Department of Law at the London School of Economics offers Postgraduate Research Studentships.
These awards will be available to all applicants wishing to pursue study leading to the degree of MPhil/PhD. Applicants must meet the entry conditions a specified in their offer of admission from LSE. The LSE Law Department received the highest ranking in the country in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. 75 per cent of our research was rated either world-class or of international renown. We are the top research university in law, whether that assessment is based either on the grade point average or the proportion of publications winning the accolade of 4* and currently have some 97 students in candidature for the MPhil/PhD degrees.
The studentships will be awarded on the basis of merit and outstanding academic achievement. The studentships cover fees and provide £18,000 for living expenses each year for up to four years. They are available for Home UK/EU and Overseas students undertaking research in Law. The studentships are available to those studying in any area of law.
These studentships are for up to four years. Subject to satisfactory completion of the first year the funds will be renewed each year. As part of your award, you will be expected to
do some work within the Department. However, this is unlikely to take place during
the first year of your award. The Department of Law will provide more information on this requirement.
Other scholarships available for PhD study in the Law Department:
The Wedderburn Scholarship is funded through the generosity of donors to the Wedderburn Trust Fund, established in the name of Professor Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, QC, FBA, Cassel Professor of Commercial Law at the LSE from 1964-92.
The Judge Rosalyn Higgins Scholarship is funded through the generosity of donors to the Higgins Trust Fund, established in the name of Professor Rosalyn Higgins, QC, DBE, Professor of International Law at the LSE from 1981-1995.
How to apply
Award recipients will be selected from applicants to the PhD programme in the
If you have been accepted on the Law Department's postgraduate research programme, you will automatically be considered for these Scholarships. There is no separate application form.
Enquiries about the PhD programme should be directed to Rachel Yarham in the Department of Law.