Funded doctoral studentships

The Royal College of Music is the only music conservatoire in London to be part of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP). This AHRC-funded doctoral training partnership offers exceptional opportunities for preparing the brightest and best doctoral students from the UK and the EU for successful careers.

Open competition

The LAHP offers up to 90 fully-funded doctoral studentships annually across all member institutions, awarded on a competitive basis to new doctoral students. Member HE institutions are:

Royal College of Music
Royal College of Art
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
King’s College London
London School of Economics and Political Science
Queen Mary University of London
School of Advanced Study, University of London
University College London

Successful doctoral applicants will have the opportunity to apply for the fully-funded studentships. The studentships will offer cross-partnership training courses, interdisciplinary collaborations between students across institutions, placements and opportunities for research with six core non-HE industry sector partners, who include:

Museum of London
National Archives
Google
Victoria & Albert Museum
Wellcome Trust

The studentships

For all students (including EU and overseas) the studentships comprise:

Full fees waiver
Stipend
Access to additional funding opportunities
A training events programme (for up to three and a half years full time or the equivalent part time)

How to apply

Successful RCM doctoral applicants who have applied before 30 November are eligible to apply to LAHP for a funded studentship. The College will run an internal competition to decide upon the strongest applicants for this scheme. You will receive full information on this process once you have been offered a place at the College.

Further details on the LAHP consortium and the application process are available on the LAHP website.

Visit LAHP website