Midlands4Cities

The application portal is now closed for 2023 applications. M4C will notify successful students by email Mid April 2023

Be part of a thriving community of doctoral students producing world-class research in the arts and humanities

The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands, to support research students to become experts in their field and to employ their knowledge and skills in their career destinations. Midlands4Cities:

Is open to diverse and challenging approaches to arts and humanities research projects
Facilitates access to expert supervision across the breadth of arts and humanities research available in the eight M4C universities
Provides opportunities for training to underpin every student’s research and professional development
Enables regional, national and international networking with the creative and cultural industries to provide opportunities for placements, fieldwork and collaboration
Ensures integrity, equality, diversity, and inclusion across the DTP programme

Our offer

As an M4C student, you will have access to studentship funding, expert supervision, placements with an exciting range of regional, national and international partners and an extensive range of training opportunities.

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We offer two routes for PhD study: Open Doctoral Awards where you design and agree a research project with academic supervisors and Collaborative Doctoral Awards which are jointly developed and co-supervised between an M4C university and an external partner organisation.

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Student profiles

Our student community is distinguished by breadth and diversity in the people and projects that make up M4C. Connecting across the Midlands, our students are part of a dynamic network of researchers, with opportunities to collaborate on research and training.

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Partners

We work closely with an exciting range of regional, national and international partners to develop placements, specialist training and collaborative projects.

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