School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Scholarships and funding

Supporting your study

We offer many funding opportunities to support both undergraduate and postgraduate students, including a broad range of University of Essex scholarships and studentships.

Scholarships

Our range of scholarships and bursaries to support talented students ensures that we remain accessible to all with the potential to succeed, regardless of financial circumstances.

Alternatively search our scholarship finder to see the funding we have for you.

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PhD Studentships

Throughout the year we may advertise studentships that are available through the School, and through the Faculty of Science and Health. 

Please read the opportunity pages carefully for information on supervision, applicant criteria, and any funding that may be available.

Responsible AI

Working with UN agencies and other partners, this studentship will research responsible Al technologies in forced displacement contexts in relation to prediction, protection, and the reduction of vulnerability for people on the move.

The student will either work on AI Methods to detect and predict forced displacement or on privacy protected edge computing and machine learning to protect vulnerable people.

Department: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering 

Closing date: 23 May 2025


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Blockchain incentives

This fully-funded studentship will focus on areas related to (Theoretical) Computer Science, Algorithmic Game Theory, and/or Fair Division with potential applications in Blockchain in the context of the EPSRC funded research project “Blockchain incentives: consensus and fairness”.

The project’s aim is to provide a systematic analysis of blockchain protocols with respect to the strategic behaviour of the stakeholders and related fairness properties, towards designing novel theoretical variants that can inform and improve blockchain technology in practice.

Department: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering 

Closing date: 30 May 2025


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How to apply - PhD studentships

You should apply via the Essex postgraduate applications portal, ideally making contact with potential PhD supervisors before applying.

You can also find out more about our current areas of research on our staff profiles.

Questions and queries about the studentships should be sent to the School's Postgraduate Administrator (csee-pgadmissions@essex.ac.uk)

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