Minerva Scholarships

The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow invites applications for two Minerva Scholarships to support both research and teaching. These scholarships are designed for students undertaking a part-time PhD while contributing to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Scholarship details

  • Duration: 5 years
  • Time commitment: Around two-thirds research and one-third teaching (including preparation, contact time, and marking)
  • Start date: October 2026 (no later than 12 January 2027)

Funding package

  • Remuneration of at least £20,188 per year for living expenses
  • Tuition fees at the home level
  • For exceptional international applicants, consideration will be given to waiving the difference between international and home fees

Research

Minerva Scholarships are open to all areas of Computing Science research being actively pursued within the School.

Teaching

Successful applicants will contribute to teaching throughout the academic session, including:

  • Tutoring
  • Demonstrating
  • Project supervision (undergraduate and postgraduate levels)

Further details are available in the Minerva Scholarship Job Description. Opportunities for lecturing may also be available depending on prior experience.

Application process

  • Apply online following the postgraduate research application guidance
  • Enter “Minerva Scholarship” in the funding information box
  • Select “Univ of Glasgow Scholarship” as the funding source to be considered
  • Applications must include a teaching statement covering:
    • Why you wish to teach
    • Why you are suitable for the opportunity
    • Previous teaching experience (if applicable)

Deadline: 31 January 2026

  • Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed twice: once on research, and once on teaching

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Contact

Email: socs-pgr-enquiries@glasgow.ac.uk 

Minerva Scholarships

The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow invites applications for two Minerva Scholarships to fund both research and teaching activities.  These are intended to support research students who wish to undertake a part-time PhD whilst contributing to the School’s teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The duration of each Scholarship is 5 years.  It is expected that each successful applicant will work on their PhD research for approximately two thirds of their time, whilst engaging in teaching activities (to include preparation time, contact time and marking) for the remaining one third of their time.

These Scholarships will include:

  • a remuneration package of at least £20,188 for living expenses;
  • tuition fees at the home level; for an outstanding international applicant, consideration will be given to waiving the difference between the international and home fees.

These Scholarships are open in all areas of Computing Science research that are being actively pursued by members of academic staff in the School.  For more information about the School’s research, see www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/research.  To find a supervisor in a given area of interest, see www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/supervisorsearch.

Regarding teaching, each successful applicant will be expected to be involved in tutoring, demonstrating and project supervision at all levels of the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum throughout the academic session.  For further details, please visit the Minerva job decription: Minerva SoCS Scholarship JD.  Lecturing opportunities may also be available depending on prior experience.  For more information about our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, see www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/undergraduate and www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduatetaughtdegrees.

It is expected that these positions should be taken up by October 2026 and no later than 12 January 2027.

To apply, you should follow the procedure outlined at www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents candidates will be interviewed for this position and must include a teaching statement indicating why they wish to teach, why they are suitable for this opportunity, and previous teaching experience  if applicable.  In the online application system, you should enter “Minerva Scholarship” in the box that requests information about funding arrangements.

The closing date for applications is 31 January 2026.  Shortlisted candidates will have two interviews: one focussing on research and the other on teaching.

How to apply:

Apply online, you must select “Univ of Glasgow Scholarship” as the funding source when submitting your application in order to be considered for a scholarship.

If you have any questions regarding the Minerva Scholarships, email socs-pgr-enquiries@glasgow.ac.uk.