Scholarship covers fees in addition to a stipend. Total value of award is£15,000. Open to UK/EU and Overseas applicants.

Tenable from September 2006

Deadline for applications: Friday 18th April 2006

The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the Universityof Manchester is one of the worlds leading schools of engineering with aninternational reputation for the quality of its research. We are pleased tooffer a number of scholarships to aid applicants to pursue research towardsa PhD from September 2006.

Applicants will only be considered for the School of MACE ResearchScholarships if they have completed the standard University of Manchesterpostgraduate application process and have a proposed project title. Awardholders will be selected solely on the basis of academic excellence andresearch potential. The expected level of competition for these awards meansthat it is probable that successful nominees will normally hold, or expectto achieve the equivalent of a UK First class honours degree in anEngineering discipline, Mathematics, or a closely related technical subject,before the programme of research is due to begin.

Research at the School is focused into a number of research groups withinternational standing and a critical mass of researchers. More informationabout the wide range of research undertaken by the School is available atwww.mace.manchester.ac.uk/research/researchgroups. Applicants are stronglyadvised to visit the School’s website when preparing their application andformulating their research proposal.

For more information, please visit this link, and download the Research Scholarships application form. Alternativelyplease contact Emma Jepson atemma.jepson@manchester.ac.uk ortelephone +44 (0) 161 275 4371 for more information.

Postgraduate Application forms and further information can be found at this link. Please send copies oftranscripts and references directly to the School of MACE at the addressbelow:

Emma Jepson
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
University of Manchester
George Begg Building
Sackville Street
Manchester
M60 1QD