- Graduate School Studentships In The Department Of Economics

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Graduate School Studentships in the Department of Economics

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3 Year PhD Studentship (URS: Graduate School) in the Department of Economics

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is currently offering a number of three year Postgraduate Research funding opportunities http://www.bath.ac.uk/hss/graduate-school/funding/research-funding/ for full-time UK and overseas candidates including:Â Graduate School Studentships in the Department of Economics

About the Department
The Department of Economics has an excellent reputation for a high standard of teaching that provides graduates with core economic theory and practical transferable skills. We are currently ranked 12th in the UK for economics and our staff achieved a national ranking of 5th or higher in their specialist areas in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). We pride ourselves on being a lively and friendly department.

We have a wide variety of research interests, whilst maintaining a strong macroeconomic, microeconomic and applied economic core.

Areas of specialism

Macroeconomics
Monetary economics
Finance economics
Environmental economics
Development economics
Institutional economics
Labour economics

Successful Candidates should:

Fulfil the entrance requirements for a Department of Economics MPhil/PhD (http://www.bath.ac.uk/study/pg/programmes/mphi-econ).
Fulfil the URS terms and conditions (http://www.bath.ac.uk/hss/pdf/funding-terms-conditions/university-research-studentships-graduate-school.pdf)

The AwardÂ

The Graduate School Studentship provides funding for three years. Each year includes:

Home/EU tuition fee (please note: overseas applicants will need to find alternative funding to make up the fees shortfall)
Stipend of Â£13,726 (for living expenses) (2014/15 rate to be confirmed)
Training Support Grant of Â£1,000 per year (for travel, fieldwork etc.)

How to apply
Applicants should apply online to study for a full time MPhil/PhD in Economics.

The application will also ask you to complete a funding request form. Use this to explain your experience and reasons for applying for this studentship.

Application Deadline
The closing date for applications is 12 noon (GMT), 13^th February 2014.

Informal Enquiries
Should be addressed to the Faculty Admissions team at economics-pgr-admissions@bath.ac.uk

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