Education Scholarships & PhD Positions 2026–2027: 15+ Open Programmes
15 verified education scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in Netherlands and United Kingdom. The soonest deadline is 1 November 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by Utrecht University, Amsterdam UMC and Bath Spa University. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
CLMCE Consortium (University of Glasgow) · United Kingdom
CLMCE, hosted at the University of Glasgow with European partners, studies children's literature, media and cultural mediation for careers in publishing, libraries and cultural institutions. Recent application rounds have used a mid-January scholarship deadline; the live dates are posted on the Glasgow programme page.
EMMIR Consortium (University of Oldenburg) · Germany
EMMIR is the first African-European-Asian Erasmus Mundus master in migration studies, run by eight partner institutions from Germany to Ghana, Uganda, South Africa and India. Applications for Edition 14 (2027-2029) are open now: scholarship and non-fee-paying places close on 20 December 2026 at 23:59 CET, while fee-paying self-funded applications run until 15 July 2027.
Bath Spa University invites applications for ESRC-funded PhD studentships through the South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP), with Bath Spa pathways in education, management and business, and sociotechnical futures. The internal Bath Spa application round closes at 11:59pm on 8 November 2026, ahead of the SWDTP final deadline of 12 January 2027, so candidates intending to nominate Bath Spa as their host should complete the university's research-degree application early.
The University of Leeds, as part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, offers a range of social science PhD studentships for 2027/28 entry. Open to UK and international applicants. Covers fees at UKRI rates plus a maintenance grant of £21,805 (2026/27 rate). Multiple award types available: +3.5, +3.75, and 1+3.5. Deadline: 20 January 2027.
Leiden University advertises a combined lecturer-PhD candidate (docent-promovendus) position in German language and culture. The appointment runs for five years and combines 75 percent doctoral research with 25 percent teaching within the German language and culture programme of Leiden's Faculty of Humanities. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
MISEI is an Erasmus Mundus master in inclusive education sciences, training specialists who design and lead inclusive schooling systems. Its application period runs from October 2026 to 1 February 2027, with Erasmus Mundus scholarships available for the 2027 cohort.
This Agder PhD fellowship investigates the use of Norwegian professional language in workplaces. Hosted by University of Agder. Apply by 9 November 2026.
✓ Fully FundedNOK 550,800/year gross (Norwegian state salary plan 17.510, code 1017)
Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position in art-science-action integration and challenge-based sustainability education. The project studies how creative and artistic practices can be integrated with scientific learning and real-world action in sustainability education, and how such integration changes students' engagement with complex environmental problems.
Uppsala University invites applications for a doctoral position in psychology at the DiVE Lab, working within developmental psychology. The lab studies development and individual variation, and the doctoral project contributes to the lab's programme on how developmental processes unfold and vary between children and contexts.
Utrecht University invites applications for a postdoc in developmental psychology. The position supports the department's research on how children and adolescents develop, with topics spanning social, cognitive and emotional development and the conditions that support healthy development across contexts.
✓ Fully FundedSalary per CAO universities pay scales (typically €4,000–€6,000/month gross for postdocs)
Amsterdam UMC is recruiting a doctoral candidate (promovendus) for a project on digital, data and AI competencies in healthcare. The project studies which digital, data and AI skills healthcare professionals need, how these competencies can be built into training and continuing education, and how competency development changes practice in clinical settings. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
✓ Fully FundedEUR 3,217 - EUR 4,077 gross per month
UMC Utrecht recruits a promotendus (doctoral candidate) for a 48-month project on the inclusion of children with disabilities (inclusie van kinderen met beperkingen), starting in January 2027. Many children with disabilities still face barriers in school, care and everyday social life, and inclusive approaches require evidence on what works in practice. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
SEDarc offers ESRC-funded PhD studentships for September 2027 entry across six universities in South East England. Open to UK and international students, covering UK home fees and stipend. Three studentships are ring-fenced for widening participation candidates. Deadline: 29 January 2027. 29 January is the final shortlisted submission stage; prospective applicants must meet earlier departmental or university deadlines.
TELME is a two-year Erasmus Mundus master in teaching foreign languages in a multicultural environment, delivered by five European universities with two national degrees at the end. The Cohort 2 campaign for the September 2027 intake opened on 3 October 2026 and closes on 10 January 2027 at 12:00 Paris time, with scholarship files due by 3 January.
UNIC is a European university alliance of ten universities from cities including Bochum, Cork, Rotterdam, Bilbao, Koper, Liège, Zagreb, Ankara, Helsinki and Malmö. Beyond joint degrees, its REPIC and related programmes publish rolling calls for courses, workshops, winter/summer schools and staff-student exchanges through the year.
Partially FundedStipend/salary rate set by the funder — see the official listing
