John Fisher High Performance Computing (HPC) Masters Scholarships

About the project

The John Fisher High Performance Computing (HPC) Masters Scholarship aims to support the development of the HPC workforce by providing the best students funding for a Masters in HPC or HPC with Data Science.

Important information

Funding for this award has yet to be confirmed for Academic Year 2027/28. Please continue to check this webpage for updated information.

Awards

We are offering at up to 2 scholarships for the sum of up to £16,000 each. These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be automatically deducted from your tuition fee.

Eligibility

These scholarships are offered to applicants for the full-time on-campus Masters (MSc) programmes in High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing with Data Science .

The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate taught Masters degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2026.

Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

Criteria

The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit to applicants who are accepted for admission for the MSc in HPC or the MSc in HPC with Data Science.

Applicants are expected to demonstrate their motivation for studying HPC, explain how the MSc will enable them to meet their career goals, and how the scholarship will better enable them to do that.

Applying

The deadline to apply for this scholarship has now passed.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Scholarships Systems FAQs for Applicants (152.11 KB / PDF)

Notification

We expect to notify all students of outcomes by mid-March 2026.

Contact

Please direct any queries to:

msc@epcc.ed.ac.uk

Important

The University reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or withdraw any of the advertised scholarships, without further notice.

This article was published on 2026-01-22

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