17 fee-waived PhD programs in Computer Science — UK

17 programs for a PhD in Computer Science in the UK that answer which programs in this group cost nothing to apply to. Every program here either offers an application-fee waiver or charges no application fee.

fee-waived Programs

Every program here either offers an application-fee waiver or charges no application fee.

  1. 1

    Imperial College London

    PhD Computing

    Application deadline
    Jul 15 +7
    Annual tuition
    $39,808
    Program duration
    3–4 years full-time
  2. 2

    University College London

    Computer Science PhD

    Application deadline
    Apr 17 +1
    Annual tuition
    $44,416
    Program duration
    48 months
  3. 3
    Application deadline
    Rolling
    Annual tuition
    $44,544
    Program duration
    72 months
  4. 4

    University of Bristol

    PhD in Computer Science

    Application deadline
    Aug 17 +1
    Annual tuition
    $35,200
    Program duration
    96 months
  5. 5

    Queen Mary University of London

    Phd in Computer Science

    Application deadline
    Rolling
    Program duration
    3–4 years full-time
  6. 6

    University of Southampton

    Electronics and computer science PhD

    Application deadline
    Rolling
    Annual tuition
    $34,944
    Program duration
    48 months
  7. 7

    Durham University

    PhD in Computer Science

    Annual tuition
    $39,360
    Program duration
    72 months
  8. 8
    Application deadline
    May 15 +1
    Annual tuition
    $32,448
    Program duration
    48 months
  9. 9
    Application deadline
    Rolling
    Program duration
    3–4 years full-time
  10. 10
    Application deadline
    Nov 30 +2
    Annual tuition
    $31,296
    Program duration
    3 years full-time

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Complete Program List17 programs

The complete list of Computer Science PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

First programs in this cohort
RankUniversityProgramDuration
#15Imperial College LondonPhD Computing3–4 years full-time
#37University College LondonComputer Science PhD48 months
#37University College LondonCybersecurity MPhil/PhD48 months
#50University of EdinburghEdinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) PhD72 months
#50University of EdinburghEPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics & Autonomous Systems PhD48 months
#50University of EdinburghInformatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition PhD3 years full-time
#50University of EdinburghInformatics: IPAB: Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics & Animation PhD3 years full-time
#50University of EdinburghInformatics: LFCS: Theory & Foundations of Computer Science, Databases, Software & Systems Modelling PhD3 years full-time
#94University of BristolPhD in Computer Science96 months
#120Queen Mary University of LondonPhd in Computer Science3–4 years full-time
#129University of SouthamptonElectronics and computer science PhD48 months
#140Durham UniversityPhD in Computer Science72 months
#164University of YorkCentre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI)48 months
#192Newcastle UniversityComputer Science Integrated PhD3–4 years full-time
#192Newcastle UniversityComputer Science PhD72 months
#201–250Cardiff UniversityComputer Science and Informatics PhD3 years full-time
#201–250Lancaster UniversityComputer Science: PhD84 months

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