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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + £18,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
St Leonard’s Postgraduate College is pleased to offer a range of scholarships to postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants.
Scholarships are available for both national and international students based on academic excellence and/or financial need. All aspects of the scholarship application will be taken into consideration and none in isolation. See Additional criteria for more information.
The scheme aims to allow applicants to draw on their professional and life experiences to demonstrate resilience, resourcefulness, and commitment.
Applicants are asked to explicitly articulate their potential using both academic and professional or life experiences. Excellence can be demonstrated in music and theatre or leadership in sports or civic duty as well as in formally assessed academic work.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
International students including EU (Overseas tuition fee status, not ordinarily resident in the UK:
Global widening participation: Full tuition fees, £18,000 maintenance.
Leadership: 75% Tuition fee reduction.
Excellence: 25% Tuition fee reduction.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet two or more of the following criteria:
- be care experienced (in the UK). Provide local council confirmation letter or talk to an Admissions representative.
- have a lower than average household income.
- have previously received needs-based funding.
- have been part of a widening access initiative (such as a Sutton Trust Summer School).
- be able to provide evidence a first class grade point average (GPA).
- have a proven record of academic excellence and show future leadership potential.
- be able to demonstrate non-academic achievement and/or leadership qualities, e.g. in music, theatre, sport or civic duties.
- come from a neighbourhood which is classed as a socio-economically disadvantaged area.
- have a physical, unseen or learning disability.
- be part of a minority group.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
05 Feb 2026
This scholarship is available for application through the ‘Scholarships and Funding catalogue’ in the Scholarships and Funding section of My Application.
After you have applied to a postgraduate taught masters programme, you must allow 2 working days for processing and issue of your log in details before you can apply for this scholarship.
If you are a current student at St Andrews, you can access Scholarships and Funding through MySaint. However, you should wait until after you have applied for your intended postgraduate taught programme before doing so to ensure that the scholarship application is linked to the correct course.
In the Scholarships and Funding catalogue, apply for the St Leonard's Masters Scholarship (International).