Funding a Masters
There are a number of sources of funding available for Masters students for 2020-21 entry. These include a significant package of competitive Queen Mary scholarships in a range of subject areas, as well as external sources of funding. Our database enables you to search for scholarships via School/Country or both.
The UK Government Loans for Postgraduate study are fully explained here. You can also find more information in our Postgraduate Funding Guide.
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CONACyT Scholarships
CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) offers scholarships to Mexican students wishing to study postgraduate programmes in a broad range of subject areas. As a proud partner of CONACyT, Queen Mary University London welcomes a diverse cohort of Masters and PhD students every year.
Additionally, scholarship opportunities are also available through the jointly funded CONACyT-FUNED and CONACyT- FIDERH schemes.
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Fulbright-QMUL Postgraduate Award
Queen Mary is delighted to be working with the Fulbright Commission to support a Fulbright-QMUL Postgraduate Award annually as part of the prestigious Fulbright Awards Programme.
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Chevening Awards
Queen Mary works closely with the Chevening - the UK government’s international scheme aimed at developing global leaders - to provide a large number of full scholarships for study on any of our one-year Masters courses.
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Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships
Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships are offered for citizens of certain developing Commonwealth countries. These scholarships are funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and are for individuals who wish to study a UK Master’s degree while residing in their home country.
We’re offering 10 of these scholarships for students starting their studies in 2021.
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QMUL Annual Fund Scholarship
This is a means tested bursary for permanent residents (at least 3 years) in the City of London, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the London Borough of Newham or the London Borough of Hackney or students who have attended the Drapers' Academy Sixth Form in the London Borough of Havering.
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Sanctuary Scholarship 2021/22
Queen Mary University of London is offering tuition fee and maintenance support for up to two undergraduate students who are asylum seekers or have a temporary immigration status awarded as a result of a claim for asylum but outside of the immigration rules, studying on degree programmes in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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William Spilsbury Scholarship
This is a means tested bursary for permanent residents (at least three years) in the City of London, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the London Borough of Newham or the London Borough of Hackney or students who have attended the Drapers' Academy Sixth Form in the London Borough of Havering.
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The Simon Shades Scholarship - Brun Bear Foundation
To come up with and complete a project that is consistent with the aims of the Brun Bear Foundation. More information on the Simon Shades scholarship can be found on the Brun Bear website
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Office for Students Scholarship
Queen Mary University of London has secured funding from the UK Office For Students to offer scholarships of £10,000 each to students studying the MSc conversion programme in Data Science and AI.