School of Divinity Postgraduate Masters Scholarships

About the project

The School is pleased to invite applications from outstanding candidates for a range of Masters scholarships for 2026-2027 entry.

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 a number of scholarships awards, ranging from full fees to half fees. These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be automatically deducted from your tuition fee. Please note that you will still need to fund your living costs - https://study.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/living-costs

All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of our postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award. We offer our postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate taught Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study at the School of Divinity commencing in September 2026 . Please note that you do not need to already hold an offer in order to apply for this scholarship.

Both taught Masters and Masters by Research programmes are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from UK/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time/online distance learning programmes.

Students on PG programmes longer than one year may apply but must be aware that this funding is for one year only, therefore, students are advised to budget accordingly.

Criteria

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

Applying

The deadline to apply for this scholarship has now passed.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Scholarships Systems FAQs for Applicants (152.11 KB / PDF)

Notification

All applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of June 2026 .

Contact Details

Div.PGRAdmin@ed.ac.uk

Important

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

This article was published on 2024-07-29

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