The University of Edinburgh will offer 6 Master's scholarships for eligible distance learning Master's programmes offered by the University.
Scholarships will be available for students pursuing one of the following distance learning programmes:
College of Humanities and Social Science
- MSc Advanced Clinical Skills
- MSc Creative Writing
- MSc Digital Education (including PG Certificate and PG Diploma)
- MSc Global Challenges
- MSc History (Online Distance Learning)
- LLM Information Technology Law
- LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law
- LLM Intellectual Property Law
- LLM International Commercial Law and Practive
- MSc Landscape, Environment & History
- LLM Law
- LLM Medical Law and Ethics
- MSc Mental Health and Well-being of Children, Young People and Families
College of Science and Engineering
- MSc Next Generation Drug Discovery
- MSc Research-Informed Science Education
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
- ChM General Surgery
- MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
- MSc Clinical Education
- MSc Clinical Management of Pain
- MSc Clinical Trials
- MVetSci Conservation Medicine
- MSc Equine Science
- MSc Global eHealth
- MSc Global Health and Infectious Diseases
- MSc Global Health: Non Communicable Diseases
- MSc Imaging
- MSc Internal Medicine
- MSc International Animal Health
- MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law
- MSc Neuroimaging for Research
- MSc One Health
- MSc Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- MSc Surgical Sciences
- MSc Translational Medicine
Each scholarship will have a total value of £5,000 which will be deducted from the tuition fee for the entire part-time programme of study.
Eligibility
The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission onto the above eligible distance learning Master's programmes at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in the following countries:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Dem Rep of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Kenya, Dem Rep of Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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.
Criteria
The scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.
Applying
Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application. The closing date for applications for these scholarships is 29 May 2015.
For further details and application please visit the Edinburgh Global Online Distance Learning Master's Scholarship page.
