Studentships
The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow is offering studentships to support PhD research for students starting in October 2026 or shortly thereafter.
The application deadline is 31 January 2026. Funding is available to support tuition fees for both home and international students. In most cases, this also includes living expenses at the UKRI rate (annual stipend of £21,383 [tbc] for session 2026–27).
Available studentships
The following studentships are available:
- Minerva ScholarshipsFive-year part-time PhD scholarships, with two-thirds of time spent on research and one-third on teaching. Covers tuition fees at the home level and a remuneration package of at least £21,383 per year for living expenses.
- College Scholarships
Supports tuition fees at the home level and living expenses at the UKRI stipend rate. - Excellence Bursaries
Tuition fee waiver for home students and £10,000 per year fee discount (3 years) for international students. - Graduate School Scholarships
Fees (home/international) plus stipend, available for 3 years. - James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship
Funds Black UK-domiciled students to undertake PhD research in any area where we can offer supervision. - Glasgow–Singapore Scholarship
Supports research students to spend 18–24 months in Singapore on a collaborative project.
To be considered for a scholarship, select “Univ of Glasgow Scholarship” as the funding source when submitting your application.
How to apply for a postgraduate research degree
Students can apply for admission to PhD study at any time. To be considered for the studentships listed above, applications must be received by 31 January 2026.
For support with your application:
- Explore our list of suggested projects on the PhD Projects page.
- Read our application advice from the School and University
- Search for a potential supervisor
- Review full details of funding available
- For tailored advice, email socs-pgr-enquiries@glasgow.ac.uk (if you describe your general area of interest, we can help match you with a potential supervisor)
How to apply for a postgraduate research degree
PGR Information Session
We are holding an online PGR Information Session on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 10 AM (UK time) via zoom.
The session will give more information on the University, School and available Scholarships as well as short presentations from academic staff members, there will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions.
Why choose Glasgow for your PhD
Postgraduate students in the School benefit from excellent support and supervision. Our graduates go on to key roles in both industry and academia.
The School is consistently ranked in the UK top 10 and is a member of the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA), a collaboration of Scottish universities working to strengthen Scotland’s position as a world leader in Informatics and Computing Science research and education.
We are seeking research students who are creative and passionate about their subject.
Entry requirements are normally an upper second class honours undergraduate degree (or equivalent), or a master’s degree, in Computing Science or a related discipline.
Areas of research
Our areas of research are organised according to the following sections and groupings:
Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms (FATA)
The FATA research section covers:
- Algorithms and Complexity
- Formal Methods
- Programming Languages
More information: FATA research section
Glasgow Interactive SysTems (GIST aka HCI)
The GIST research section covers:
- Animal-Computer Interaction
- Behavioural AI
- Care Computing Group
- Future Immersion Interaction Group
- HIWA: Human Interactions With Artificial intelligence
- MIG: Multimodal Interaction Group
- SIRIUS: Secure and prIvacy RespectIng Ubiquitous Systems
- Social AI group
More information: GIST research section
GLAsgow Systems Section (GLASS)
The GLASS research section covers:
- GPG (The Glasgow Parallelism Group)
- Glasgow Carbon-Conscious Computing Lab
- Glasgow Cyberdefence Lab
- Glasgow Intelligent Computing Lab
- Glasgow Internet Protocols Lab
- Glasgow Programming Language Implementation Lab
- Networked Systems Research Lab (Netlab)
More information: GLASS research section
Information, Data and Analysis (IDA)
The IDA research section covers:
- Knowledge & Data Engineering Systems Group
- Information, Dynamics and Interaction
- Information Retrieval
- Computer Vision and Autonomous Systems
More information: IDA research section
Education and Practice (EAP)
The EAP research section covers:
- Computing Science Education
- Software Engineering
- Professional Skills and Competencies
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
More information: EAP research section
Cross-cutting themes
We undertake research in the following cross-cutting research themes:
Centre for Computing Science Education
Our Centre for Computing Science Education, in partnership with the School of Education, undertakes research that aims to support education and the learning environment.
More information: CS Education