The University of Birmingham introduces a major new scholarship for international students, the Global Masters Scholarships to provide support for you to study at the University of Birmingham in 2021/22.

All taught Masters programmes are eligible for this scholarship, with the exception of programmes in the Birmingham Business School, for which there are separate MSc and MBA scholarships on offer.

What is the Global Masters Scholarship?

Birmingham has a proud heritage of removing barriers to education to enable the most academically talented students to fulfil their potential in learning and education.

In keeping with this tradition , the university is proud to be launching the Global Masters Scholarship to attract and support the most academically talented international students from across the world to our Masters degrees during the 2021/22 academic year.

Scholarship Value

• Approximately 30 scholarships will be awarded with a value of up to £10,000 GBP.

Criteria

In order to be eligible for University of Birmingham Global Scholarships 2021/22, candidates must meet the following requirements. Candidates must

• Have received, and accepted, an offer of admission for a taught Masters degree at the University of Birmingham UK Campus to study in the 2021/22 academic year.
• Be classed as ‘domiciled’ in one of the eligible countries.
• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes.
  Start their studies at the University in September/ October 2021 on a course delivered on-campus.
• Academically exceptional and able to provide evidence for this in the scholarship application statement. Candidates must also have, or be expecting to achieve, a first class overall grade (at least 70% in the UK system) in a bachelors degree or equivalent.