Research Studentships

Funded Studentships

The department holds funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support a number of Home fee status research students per year. These awards cover fees at the Home rate and a stipend at the standard UKRI rate. All applicants for the DPhil with a home fee status will automatically be considered for this funding.

Students with an Overseas fee status are also considered for a small number of the awards from EPSRC. There is no separate application for these awards, but competition is strong.

In addition, the Department advertises studentships funded by various partners, sponsors and the department.

DPhil Studentships

Candidates are encouraged to make informal equiries to the member of Faculty listed in each of the studentships. Candiates must submit a graduate application and are expected to meet the gradute admissions criteria. Please see below for details of studentships available for October 2025. Where relevant, please take note of the reference for the studentship and quote this in your application.

Oxford-MRC DTP iCASE 2025 Projects:

Designed to nurture the academic entrepreneurs of the future, the Enterprise studentship programme offers a stimulating educational experience as part of the Oxford-MRC DTP cohort, with the additional benefit of working closely with an industrial partner. This will provide entrepreneurial training opportunities and an insight into how commercial science is conducted alongside a superb academic base within the University. Students will work for at least 3 months in the associated company.

iCASE DPhil scholarship with IDEMS International Community Interest Company on "Computational statistics and deep learning to strengthen families and reduce violence towards children"

iCASE DPhil scholarship with Astrazeneca on "Strategies for novel cardiomyopathy treatments from organoids-informed computational multiscale modelling and simulation". For more information on the topic "Digital Twins and In Silico Trials for Cardiology and Pharmacology", please read the latest publications for further information.

To be considered for either of the above studentships, please apply through the DPhil in Computer Science by 12 noon on Tuesday 3 December, indicating the relevant lead supervisor, detailing 'iCASE' before the project title and by using the reference code iCASE.

Kleros Doctoral Support Grant:

The Kleros Doctoral Support Grant is a department matched collaboration with Kleros providing funding for a PhD student researching decentralised justice at the department. Learn more about the grant here.

DPhil Teaching Assistant opportunities

The department employs a number of DPhil Research students each year as Teaching Assistants. Details will be provided below when studentships become available.

Graduate Scholarships and Other Funding Opportunities

The University offers a variety of scholarship programmes based on academic excellence, giving candidates from around the world the opportunity to pursue graduate study. You can find out more about scholarships, plus other graduate funding opportunities from the University's Graduate Funding pages. The helpful fees, funding and scholarship search tool will enable you to find out about the cost of studying and living at Oxford, as well as discover scholarship opportunities.

Fees

Fees for the DPhil in Computer Science can be found at the main university website.

For an outline of fees and living costs, please use the Fees, Funding and Scholarship Search tool.