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  • 30-11-2011 12:49am
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    Tupamaros
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    Hi all,

    Currently studying for a masters in political science. To be honest, looks like a 1st will be out of reach but a 2.1 should be quite achievable. I am wondering what are the prospects of getting on a PhD programme with this result, I also have a 2.1 BA.

    Was speaking to a lecturer about this and he said for funding abroad you would really need a first, though there is luck involved and the strength of your proposal as well as the research interests of staff in the college I would be applying to. What do people think here?

    The lecturer recommended King's College London for my interests, but would a 2.1 be good enough to secure a funded PhD there?


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    gutenberg
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭gutenberg


    Tupamaros wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Currently studying for a masters in political science. To be honest, looks like a 1st will be out of reach but a 2.1 should be quite achievable. I am wondering what are the prospects of getting on a PhD programme with this result, I also have a 2.1 BA.

    Was speaking to a lecturer about this and he said for funding abroad you would really need a first, though there is luck involved and the strength of your proposal as well as the research interests of staff in the college I would be applying to. What do people think here?

    The lecturer recommended King's College London for my interests, but would a 2.1 be good enough to secure a funded PhD there?

    With the state of graduate funding in the UK, probably not.

    It would depend very much on your proposal and the strength of your references, and I do know someone who got onto a funded PhD course with a 2.1, but it was a 2.1 from Cambridge, and the PhD is at a university much lower ranked than KCL.

    If you were applying for a PhD as part of an ongoing programme or research project which has funding already attached (check out findaphd.com), that would probably be your best chance versus applying from scratch.


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