CONACyT Tuition Top-up Award

Scholarship

Faculty of Science and Engineering

The University of Manchester has an agreement with CONACyT (The Mexican Council of Science & Technology) to provide a 30% tuition fee discount to all CONACyT-funded students. The maximum tuition fee contribution from CONACyT is 300,000 pesos per year for 3 years.

Funding details:

• The CONACyT Tuition Top Up Awards include tuition top ups to cover the CONACyT funding shortfall - this is calculated as: (0.7 x International fee amount) - £10.8k

These awards are open to Mexican nationals across all research areas.

3 years

Continuation of the award is subject to satisfactory progress.

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The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering

This funding is available to students undertaking the following types of study:

This funding is available to students undertaking the following modes of study:

This funding is available in all subject areas across the University.

To be considered for this award you must:

• Hold (or be about to obtain) a first class honours honours undergraduate degree (or international equivalent)
• Hold an offer letter from The University of Manchester to start a three year PhD programme (starting no later than 31 March)
• Ideally hold a master's-level qualification at merit or distinction (or international equivalent)
• Have some research related experience. e.g. undergraduate/master’s projects, placements, internships, contributions to publications/articles, promoting research or project outcomes to a wider audience, prizes for previous work or setting up collaborations with other groups
• Be undertaking a project which is in one the priority areas highlighted by CONACyT (please note that priority areas vary by year).

This funding is available to students from:

Check funding page for further details

Contact the admissions team for more information.

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