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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £3,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
Description
The Strathclyde Taught Postgraduate Bursary supports access to study at Postgraduate Diploma and Masters level for students from lower income backgrounds or who face additional financial barriers to study at this level.
Successful applicants will be offered an award for one year if studying full time, or split over two years if studying part time.
Benefits
Awards will normally be £3,000 in one year for full time study or £1,500 per year over two years for part time study.
Eligibility
- All Postgraduate Masters and PG Diploma courses except the MBA and PGDE are eligible. Note that undergraduate Masters years (for example MEng, MSci, MMath, MPharm) are not eligible.
Applications are open to the following students, who have not already completed a postgraduate course (except a PGDE) in the UK:
Recent graduates (who completed an undergraduate degree within the last three academic years) who meet one of the following criteria:
- They were in receipt of a SAAS Care Experienced Bursary for the undergraduate study; or
- They were in receipt of a SAAS Young Student Bursary for their final year of undergraduate study; or
- They were in receipt of an SAAS funding as an Independent or Estranged student and received a Student Bursary or enhanced Student Loan in their final year of study.
- They were in receipt of funding from Student Finance England, Wales or Northern Ireland based on a household income of £34,999 or less in their final year of study
- They are in receipt of one or more means tested benefits at the time of application
- They are in receipt of a non-means tested disability-related benefit at the time of application
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
05 May 2027