I have passed 4 years B.Sc in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering from Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh. Now I want to take my PhD in UK with financial support that covers tution fees and living costs. Please can anyone assist me?
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I think for ORS you must be stick with only one university or institute. Don't know about others

They don't care ot your result(grade) as long as you have a four year degree then it's fine but I think you need to do a GRE exam

where can I find information on scholarships for MSc courses I am Intenational Student.

Neil, I am doing my PhD in analytical biochemistry and electrochemistry. and it's not in the UK, but still in Europe (it seems that people's way of working in Europe is similar everywhere...:) And you? What is your field?

I was just wondering how hard it is to get accepted on a PhD programme in the U.S if you have graduated from a U.K university with a 2:2 and a Masters degree?

DJ just look at what you've started!!

i got a reply yesterday - exactly 3 months since my application!

i think if they don't accept your initial application, they sometimes wait until there aren't any more studentships coming up

I quit my PhD in the USA due to similar reasons. Having returned to the UK i applied to new PhD`s and got interviews and have just been accepted at manchester. I found that quitting one PhD and getting another has not been a problem. I think most people are willing to give a second chance.Try to stick it out for as long as possible, and if it is still making you unhappy then its pointless being somewhere where you are miserable and your work will suffer.

Cathy, can I ask what you are doing your PhD in and where?

Neil, I am having exactly the same pb as u, to deal with the post doc who is in charge of my project! He knows things, but he wouldn't show me! So I confronted him and told him directly, if he does not help me with that project, I will tell supervisor and I will quit! He knows that his role here is to help me, so if I report to the supervisor that he does not do his job, he will be dead!

I think u can let them know that u are ready to quit if things don't change, maybe their attitude would change. It is always bad reputation for a lab to have PhD students quit because of bad working atmosphere...I think our cases are so similar, because my uni is supposed to be one of the best as well, but remember, PhD students contribute a lot to the lab's reputation as well...Try to look for new friends outside that lab if u can, when u graduate with ur PhD, u can turn ur A_ _ on them!

Hi Cathy. The supervisor himself is ok and I get on with him. It is the people I have a day-to-day dealing with who I don't get on with. In particular the postdoc who helped design the project. However, they go from extremes. They might spend one day 'holding my hand' which I hate, or the other extreme of completely ignoring. There also small 'groups' of friends in the lab and it is proving nigh on impossible to penetrate them, making me feel completely isolated. And this is meant to be one of theUK's best unis!

: I an international student hoping to apply for a Phd next year I am told that I can apply only for one university for the ORS scheme, I wish t apply for a number of universities to improve my chances of entry how can I apply for other universities for scholarships that cover both the tution and living costs. what other schemes are available similar to ORS????

www.brainbuy.org // Remember it is for PhD students in INDIA ONLY. $US Dollars convert very nicely to Rs. :)!!!!

These guys are taking PhD's in Chem/Bio/Comp Sci/Econ/Math. U.S. students post problems, and name a price they are willing to pay. Then if you (a PhD) see a problem you are capable of helping them with - you solve it, and you get paid to do so! www.brainbuy.org We are given 2/3rds of the amount the student pays! Profits go to charity! They'll send you a login/pass to view questions. Next you login, view questions, post solutions and they will have cheques sent toyou IF YOU ARE IN INDIA. Dinesh