The UCL Master Bursary aims to enable and encourage those from lower income backgrounds to pursue a full-time or part-time Master's degree studies at 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Eligibility
Candidates must fulfil all of the following criteria:
- be ordinarily resident in the UK or Ireland and eligible to pay Home fee rate OR be aÌýUkrainian studentÌýgranted Home fee status as part of the Ukraine Scheme;
- have commenced undergraduate studyÌýno earlier than the 2012/13 academic session;
- have an annual household income of £42,875 or less;
- AND have submitted a completeÌýadmission application (including the submission of references)ÌýforÌýa full-time or part-time standalone Master's degree*Ìýat 911±¬ÁÏÍø in 2024/25. The flexible study mode is not eligible.
* Must be a standalone Master's rather than the Master's element of an integrated undergraduate degree such as MEng, MPharm, etc.
Value, benefits, and duration
- There are up to 200Ìý(twoÌýhundred) bursariesÌýavailable in 2024/25.
- The value of the bursary is £10,000.
- The bursary is tenable for one year onlyÌýunless the student is part-time or on a full-time programme which is 2yrs in length.Ìý In those cases the bursary will be paid 50% in each year of study without exception.
- The UCL Masters BursaryÌýmay be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries. The amount of the UCL award may be adjusted depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.
- Bursary recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL MastersÌýBursary beingÌýawarded.
- The bursary will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.
Selection
The bursaryÌýis awarded on the basis of financial need and upon the recommendation of the Student Funding Office.
How to apply
Please visit theÌýMastersÌýFunding AwardsÌýpageÌýfor information on how to apply.Ìý
The deadline for applications to this scholarship will be at 5pm BST, Thursday 20 June 2024.
Results
Successful candidates for 2024/25Ìýwill be notified in late July - early August 2024.
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