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Scholarships
The University of Gibraltar hosts or directly offers a limited number of scholarships, bursaries and grants to support your studies. These scholarships are highly competitive and are made available to students based on certain criteria.
Commonwealth Scholarship
The University of Gibraltar in collaboration with the HM Government of Gibraltar’s Department of Education (DoE), is delighted to be able to offer a Commonwealth PhD Scholarship for the academic year starting October 2021 (applications now closed).
News Highlights

3 October 2023
Dr Darren Fa elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
Dr Darren Fa, marine biologist and Director of Academic Programmes and Research at the University of Gibraltar, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

13 July 2023
Workshop on enhancing monitoring and prevention of invasive non-native species held in Gibraltar
A UK-funded workshop on ‘Enhancing monitoring and prevention of invasive non-native species’ took place at the University of Gibraltar recently as part of a wider Darwin Plus project.

20 June 2023
Beacon Professor David Abulafia Awarded CBE in King’s Birthday Honours
It is with great pleasure and admiration that we celebrate the remarkable achievements of Professor David Abulafia, who has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British…
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Upcoming Events
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21/09/2023 – 23/09/2023 | Calpe Conference 2023 | Domestic and International Academics in the field | Book Now |
Past Events
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14/06/2023 – 15/06/2023 | Research that Benefits Gibraltar (RTBG) 2023 | PhD Students, graduates, and local experts in their fields | Find Out More |
22/05/2023 – 23/05/2023 | International Symposium on Infectious Diseases (ISID) 2023 | International and Local Speakers | Find Out More |
20/04/2023 | Language and Identity: ‘Speak, that I may know thee’ | Professor Cristina Suárez-Gómez
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02/02/2023 | Past Water Futures: heritage, water security and ancient dam restoration in the Andes | Dr Kevin Lane | Find Out More |
23/01/2023 | Trials and Tribulations of Surviving Doctoral Research | Dr Louise Lawson | Find Out More |
19/12/2022 | Mediterranean – A Deep Time Story | Beacon Professor Clive Finlayson | Find Out More |
05/12/2022 | Empire and Ancestors: Changing Andean Ritual Practice during the Late Prehispanic and Early Colonial Period | Dr Elisa Benozzi | Find Out More |
22/09/2022 – 24/09/2022 | 26th edition of the Calpe Conference organised by the Gibraltar National Museum | Subject experts from their respective fields | Find Out More |
27/06/2022 | From idea to research to health care settings: Examples of translating a concern into a research project in health care settings | Dr Kathylene Siska | Find Out More |
06/06/2022 | Scandinavia – Avoiding the Big Freeze | Beacon Professor Clive Finlayson | Find Out More |
12/04/2022 | News and Views on Coastal Marine Resources Exploitation in the Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula | Dr Esteban Álvarez Fernández | Find Out More |
25/04/2022 | Can we eradicate ‘ superbug’ infections using light? | Dr Leon Leanse | Find Out More |
07/02/2022 | Atlantic Ocean – Currents and Climate Influences from the West | Beacon Professor Clive Finlayson | Find Out More |
09/02/2022 | Law in Schools – Challenges in Teacher Training | Dr Zoltán Rónay | Find Out More |
15/11/2021 | Exploring the deep sea: providing evidence for the implementation of Marine Protected Areas in UK waters | Dr Jaime Davies | Find Out More |
27/02/2020 | Gibraltar: Constitutional Reform as a (De)colonising Vehicle | Dr Jennifer Ballantine Perera | Find Out More |
06/02/2020 | The Ghosts of Time | Beacon Professor Clive Finlayson | Find Out More |
16/12/2019 | Climate Change in Gibraltar: Lessons from the past | Beacon Professor Clive Finlayson | Find Out More |
24/10/2019 | What is Research? | Dr Alex Menez | Find Out More |
11/10/2019 | Alzheimer’s Disease: Who will get it and what can be done? | Dr Kenneth S. Kosik | Find Out More |
01/02/2019 | 50 Years of Heart Transplantation | Dr Clive Lewis | Find Out More |
30/11/2018 | Families, Genetics & Evolution | Dr Darren Fa | Find Out More |
23/11/2018 | Writing Gibraltar: A personal history | Dr M. G. Sanchez | Find Out More |