Applications are invited for The University of Birmingham Global Masters Scholarship. Apply at the earliest.

About the Global Masters Scholarship

Birmingham has a proud heritage of removing barriers to education to enable the most academically talented students to fulfil their potential in learning and education. This award is available to all international students from a selection of countries who are seeking to study a taught Masters degree at Birmingham in the 2024/25 academic year.

Birmingham Global Masters Scholarship
Birmingham Global Masters Scholarship

Eligibility

In order to be eligible, candidates must:

  • Candidates must meet the following requirements. You must:
  • Have applied for, and receive an offer of admission for, a taught Masters degree at the University of Birmingham UK campus, to study in the 2024/25 academic year.
  • Be classed as ‘domiciled’ in one of the selected countries. Please see the list below.
  • Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes.
  • Start your studies at the University in September/ October 2024 on a full-time course delivered at the University’s UK campus
  • If you decide to defer your programme start date to September 2025, you will no longer be eligible as the scholarship is only available for programmes starting in September 2024.
  • Students seeking to study on a course solely delivered as a ‘distance learning’ programme are not eligible for this scholarship.
  • Students applying for programmes in the Birmingham Business School are not eligible for this scholarship but are eligible for other separate MSc and MBA scholarships offered by the Business School.
  • Postgraduate programmes including MPhil, MRes, MMus and MLit are not eligible. PGDip and PGCert programmes are also not eligible.
  • Undergraduate degree programmes including the MBChB, MEng, MSci and MPharm undergraduate programmes are not eligible.
  • Students studying the University of Birmingham Dubai campus are not eligible for this scholarship.

Awarding

Scholarships will be awarded based on the eligibility criteria outlined above and according to the application and admission process stated above. The University will make its best endeavours to input the scholarship details onto each student’s CAS record for visa application purposes (this ‘note’ will be visible for the UKVI but not the student). The scholarship, applied as a discount to tuition fees, will be awarded/ applied upon enrolment of the successful candidate in September 2024.

Deadline

  • We recommend that you apply for your intended programme as soon as possible to ensure you meet the eligibility for this scholarship.
  • For information on how to apply to our postgraduate programmes, visit our guidance pages.
  • Once an offer for admissions is made, candidates must meet the deadlines set by the Admissions Office (and stated in their offer letter) to ‘accept’ their offer and pay a deposit – this will simultaneously secure both the place on the Masters degree programme and this scholarship.
  • To secure this scholarship candidates must have an unconditional offer, and have accepted this unconditional offer, by 31 May 2024 (23:59 UK time/ GMT+1). If candidates secure an unconditional offer after this, they will not be eligible for this scholarship.
  • Please be aware that the University reserves the right to cease the scholarship offer to new applicants at any time.

How to apply?

  • If you meet the criteria (eligibility information below), your scholarship will be automatically deducted from your tuition fees. You will need to accept your unconditional offer to study with us by 31 May 2024 and pay a deposit to secure your place on your programme. The only thing that you need to do now is find your Masters course.
  • This scholarship will be automatically offered to applicants who meet the criteria outlined on this page.
  • To secure this scholarship, candidates must have an unconditional offer and have accepted this unconditional offer via the postgraduate portal by 31 May 2024 (23:59 UK time/ GMT+1). If candidates secure an unconditional offer after this, they will not be eligible for this scholarship
  • Note that to receive an unconditional offer of admission you will be required to pay the standard £2,000 (GBP) admissions deposit.

Click here to view the official notification of University of Birmingham Global Masters Scholarship

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