University of Birmingham Global Masters Scholarship 2023/2024 for International Students

In this most unprecedented of years, we are delighted to be offering a major new scholarship for international students, the Global Masters Scholarship, an award of £10,000 to provide support for you to study at the University of Birmingham.

Application Deadline: 31st August 2023 at 23:59 (UK time / GMT+1).

About the Award: 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. 

In keeping with this tradition we are proud to be launching the Global Masters Scholarship to attract and support the most academically talented international students from across the world to our Masters degrees.

Type: Masters

Eligibility:

All taught Masters programmes are eligible for this scholarship, with the exception of programmes in the Birmingham Business School, for which there are separate MSc and MBA scholarships on offer.

In order to be eligible, candidates must meet the following requirements. Candidates 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 2023/24 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 2023 on a full-time course delivered at the University’s UK campus. 

As an example, the minimum equivalent grade requirement in the US, India, Nigeria and China are as follows:

• 3.5 out of 4.0 and above in the US GPA system.
• 70% in the Indian grading system
• 3.5 (out of 4.0) or 4.5 (out of 5.0) or 6.2 (out of 7.0) in the Nigerian grading system
• 85% grade awarded by a top tier Chinese University, 90% grade awarded by a mid-tier Chinese University

Students in receipt of a full scholarship or sponsorship covering full tuition fees from an alternative internal or external source are also not eligible for this scholarship. Those with other partial awards may be able to conjoin this scholarship with other scholarships.

Eligible Countries: International

To be Taken at (Country): UK

Number & Value of Awards: Approximately 30 scholarships will be awarded with a value of up to £2 000 GBP. This award will be deducted from the total tuition fees owed by each successful scholar.

How to Apply: This is a competitive scholarship and candidates who fulfil the eligibility requirements outlined above, and who have been issued and accepted an offer of admission to a Masters degree at Birmingham, are welcome to apply for this scholarship by completing our online scholarship application form which can be accessed using the link below.

This scholarship will be automatically offered to applicants who meet the criteria outlined above.

To accept the scholarship, you will need to formally accept the offer you receive from the University’s Admissions Office, by the deadline stated on your offer. You can do this via the postgraduate portal.

To fully secure the scholarship, you will also be required to pay the standard £2,000 (GBP) admissions deposit by the deadline set by the Admissions Office in your offer letter. (For the purposes of this scholarship selection process, your deposit must be paid by 31 August 23:59 UK time/ GMT+1).

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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