UCL’s prestigious Research Excellence Scholarship (UCL-RES) aims to attract outstanding scholars to undertake doctoral research at UCL.

For 2026/27 we are offering 40 fully funded UCL Research Excellence Scholarships (UCL-RES) to exceptional applicants from any country. Only prospective UCL MPhil/PhD and EngD students can apply. This means students who will begin on or after the academic year 2026/27 first permitted MPhil/PhD start date of 1 October 2026. Students who started at UCL before this date are not eligible to apply. 

Eligibility

To APPLY, you must:

• have submitted a complete admission application to an eligible** full- or part-time degree programme at UCL by the scholarship deadline;
• hold or expect to achieve at least an upper second-class Honours UK undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.

To be AWARDED IF SELECTED, you must:

• be in receipt of an offer of admission to a full-time or part-time research degree programme at UCL.
  
  ** PLEASE NOTE Distance learning, non-resident PhD and professional doctorates (DClinPsy, DDent, DEdPsy (Brain Sciences), DOrth and DPsychotherapy) are not eligible for this scholarship. EngD are not considered Professional Doctorates here and are eligible to apply.

Apply: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships/research-excellence-scholarship