Fully funded study, subject by subject
Which tuition-free universities, scholarships and paid PhD posts suit your field, and what to know before you apply.
Engineering & Tech
Engineering has more funded routes than almost any other subject, because Europe's technical universities are cheap or free and its doctorates are paid jobs.
Read the guide →33 routes · 5 positionsComputer Science
Computer science is taught in English at most leading universities, which opens more funded master's and PhD routes than most subjects.
Read the guide →47 routes · 7 positionsNatural Sciences
Physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics have the deepest pool of funded doctorates, and several tuition-free routes at master's level.
Read the guide →34 routes · 3 positionsMedicine & Health
Medicine is the hardest subject to fund: clinical degrees are long and expensive, and many scholarships leave them out. Health research and public health are far more open.
Read the guide →30 routes · 0 positionsBusiness & Economics
Business and economics have fewer subject-specific scholarships than the sciences, but the big government awards and a few university schemes fund them well.
Read the guide →44 routes · 3 positionsSocial Sciences & Law
The big government scholarships were built for future leaders in policy, law and public life, which makes the social sciences one of the best-funded fields.
Read the guide →36 routes · 1 positionArts & Humanities
Humanities funding is real but scattered: tuition-free universities in Central Europe, need-blind liberal arts colleges in the US, and the awards that accept every subject.
Read the guide →31 routes · 3 positionsAgriculture & Environment
Food, water and climate are priorities for development-minded funders, so agriculture and environment attract more full scholarships than the size of the field suggests.
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