Company-linked studentships are advertised on this webpage when available. Some CDT studentships can be funded, or part-funded, by a company or industry partner, to the same level of the standard CDT studentships. They are generally more focused on a specific issue or topic which is of particular interest to the sponsoring company. The PhD project is defined ahead of recruitment, jointly with the company and a university supervisor, and approved at CDT level before being advertised. Industry-funded studentships offer a great opportunity to work closely with a company, often on a more applied research topic, and to benefit from an extended network and enhanced post-PhD career perspectives, whilst being also embedded in an academic environment and cohort-based research and training programme.If you wish to be considered for one of these industry-funded studentships, please make sure you complete the relevant section on your first-stage Application Form. Some industry-funded projects might have a different recruitment timeline from the standard CDT recruitment timeline, if this is the case, this will be clearly stated on the project description. Company-linked studentships are advertised here during the application period. A CDT Company-linked studentship environment. This article was published on 2025-09-05
