Guide to Funding

Our course profile pages include details about typical funding sources for your prospective course.

You may also like to consider portfolio funding. This is when you build up your funding from different sources such as; bursaries, charities and trusts, loans and part-time work.

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships.

We also participate in a number of prestigious scholarship schemes such as Commonwealth and Fulbright, and jointly with these schemes offer some full scholarships.

See our searchable postgraduate funding page for more information. 

Studentships are funding for PhD programmes. They may cover your tuition fees, a living allowance (called a stipend) and contribution towards your travel and fieldwork expenses.

Studentships may be funded by:

• the University
• charities
• commercial organisations
• a UK research council

Search our funding database for studentships that are currently available.

These are normally based on academic merit or specific eligibility criteria such as the course you are applying for.

They can be fully or partially funded.

These are typically provided to help fund some of the additional costs associated with studying.

A variety of organisations, including charities and trusts offer bursaries and awards.

You might find it helpful to take on part-time work during the academic year as well as during the vacations, to help fund your studies.

Our Careers Service advertises part time, temporary and vacation positions. The Newcastle Work Experience initiative offers you the chance to gain paid work experience in local businesses and organisations.

The Education UK website, is produced by the British Council to help international students interested in studying for a UK course or qualification. It provides a comprehensive guide to fees and scholarships.