Scholarships, bursaries and awards

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About

We have a wide range of scholarships and awards to support students on our degree programmes.

Each award page details the residency and person eligibility criteria, as well as the application deadline dates that you will need to meet. In order to apply for SOAS scholarships, applicants should ensure they have made an application to study with SOAS, as our new admission system will pick up your eligibility criteria.

Awards for 2026/27 will be opening throughout November 2025 to January 2026.

Scholarship maintenance payments

If you have a SOAS (or internal) scholarship, you will receive your maintenance payments in three equal instalments. Instalments will be paid directly to your bank account.

For queries regarding maintenance instalments, please contact the Scholarships Office at scholarships@soas.ac.uk .

• First stipend on/around 13 October 2025.
• Second stipend on/around 26 January 2026.
• Third stipend on/around 4 May 2026.

Undergraduate scholarships

Scholarships and Awards available to SOAS Undergraduates

Postgraduate taught scholarships

Summary of scholarships available on SOAS's taught masters, PGDip, and PGCert programmes.

Postgraduate research scholarships

Research scholarships available for MPhil/PhD.

Hardship funds

Hardship funds available to enrolled students at SOAS

External scholarships

External scholarships and other funding resources.

Alumni and family discount

Find out about SOAS tuition fee discounts for SOAS alumni and family members.

Contact us

• Email: scholarships@soas.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0)207 074 5110

In this section

• Hardship funds
• SOAS Bursary
• Undergraduate scholarships
• Postgraduate scholarships
• Research scholarships
• External scholarships
• Tuition fee discounts for alumni

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