Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh will provide 30 scholarships for Ph.D. Research Programme in any field of study offered by the University for the academic session.

Eligibility Criteria/ Scholarship Guidelines

Applicants must be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to overseas students and must have already applied for admission to a full-time Ph.D. research program of study.

Applicants must be of exemplary academic merit and research potential. However, candidates with an upper second class honors Bachelor’s degree (or the overseas equivalent) can also be considered, in order to be competitive one should really have a first class Bachelor’s degree supplemented by an excellent Master’s degree.

Other variables such as financial status, nationality and the proposed field of study are not taken into account.

Value
Every scholarship will cover the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU graduate student and that chargeable to an overseas graduate pupil. The awards, however do not cover maintenance expenses.

Deadline
February 1

Validity
Validity is subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.