The University of Edinburgh will offer 4 scholarships for distance learning Master's programmes offered by the University.
Scholarships will be available for students pursuing any distance learning Master's programme offered by the University.
Each scholarship will cover the full tuition fees over three years.
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 intending to study a distance learning PgCert are only eligible to apply if that PgCert is part of a distance learning Master's programme. Applicants should check this with the relevant School.
Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo, Dem Rep
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- India
- Kenya
- Korea, Dem Rep
- 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, Rep
- Zambia
- 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 and online scholarship application
The closing date for applications for these scholarships is 3rd June 2016.
For further details and application visit the Edinburgh Global Online Distance Learning Master's Scholarship page
