Every OPEN PhD, scholarship and fellowship whose deadline falls inside December 2026 — sorted closing-soonest first, so the shortlist doubles as your submission calendar. Apply early: listings are re-verified daily and anything past its date moves out of this page.
Every OPEN PhD, scholarship and fellowship whose deadline falls inside December 2026 — sorted closing-soonest first, so the shortlist doubles as your submission calendar. Apply early: listings are re-verified daily and anything past its date moves out of this page.
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The Yenching Academy provides fully funded Master's fellowships in China Studies at Peking University for outstanding international students.
King's College London · United Kingdom
Joint PhD scholarships offered by the King's Doctoral College for joint PhD programmes between King's College London and international partner universities.
San Diego State University · United States
Two fully funded PhD positions in Electric Energy Systems through the SDSU-UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program combining AI cybersecurity power systems and power electronics.
University of São Paulo · Brazil
This postdoctoral project combines numerical optimisation and computational fluid dynamics for river dredging research.
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong · Hong Kong
400 fully funded PhD fellowships in Hong Kong. Annual stipend HK$344,400 plus HK$14,400 travel allowance. Open to all nationalities. Deadline: 1 Dec 2026.
TFMASA Consortium (Université de Bordeaux) · France
TFMASA trains engineers in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics and advanced materials for sustainable aeronautics, with the consortium coordinated from the University of Bordeaux. The scholarship round for the 2027 intake closes on 1 December 2026 at 10:00 CET, which makes this one of the earliest Erasmus Mundus deadlines of the season.
University of Oxford · United Kingdom
The DPhil in Cardiovascular Science (Cardiovascular Disease Prevention) at Oxford is a four-year programme funded by the British Heart Foundation. It combines interdisciplinary training with research at the intersection of population health, systems biology, and data science/AI. Final application deadline: 1 December 2026.
The University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong
HKU Presidential PhD Scholar Programme 2027/28: HK$28,700/month scholarship, HK$40,000 cash award, full fee waiver and guaranteed hall place - first-year value up to HK$445,800. Main Round closes 1 December 2026.
King's College London · United Kingdom
King's Business School invites applications for funded, full-time PhD studentships to start in the 2027-2028 academic year. Open to Home, EU and International students. Covers tuition fees and a tax-free stipend of approximately £23,805 per annum for four years. Deadline: 1 December 2026.
Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies · Germany
BerGSAS offers 3 predoc scholarships at Freie Universität Berlin in Ancient Studies. EUR 1,000/month for up to 6 months starting 1 March 2027. For doctoral preparation and external funding applications. Deadline: 1 Dec 2026. The 00:00 CET cutoff is at the beginning of 1 December, not the end of that day.
EMCL Consortium (University of Groningen) · Netherlands
EMCL is a two-year research master in clinical linguistics, neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics run by the universities of Eastern Finland, Ghent and Groningen. The application portal for the 2027-2029 intake opened on 1 October 2026 and closes on 1 December 2026, so this is one of the tightest Mundus windows this season.
TU Delft · Netherlands
TU Delft’s Justus & Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarship covers full MSc tuition and contributes towards living expenses for eligible international students. Apply by 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET.
Max Planck School of Biomedical AI (BMAI) · Germany
The Max Planck School of Biomedical AI (BMAI) offers 25 fully funded three-year PhD positions at leading German research institutions. Interdisciplinary research at the interface of AI and life sciences. Application deadline: 1 December 2026. Applicants can apply without IELTS - German doctoral hiring assesses English through documents and interview.
Mundus MAPP Consortium (CEU) · Hungary
Mundus MAPP is the Erasmus Mundus master in public policy coordinated by Central European University with partner institutes across Europe. The financial-aid round closes on 1 December 2026, while self-funded applicants can apply until 15 April 2027 (non-EU) or 1 July 2027 (EU).
Max Planck Society · Germany
These Göttingen positions support theoretical or computational research in nonequilibrium statistical physics and active matter. Applicants can apply without IELTS - German doctoral hiring assesses English through documents and interview.