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The University of Edinburgh

The David and Molly Pyott Foundation Scholarships in Ophthalmology

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Specific discipline
Disciplines
Various benefits
Grant
United Kingdom
Location
01 Jun 2025
Application deadline

About

The University of Edinburgh can support you financially if you are admitted to one of its study programmes as an international student.

The University of Edinburgh awards scholarships, bursaries, tuition fee reductions and discounts that help you cover existing tuition and living costs. 

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

Full tuition fee waiver and other costs

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction
  • other

Description

The David and Molly Pyott Foundation Scholarships in Ophthalmology are available in the field of Ophthalmology for students from Africa, Central and South Asia, Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Central and Latin America who have been accepted for admission to the two-year, part-time online ChM (Master of Surgery) in Clinical Ophthalmology

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Benefits

Each scholarship will cover the tuition fee for the entire programme of study and funding towards a laptop and internet service.

The award is tenable for two academic years, subject to academic progress.

Eligibility

  • The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission on to the online learning Master of Surgery (ChM) in Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of Edinburgh, one of the Edinburgh Surgery Online suite of Masters programmes.  
  • Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.  
  • Applicants should be senior trainees/residents/registrars in ophthalmology.  
  • Applications from early career ophthalmologists may also be considered.
  • Six scholarships will be allocated to eligible candidates from member countries of The College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan (Republic), Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia).
  • In addition, six scholarships will be allocated to eligible candidates from the other countries
  • Selection is based on academic merit and the personal statement in which you describe your current contribution to your country's local and national ophthalmology development plans and how you will use the scholarship to further contribute to the development of ophthalmology services in your country.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Medicine

Locations

United Kingdom

Nationality

87 nationalities

Study experience required

Bachelor

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

01 Jun 2025

Complete an online EUCLID application for the ChM (Master of Surgery) in Clinical Ophthalmology – instructions on full application process can be found on the University’s degree finder page here.  Wait for decision on application via EUCLID.

If eligible to join the course, you will be given a conditional or unconditional offer, which you must accept prior to applying for a scholarship.

Apply online for the scholarship via the Edinburgh Surgery Online (ESO) website’s Scholarships section

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