From the start of the 2010-11 academic year, four 1-year postgraduate studentships for Masters students in Chinese Studies will be available through the British Inter-University China Centre (BICC). They will be available to students on the MA in Contemporary China at the University of Manchester. The studentships will pay full Home/EU fees and maintenance (currently £13,200 per annum) for the duration of the studentship (fees only for EU students unless they meet residency requirements as laid down in the ESRC’s guidelines), along with a Researh Training and Support Grant of £400.

Funded through the Language-Based Area Studies initiative, BICC is a cross-institutional research and teaching centre, which joins together the expertise of the Universities of Oxford, Bristol and Manchester in Chinese studies. These studentships are open to Home/EU students only (and eligibility for the awards follows research council residency rules).   Both students who already have an offer of a place in hand or who still intend to apply for admission in 2010 will be eligible for funding.   

Students will be expected, by the end of their first year of study, to have reached the level of Chinese language proficiency laid down in BICC’s language conventions. These can be downloaded from the sidebar. 

You can download the applictaion form, along with notes on eligibility from the sidebar. If you need an alternative format, please e-mail daniel.holloway@area.ox.ac.uk

Please return your completed forms to:

Dan Holloway,

Administrator,

British Inter-University China Centre,

74 Woodstock Road,

Oxford

OX2 6LH

01865 – 613827

Applications must be received by 12.00 noon (BST, or GMT + 1.00) on 28th February 2010