Contemporary History PhD
at University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

Program Overview

We combine a long tradition in a field of scholarship pioneered at Sussex with a commitment to fostering new and emerging fields of inquiry.

Core supervisory expertise is offered in the following:

We particularly welcome outstanding applications that reflect Sussex’s distinctive interdisciplinary and comparative approach to historical research.

Entry Requirement
English language requirements

IELTS (Academic)
- Higher level (6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component).
Fees & Scholarships
Fees for self-funding students
- Home students: £4,596 per year for full-time students
- Channel Islands and Isle of Man students: £4,596 per year for full-time students
- International students: £18,975 per year for full-time students
Empirical research costs
On top of your PhD fees and living costs, you may also need to cover some research and training costs, relevant to your research project. These costs will depend on your research topic and training needs, but may include:

- travel (to archives, collections or scientific facilities)
- a laptop
- overseas fieldwork costs (travel and accommodation, and language training)
- conference costs (travel, registration fees and accommodation)
- laboratory consumables and workshop materials
- participant costs
- transcription or translation costs
- open-access publication costs.

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

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