PhD Studentships for home/EU/international overseas students with bursaries
available against fees.

Projects are available in research groups allied to Biomedical Sciences,
Biology, Pharmacy, Optometry and Psychology.

Applications are invited for three year Research Studentships to be undertaken
in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University to start in July
or October 2009.

The School of Life and Health Sciences is equipped with state-of-the-art
facilities to pursue cutting-edge research. In the 2008 RAE, 85% of the research
in the School of Life and Health Sciences was ranked as being of international
quality, and the School was ranked 3rd out of 61 UK University submissions to
Allied Health Professions and Studies for quality and volume of research. The
School currently has a research income of about £8m, with approximately 70
research students, (part time and full-time), who are registered in the School
each year.

Project Details
Projects can be viewed by research topic and research supervisor at
(http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lhs/research/pgresopportunities/projectsforhome-eu-ints\
tudents/).

Financial Support
The projects are available to students meeting the University and School
academic entry requirements and bursaries for international students will be
awarded competitively on merit. The bursaries for international students will
cover payment of £10,000 against the international fee and for home/EU students
will cover payment of £3,000 against the home/EU student fee.

Application Requirements

• Applicants should have or expect a good honours degree (either first class or
upper second class) or hold an MSc in a relevant discipline.

• If you are an EU/IOS Applicant, the English Language Requirements are a
minimum score of 620 (250 minimum in computer test) in TOEFL OR IELTS with
minimum marks of 6.0 in each section and an overall band of 6.5.

• The studentships are for 3 years, subject to a satisfactory progress review at
the end of the first year, and are available for July 1st and October 1st 2009
registration.

• For an application form please visit:
http://www1.lhs.aston.ac.uk/pabs/pgprojects/application%20form.pdf

• Closing Date: Monday, 13th May 2009 for July entry or August 12th for October
entry

• For informal enquiries or to return completed applications forms, please
contact the Research Office, Room MB560, School of Life and Health Sciences,
Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET; email
j.a.taylor@…: +44 (0)121 204 4019).

Reference: R090077