How do I find out the standard stipend for postgraduate studies?

Question

My tutor gave me the advert for a PhD studentship, it says you will get "the standard stipend"

I guess I don't want to seem shallow and ask because it will make me look more interested in the money than the PhD.

Will the "standard" be university based or council based or country wide?

Answer 1

What kind of Postgrad course are you intending to study? Most Scientific Ph.D's are funded by grants and therefore you do get paid (from £6,500 - £12,000 per annum depending on how good the grant is).

M.Sc's are rarely grant funded so you don't get anything. Same for M.A's and arts based Ph.D's.

You can get a Graduate Loan but I'm not sure how those work, i.e. if it's like an undergraduate student loan or a comercial bank loan.

Edit: In response to the additional information.

Standard stipend is by funding body. EPSRC's list is linked below. I would assume the BBSRC and the other funding bodies will have the same information available.

Seems Ph.D's get paid a lot more than I did when I was doing mine.

Answer 2

What, you want to paid to do postgraduate studies? I'm afraid it's the other way round i.e. you have to pay.

If you mean post graduate course fees, these are not standard and vary between courses and organisations.

Answer 3

I think it depends on WHERE you go to school as much as what you are studying. My son went to Northwestern for his PhD in chemistry. He was paid $6000 the first year, in the late 90's. It was hard going having to live on that small amount in an area that's more expensive than he was used to. He did get raises, but it's never easy living.