The Strathclyde Taught Postgraduate Bursary

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Key facts

  • Number of scholarships: Up to 10
  • Value: £3000
  • Opens: 11 March 2025
  • Deadline: 4 May 2025
  • Helps with: Living costs, Tuition fees
  • Duration: One academic year (FT) Two years (PT, pro rata)

Summary

The Strathclyde Taught Postgraduate Bursary supports access to study at Postgraduate Diploma and Masters level for students from lower income backgrounds or who face additional financial barriers to study at this level.

Successful applicants will be offered an award for one year if studying full time, or split over two years if studying part time.

Awards will normally be £3000 in one year for full time study or £1500 per year over two years for part time study.

The panel has the discretion to award an additional £1000 to successful applicants who are likely to be in a particularly vulnerable position.

All Masters and PG Diploma courses except the MBA are eligible.

 

 

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Eligibility

All Masters and PG Diploma courses except the MBA are eligible.

Applications are open to the following students, who have not already completed a postgraduate course (except a PGDE) in the UK:

Recent graduates (who completed an undergraduate degree within the last three academic years) who meet one of the following criteria:

· They were in receipt of a SAAS Care Experienced Bursary for the undergraduate study; or

· They were in receipt of a SAAS Young Student Bursary for their final year of undergraduate study; or

· They were in receipt of an SAAS funding as an Independent or Estranged student and received a Student Bursary or enhanced Student Loan in their final year of study.

· They were in receipt of funding from Student Finance England, Wales or Northern Ireland based on a household income of £34,999 or less in their final year of study

· They are in receipt of one or more means tested benefits at the time of application

· They are in receipt of a non-means tested disability-related benefit at the time of application

Applicants returning to study (who completed an undergraduate degree more than three academic years previously) who meet one of the following criteria:

· They are in receipt of one or more means tested benefits at the time of application

· They are in receipt of a non-means tested disability-related benefit at the time of application

· They can provide evidence (in the form of a P60 or HMRC self-assessment) to confirm their income in the previous tax year was less than £33,999

Subject eligibility

Accounting & finance, Aeronautical engineering, Architecture, Biochemistry, Biology & biological sciences, Biomedical engineering, Biomedical science, Business, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Civil & environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Computer science, Data analytics, Design manufacture & engineering management, Economics, Education, Electronic & electrical engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Environmental engineering, Forensic science, Health, History, Hospitality & tourism, Human resource management, Immunology, International relations, Journalism, Languages, Law, Management, Management science, Marine Engineering, Marketing, Mathematics & statistics, Mechanical & aerospace engineering, Mechanical engineering, Microbiology, Naval architecture, Naval architecture ocean & marine engineering, Ocean engineering, Pharmacology, Pharmacy & biomedical sciences, Physics, Politics, Product design, Prosthetics & orthotics, Psychology, Renewable energy, Science, Social policy, Social work, Software engineering, Speech & language therapy, Sports engineering, Teaching

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Taught

Study modes eligibility

Full Time, Part Time

Fee Status

England or N. Ireland or Rep. Ireland or Wales, Home (Scottish)

Student type

Applicant

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How to apply

Applicants should have already submitted an application for admission to a Postgraduate taught course at Strathclyde: for more information see our Postgradaute Taught Course pages.

Selection

Eligible applicants can submit an application for consideration by the Bursary Panel, who will select successful applicants on the basis of the following criteria:

1. How the proposed course of study will enhance the applicant’s declared career aspirations

2. The direct financial impact of a bursary on the ability of the student to take up the course

3. The potential for the student to successfully register and complete the course, and their commitment to the chosen field of study

How to apply:

If you are currently studying at Strathclyde, please complete this form.

If you are not currently studying at Strathclyde, please complete this form.

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Contact us

If you have queries about this bursary, please email postgrad-bursary@strath.ac.uk