duration of their course of study. This commitment has been made regardless of whether the UK exits from the EU with or without a deal.

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 CDT studentships Funding sources open only to residents of the United Kingdom (UK) or European Union (EU): EPSRC Doctoral Training Account (DTA) studentships UK/EU status is subject to certain residence requirements: for other PGR scholarships please click here for more details. Funding sources open only to international students: Chancellor's International Scholarships Deadline: Thursday 16th January 2020 Please read the guidelines on applying for the Chancellor's Scholarships before completing your application. All International students should consider applying for these scholarships unless they already have a guaranteed source of funding. Funding sources open only to USA nationals: Warwick-Fulbright Scholarship 2019 deadline has passed (Tuesday October 8 2019)

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 CDT studentships, 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 2019 will be considered in the first round. Later applications (to 10 May 2019) and applications carried over from the first round will be considered in the second round. The final deadline for applications for 2019 entry is 8 July 2019. 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 2019-20 this was £15,009). EU nationals will remain eligible for research council studentships for the 2020/21 academic year on the same basis as is available at present (02 July 2018).

Application procedure: please see above

Department of Statistics Centre for Doctoral Training PhD studentships

The Department of Statistics has six PhD students available for students starting during the academic year 2020-21.

The studentships for entry into the Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics and Statistics will cover Home/EU or Overseas academic fees as appropriate, plus a maintenance allowance of £15,009. The student may be expected to carry out some tutorial duties. Funding is available, subject to satisfactory performance, for the 4 years of the CDT programme. Note that the number of studentships available to overseas applicants is limited.

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 (£15,009 at 19-20 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.