How to apply

How to apply

Entry requirements

Recruitment is currently closed for September 2025 entry. When open, our Scholarships page will list available projects.
 
The EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience recruits applicants who have received or expect to receive either 1) a first class honours degree* or 2) a 2:1 honours degree and a Masters* or 3) a Distinction at Masters level and any undergraduate degree* (*or the international equivalents). The CDT broadly recruits individuals with qualifications in the following, or associated subjects:
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer science
  • Earth science
  • Economics
  • Environmental Science
  • Exercise Science
  • Engineering
  • Geography
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Statistics
If your first language is not English, or you require a Student Visa to study, you will be required to provide evidence of your English language proficiency level that meets the requirements of the Aura CDT’s academic partners. This course requires academic IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.0 in each skill.

Please contact auracdt@hull.ac.uk for further guidance or questions.

Funding

The CDT is funded by the EPSRC, allowing us to provide scholarships that cover fees plus a stipend set at the UKRI nationally agreed rates. These have been set by UKRI as £20,780 per annum at 2025/26 rates and will increase in line with the EPSRC guidelines for the subsequent years (subject to progress).

Eligibility

Our funded Doctoral Scholarships are available to UK Students. We will also recruit a number of International Students across our 2024 – 2028 intakes.

The CDT scholarships in our second recruitment round for September 2025 intake were available to Home (UK) Students only as the CDT has reached the annual cap, set by the funding council (UKRI EPSRC), on international student recruitment. To be considered a Home student, and therefore eligible for a full award, a student must have no restrictions on how long they can stay in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the scholarship (with some further constraint regarding residence for education). 

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

The CDT is committed to generating a diverse and inclusive training programme and is looking to attract applicants from all backgrounds. We offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for home fee status candidates who identify as Black or Black mixed or Asian or Asian mixed if they meet the programme entry requirements. This positive action is to support recruitment of these under-represented ethnic groups to our programme and is an opt in process.

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How to apply

Recruitment is currently closed for September 2025 entry. 

When open, applications are made directly to the University where the PhD project is based using a link provided in the ‘How to apply’ section of that project description. This will take you to the correct University online application portal where you will make your application.

If you have any queries about the CDT please email auracdt@hull.ac.uk.

Interviews

Interviews will be held online with an interview panel comprising of project supervisory team members from the host university where the project is based.  Where the project involves external supervisors from university partners or industry sponsors then representatives from these partners may form part of the interview panel and your supplementary application form will be shared with them (with the guaranteed interview scheme section removed).

Please contact auracdt@hull.ac.uk if you have any queries or would like to discuss any elements of the programme with the Aura CDT Team