Prospective Students « White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities

The White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities will be offering PhD studentships starting in 2025 at Leeds, Sheffield and York, through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP2) scheme.

TWO types of studentship will be offered: Open Competition and Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA). The table below summarises the differences.

Closing deadlines

Open Competition has closed.
The WRoCAH 2025 CDA Project competition is open. The deadline for expressions of interest is 12 noon BST on Wednesday 28th May 2025.

WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition

WRoCAH AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDAs)

Student-led projects
Apply for a place of study FIRST
Usually an interview with your chosen department
Apply to WRoCAH for funding SECOND

Further details of what is on offer is available here.

Defined projects with external collaborating partner organisation
Expressions of interest FIRST
Interview with the project team
Successful student nominated to WRoCAH
Successful student confirmed by WRoCAH

Information on project currently available in the 2025 competition and how the competition process works is available here.