What adverts can I purchase on FindAPhD and how much do they cost?

This article gives an overview of our FindAPhD advertising, and the costs for our different products.

You can find all of our costs for advertising on FindAPhD below. If you are interested in advertising on FindAPhD, we reccommend viewing our guide for advertising on FindAPhD here.

For all of the options below, we also offer a number of display advertising options to drive traffic to your listings and help you stand out from the crowd.

Project Listings

Our PhD Project Listings are text-only adverts. Each project must have a named lead supervisor. You can buy a single project and upload the advert all in one go by clicking here.

We offer discounts if you'd like to advertise more than one project, so please get in touch

Our Project listings are bought on a credit-based system, where 1 credit = 1 project listing. Please note credits are only valid for 6 months and cannot be extended.

Once you have listed your Project Listings, you are also eligible for our complimentary FindAPhD CONNECT service

The pricing for Project Listings can be found in our Advertisers' section.

Research Programme Pages

Our PhD Programme Pages cost are specifically for departments or schools in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Maths & Computing subjects. 

These text-only adverts can promote any PhD opportunity you would like to shout about, from Open Day events to Scholarships, so please email us and your dedicated Account Manager will walk you through your options and costs

The pricing for PhD Programme Pages can be found in our Advertisers' section.

Specialist Pages

If your PhD opportunity doesn't neatly fit the project or programme listing a specialist page is the option for you; ideal for 4-year PhDs, clinical PhD programmes, EngD Programmes, Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs), International PhD Programmes taught in English, NewRoutePhD™ programmes & Professional Doctorates.

To reflect the prestigious nature of these programme types, each listing is designed inhouse using both text and images.

The pricing for Specialist Pages can be found in our Advertisers' section.

Institution Profiles

Institution Profiles give an overview of the facilities and services you offer to prospective PhD students. The adverts are linked from the natural search results (on which your institution logo will appear), and also your PhD directory listings. You will also receive unlimited open day adverts and no competitor adverts on your profile.

The pricing for Institution Profiles can be found in our Advertisers' section.

Department Profiles

A Department Profile provides an overview of the facilities and services offered to prospective postgraduate students. The Department Profile adverts are linked from the natural search results where your department logo will be visible. They also appear alongside your PhD project listings.

The pricing for Department Profiles can be found in our Advertisers' section.

Display advertising

Are you looking for maximum exposure on the site? Perhaps you need to attract applicants quickly before a deadline? All of the adverts above can be supported by our suite of display advertising options, starting at only £100 / €120 / $125.

Stand out from the crowd: find out more about our display advertising costs here.

Email campaigns

Our email campaigns are an effective and direct way to get your message to those interested in starting a PhD. We make it easy for you to target your message to a highly engaged audience, and our responsive design template means your email will look good on any device.

The pricing for our email campaigns on FindAPhD can be found in our Advertisers' section.

Spotlight Email Newsletters

Target your message directly to a custom-selected prospective postgraduate student audience, all of whom have signed-up within the last 12 months. Our Spotlight Email campaigns are an effective way to raise your brand profile, or to promote a specific discipline or programme.

Our Spotlight Emails are designed in-house using images, text and tracked links as supplied by you. They are responsive across all devices, and we proof and test your email across a range of browsers to ensure maximum impact.

Newsletter Banner advert

Over 80,000 subscribers receive our weekly Newsletter. This high impact banner advert is displayed at the top of the email, and can be used to drive interest to your programme listings, featured advertising, or directly to your own website.