Welcome to the University's Postgraduate Research (PGR) Service

Who are we?

We are part of the Office of the Vice Principal for Research and Enterprise (VP R&E).

Who is this service for?

This service is for University staff involved in the administration and supervision of postgraduate research studentships and also for current postgraduate research students.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PGR SERVICE DOES NOT DEAL WITH POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

If your enquiry has to do with an application for postgraduate study please contact the appropriate College Graduate School for more information.

• College of Arts Graduate School
• College of MVLS Graduate School
• College of Science and Engineering Graduate School
• College of Social Sciences Graduate School

For further information on how to apply for a postgraduate degree at University of Glasgow, please click here.

What is our aim?

In the context of increasingly diverse funding mechanisms and strategies for PGR funding, our aim is:

• make studentship and scholarship administration as straightforward as possible for all staff and students involved;
• support the achievement of the University's Postgraduate Research Strategy; and
• contribute to continuous improvement of the service by sharing and disseminating good practice in postgraduate research studentship administration and policy.

How can we help you?

We help the staff and students in the University's Graduate Schools with those aspects of postgraduate research policy and administration which have a relevance to more than one School, or which require liaison with outside agencies such as the Research Council. This includes:

• Co-ordinating the selection, allocation and administration of centrally-held scholarship funding
• Co-ordinating the allocation and distribution of Doctoral Training Funding (EPSRC, MRC, ESRC, AHRC)
• Advice and guidance on funder regulations, terms and conditions
• Guidance on administrative processes relating to studentships and scholarships (e.g. use of the RCUK Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) system)
• Background information-gathering and implementation support for PhD development of good practice in PhD administration and policy