Featured byRoyal Holloway University of London
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £12,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
One scholarship is available to a full-time or part-time student with Home or International fee status, studying one of the courses listed below.
The scholarship was set up in memory of Professor Mike Walker OBE, a name synonymous with the Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway.
Professor Walker joined Royal Holloway in 1966 and he successfully completed his BSc in Mathematics, before becoming the second PhD student to be supervised by Professor Fred Piper, who founded the ISG. He obtained his PhD in 1973.
Throughout his career in industry, Professor Walker maintained his keen interest for academic research and for many years he held the Vodafone chair as Professor of Telecommunications at Royal Holloway, as part of the ISG. In 2002, Professor Walker was instrumental in founding the ISG Smart Card Centre which continues today.
Benefits
Tuition fee reduction up to £12,000 for selected Masters degrees within Computer Science and Information Security.
Eligibility
- Offer to study one of the following courses:
- MSc Information Security
- MSc Information Security with a Year in Industry
- MSc Computer Science by Research
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- MSc Computational Finance
- MSc Data Science and Analytics
- MSc Machine Learning
- Achieved, or be expected to achieve, at least a 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent
- Applying for your first Masters degree
- Able to demonstrate financial need (i.e. unable to undertake further study without the financial support of the scholarship).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Jun 2026
You must provide a supporting statement of no more than 400 words, which should include:
academic achievements and other activities you are particularly proud of, and why these really matter to you
why you have chosen to do the degree you have applied for
your future aspirations and how the scholarship will help you achieve these and contribute to society
from a financial standpoint, what impact this scholarship would have on your education
any special personal or family circumstances affecting your requirement for financial assistance.
Your statement will be judged on how effectively and convincingly you respond to the above.
Applications which exceed the word count will automatically be rejected.
The deadline to apply for this scholarship is 11.59pm (UK time) on Monday 15 June.