Tuition fees for Research degrees 2011-12

• Full-time Home/EU £3732 per year
• Part-time Home/EU £1866 per year
• Part-time Home/EU Full-time Overseas £10250 per year
• Distance Learning Home/EU/Overseas £4180 per year

Tuition fees for Research degrees 2012-13

• Full-time Home/EU £3828 per year
• Part-time Home/EU £1914 per year
• Full-time Overseas £10915 per year
• Distance Learning Overseas (Developing countries) £3905 per year
• Distance Learning Overseas (other) £4525 per year
• Distance Learning Home/EU £4450 per year

There will be a 10% fee discount for all Home/EU University of Leicester graduates registering for a PhD, pro-rata for part-time. This is not available if any other scholarships or discounts are awarded by the University of Leicester, and is not available to distance learners.

Please see here for a list of Developing countries

For payment methods see the Finance Department

Scholarships and Funding Opportunities

School of Law PhD Scholarships for Home/EU applicants

2 x Fee only scholarships for Home (UK) or EU applicants
for three years full-time or equivalent. Open to full-time and part-time applicants.

We particularly encourage applicants in the following fields

• Medical Law and Ethics
• Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Criminology
• EU Law

We are happy to consider other areas of research where we have relevant supervisory expertise. Please note, we are not currently able to provide supervision in Commercial Law, International Law, or Human Rights Law.

The Scholarship is for PhD researchers starting in October 2012 and will waive fees for 3 years of the PhD programme (or up to 6 years for the part-time PhD programme). The fee waiver applies at the rate for Home/EU PhD researchers.

At the University of Leicester, Law School we provide

• dedicated training programme for legal researchers
• access to shared working space within the Law School
• access to the award winning David Wilson Library and Graduate Reading Room
• printing/photocopy allowance.

To be considered for the Scholarship, an application to the PhD in Law programme must be submitted no later than 30 June 2012 and applicants should clearly indicate in a covering letter they wish to be considered for the Scholarship.

For further information please contact Mrs Jane Sowler at jane.sowler@le.ac.uk

Funding offered by the University

The Graduate School offers scholarships as well as other funding opportunities such as graduate teaching posts which will be advertised on the University's web site.

Funding from other award-making bodies

The following offer funding for research degrees. Please contact the organisations directly if you wish to receive further information. The list below is not comprehensive, but intended to be of assistance if looking for funding.

UK/EC students

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (www.ahrc.ac.uk)
  Funds projects in the humanities. Its remit includes law in the doctrinal tradition, theoretical approaches, and interdisciplinary approaches. Two relevant funding schemes for postgraduate s tudies are the Research Preparation Master's Scheme LLM in Legal Research and the Doctoral Awards Scheme.
• Economic and Social Research Council (www.esrc.ac.uk)
  Funds socio-legal research and postgraduate research in that area.
• The Directory for Grant-Making Trusts, should be available in most large libraries. (Published by the Charities Aid Foundation.)

International students

• British Government and British Council Award Schemes for Overseas Students and Trainees, available from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, at the following address: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Student Policy Section, Cultural Relations Department, Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS.
• European Development Fund Fellowships, open to nationals of countries which have co-operation agreements with the EC (e.g. the ACP, the Mashraq and Maghreb countries). Applications should be made to the European Commission's Delegate in the applicant's own country.

Further information may be obtained from:

• Overseas Development Administration, Eland House, Stag Place, London, SW1 5DH.
• Commission of the European Communities. Directorate General for Development DG VIII, Rue de la Loi 200, B1049 Brussels, Belgium.
• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Association of Commonwealth Universities, 36 Gordon Square, London. WC1H 0PF (www.csfp-online.org)
• Chevening Scholarships (www.chevening.com)    
• The British Council (www.britishcouncil.org) can provide information on other schemes of financial assistance.
• UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs, 9-17 St. Albans Place, London. N1 0N