Vacancies

Vacancies #

We very much welcome and support applications from underrepresented groups and from people of all shapes, shades, and genders. If you are uncertain about your possible role in our team, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Ke Li.

There are multiple opportunities available at the University of Exeter to fund your PhD study.

  • China Scholarship Council (Chinese Students): The University of Exeter is proud to offer up to 50 full-time PhD scholarships in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The application deadline is usually around the beginning of January. More detailed information can be found from here.
  • Doctor Training Partnerships (UK/EU & International Students): As a research intensive university in the UK, Exeter has strong commitments to work in partnerships with several research councils to fund talented students for a PhD. The deadline is usually around the end of January every year. More detailed information can be found from here.

We welcome applications by post-doc and research fellows. Unfortunately, we do not have funding available at this time. However, if you want to propose a collaboration based on an externally-funded post-doctoral scholarship, please get in touch. Here are some potential funding opportunities:

We are also welcome the self-funded visiting scholars (supported by CSC or other government organisations) to join the COLA Laboratory. Note that I prefer at most host 3 long-term (at least one year) visitors simultaneously in order to allocate enough supervision time.
Some useful tips to know when preparing your pitching email
  • Use Subject Line: 20** Prospective Students/Postdoc/Visiting Scholar_YourName
  • Briefly introduce your education background, GPA/Rank, IELTS/TOEFL score, and other highlights (e.g., publications, previous awards and industrial experiences).
  • Briefly (1-page summary) introduce your research experience, and explain what your general research interests and strengths are.
  • Explain why you want to choose our lab. Briefly mention one of my recent work that you are most interested in, and discuss the potential extensions that you might want to work on.
  • Include your CV in the attachment.

Due to the large volume of inquiries, I cannot unfortunately afford to reply all those enquiry emails.

We are not able to host any summer intern in our lab at the moment.