{"id":41,"date":"2023-11-06T17:09:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-12-13T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T19:55:20","slug":"general-advice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"General Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in applying to do a PhD with us, here is some advice on the application process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We particularly encourage students from underrepresented groups, including women, to apply. We work closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/piscopia.co.uk\/\">Piscopia Initiative<\/a>  to improve the representation at PhD level of women and minority groups in mathematics. Piscopia have produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/piscopia.co.uk\/how-to-ace-your-phd-application\">booklet<\/a> with very sound general advice on PhD applications. The Hodge Institute also runs <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/count-me-in\/home\">Count Me In<\/a>, a summer research program for undergraduate mathematicians from underrepresented groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Application<\/strong>. First check that you satisfy the entry requirements listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/school-of-mathematics\/studying-here\/pgr\/phd-application\">this page<\/a>. You should then apply to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agq-cdt.org\/how-to-apply\/\">CDT<\/a> in Algebra, Geometry and Quantum Fields, to which most of our PhD scholarships are attached. Applications opened in October 2025. In rare cases, offers may be made for non-CDT places, but the initial application route will still be via the CDT.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Application deadline<\/strong>. Most students start in September every year. For the upcoming round of admissions, the deadline for completed applications is\u00a0<strong>December 19, 2025<\/strong> to ensure consideration for CDT funding; later applications will still be reviewed as time permits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supervisor<\/strong>. You can name one of more academic staff members you would like to work with in your application form, or leave it blank. You can find out more about us&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/?page_id=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, and a list of available supervisors is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/?page_id=43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Feel free to contact potential supervisors for an informal chat before applying. It&#8217;s quite normal for us to receive such requests. All that&#8217;s needed is a short email introducing yourself and explaining your interests in a couple of sentences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Funding<\/strong>. PhD positions are typically fully funded for four years: you don&#8217;t have to pay the fees, and we will pay you a stipend. We are able to support strong candidates from any part of the world. You can improve your chances of admission if you secure your own funding, see the page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maths.ed.ac.uk\/studying-here\/pgr\/phd-application\/funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Funding opportunities<\/a>\u00a0in the graduate school website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are interested in applying to do a PhD with us, here is some advice on the application process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hodge.maths.ed.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}