Scholarships in United Kingdom

GREAT Scholarships offer students from 18 countries the opportunity to have £10,000 towards their tuition fees for a wide range of one-year taught postgraduate courses.

The Women in STEM scholarship programme provides funding for women from eligible countries to complete a one-year master's degree in the UK. Since 2020, the British Council has delivered the programme in partnership with selected UK universities and research institutions and has awarded over 300 scholarships.  Applications for Women in STEM scholarships 2025-26 will open in early 2025.

In 2020, the Trust has awarded over 20 new Scholarships at British and South African universities, by means of generous academic partnerships with leading institutions.

Ulster's Annual PhD Competition offers Department for the Economy and Vice-Chancellor's Research scholarships to home and overseas applicants for full-time study on-campus.

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, formed in 2004 by the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester.

Three scholarships are offered to support the training and development of the next generation of leaders in global health, and strengthen the capacity of health systems and health-related research in Africa. These highly competitive scholarships are available to applicants intending to study on a one-year, full-time, London-based (face-to-face) MSc programme at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

The Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship is awarded to international applicants who demonstrate outstanding academic performance.

As an internationally renowned institution and one of the UK’s leading research-based universities, the University of Reading offers you an excellent environment for your postgraduate studies. The Felix Scholarship scheme is available to high achieving students from India and other developing countries pursuing postgraduate studies at the University of Reading.

The Alexandros Petersen Scholarship is designed to provide the best and brightest students resident in Afghanistan, Central Asia, or the South Caucasus with the opportunity to embark on the Conflict, Security and Development MA in the Department of War Studies without the worry of financial constraint.

The Alan Pearsall Bequest and the Institute of Historical Research will offer two one-year postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships in Naval and Maritime History at the Institute of Historical Research.

The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth.

For academic year 2025-26 we are launching international scholarships available to new full-time international students on undergraduate taught degree courses holding an offer to start their course in academic year 2025.

The Bayes MBA is for people who think differently. Whether you’re early on in your career and eager to fast-track your progression, seeking a change in role, industry, location or starting a new venture, our Full-time MBA is the next step in your career journey.

The scholarship will be awarded to a student from Africa (belonging to one of the Churches listed below) who is accepted on a full-time basis for a one-year postgraduate Masters programme of study within the School of Divinity and who has an official endorsement from the General Secretary or Principal Clerk of their Church.

The Newton International Fellowship (NIF) programme provides support for outstanding early career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career through gaining experience across international borders.

The British Scholarship Trust is a registered charity which awards scholarships to post-graduate students from the former Yugoslavia in order to pursue specialist studies for short periods in the United Kingdom. The Trust allocates between 10 and 15 stipends each year.

The Cambridge MBA is one of the world's leading business programmes, taught at one of the world's most prestigious universities. Scholarship recipients become members of Pembroke College, the third oldest and one of the most highly regarded colleges.

Developing Solutions is our flagship master’s scholarship, founded in 2001, for students from African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries.

The Centre of African Studies offers one PhD scholarship to African nationals as part of the Governance for Development in Africa Initiative funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

We award bursaries of up to £3,000 a year for UK university students, who are in financial need, and whose parent or spouse is a commercial traveller, pharmacist or grocer.

MIPDAL is a high-level and integrated international study programme at master level aimed at providing top level graduate students from all over the world with advanced training in IP & Data Law.

Eisenhower Fellowships is seeking outstanding applicants to participate in the Eisenhower Global Scholars program in 2025-2026. Eisenhower Global Scholars will embark on an all-expenses-paid year of post-graduate study leading to a Master’s Degree in Public Policy with an emphasis on international diplomacy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford or a Master’s Degree in International Relations with an emphasis on the global economy and entrepreneurship at the School of Global and Public Affairs at IE University in Madrid.

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Education Policies for Global Development (GLOBED) aims to set new standards as an international Master in the field of globalization, education and international development.

The Barakat Trust’s grant applications programme for 2025 will open on 1 January 2025 and will close at midnight GMT on 31 March 2025.