Alumni Scholarship

Our Alumni Scholarship offers our returning alumni a £2,000 tuition fee waiver for their Masters studies in the 2025/26 academic year.

To celebrate our 125th anniversary, we are offering 300 tuition fee waivers worth £2,000 through our Alumni Scholarship.

As a Birmingham graduate, we want to support you in taking the next steps in your journey as you continue to study, and develop your career. With the familiarity of the University of Birmingham, you will have access to our resources, facilities and support networks to shape and secure your future. We can assure you that you will receive our wellbeing and careers support, community and resources to assist you in your development. Recognised as the UK's number one university for graduate employability by the UK's top 100 employers, we are committed to supporting you with the opportunities to enhance your career during your studies with us.

The tuition fee discounts for our progressing undergraduate students are our commitment to you, in appreciation of your choice to stay with us for your postgraduate degree.

Who is the scholarship available to?

The 300 tuition fee scholarships are available to our alumni returning to the University of Birmingham within the 2025/26 academic year to study a postgraduate degree. Students must be studying an eligible postgraduate taught degree to be able to apply for the award. Applications are open to all alumni, meaning that both Home and International alumni can apply for the scholarship.

How to apply

Students must have applied to their intended postgraduate taught course before submitting an application to the Alumni Scholarship. Once you have submitted your study application, you can then complete our Alumni Scholarship application form. The award is not automatic so you must complete the application form to be considered for the tuition fee discount.

Due to the high volume of applications, the Alumni Scholarship will have two rounds in which students will be updated on their award application. This is so we can process applications as and when we receive them and respond to applicants in a timely manner.

The deadline for round one is 23:59 (UK time) on 30 April 2025.
The deadline for round two is 23:59 (UK time) on 31 July 2025.

If you have not yet applied to a programme:

You should apply for your chosen programme through the normal process, via the course page. Once you have submitted your application, complete the simple form below with details of your undergraduate degree and intended postgraduate programme.

If you have already applied to a postgraduate programme:

Simply complete the form and include the programme you have already applied for, as well as your previous undergraduate programme.

FAQs

Eligible postgraduate taught degrees

University of Birmingham alumni are able to apply for the Alumni Scholarship. Students must be intending to study an eligible postgraduate taught Masters degree in the 2025/26 academic year.

The programmes eligible are:

LLM
MA (Taught)
MBA
MEd
MPA
MPH
MSc (Pre-reg)
MSc (Taught)
Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE)
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert)
Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip)

The scholarship only applies to our programmes delivered at our Edgbaston Campus or online via distance learning.

The award will not apply to the following postgraduate programmes:

SKE
EngD
LLB for Graduates
MA (Research)
MRes
MSc (Research)
MBChB
PhD
PhD with Integrated Study
Programmes delivered at our Dubai Campus
Integrated courses (e.g. MSci and MEng) that are supported with undergraduate student finance
Intercalated degrees
Schools Direct programmes
All top-up programmes

Who can apply?

Returning alumni can apply for the Alumni Scholarship provided that you have completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Birmingham. Alumni are able to apply from any year of graduation.

The Alumni Scholarship is open to both Home and International alumni.

However, you must be applying for an eligible postgraduate taught course (see above).

Is the Alumni Scholarship applied automatically?

The Alumni Scholarship is not applied automatically.

To be considered, you will need to have made an application to your intended postgraduate programme by the deadline of 31 July 2025 (for September 2025 start dates) and complete the Alumni Scholarship application form.

What happens after I apply?

Due to the high volume of applications, the Postgraduate Alumni Scholarship will have two rounds. This is so we can process applications as and when we receive them and respond to applicants in a timely manner.

The deadline for round one is 23:59 (UK time) on 30 April 2025.
The deadline for round two is 23:59 (UK time) on 31 July 2025.

Applications will be reviewed and marked after their respective deadlines. Successful applicants will be contacted typically within three to four weeks after the respective scholarship application deadline has passed.

When will I hear if I have been successful?

After the successful applications have been confirmed, a scholarship awarding email will be sent to awardees. Successful awardees do not need to accept the scholarship as it will be automatically applied once Online Registration has been completed in September or October 2025.

Students who are made a reserve will be notified of their reserve status, and their application will automatically be carried over into the second round; reserve candidates do not need to re-apply. Reserve candidates will then be reviewed in the following round and updated with the outcome of their application at the deadline.

Although we endeavour to keep you informed of scholarship updates, if you have not been contacted by the timeframes outlined in the above paragraph or by your course's start date, it may be the unfortunate case that your application has been unsuccessful.

Can I hold the Alumni Scholarship alongside other scholarships?

Yes, you are able to hold the Alumni Scholarship in conjunction with other scholarships.

However, you should make sure that any other scholarships you apply to allow you to hold multiple scholarships. This will be included in the terms and conditions of each scholarship; you should familiarise yourself with the terms and conditions of each scholarship upon applying and during the acceptance stage if you are successfully made an awardee.

Additional information

You must apply by completing the above form; the Alumni Scholarship is not automatically applied to your account.
The award can be held in conjunction with any other University-funded scholarship or other discount, such as the Birmingham Masters Scholarship. Students with funding from an external organisation are also eligible for the fee discount.
Full-time, part-time and distance learning postgraduate taught programmes qualify.
Students who are enrolled on an eligible course and charged fees on a modular basis can still apply for the Alumni Scholarship.
Part-time programmes will have the fee reduction applied, in full, in the first year of the course only. For example, a two year degree would have £2,000 reduction for the first year of study and the second year would be the full tuition cost. This means the fee reduction is not applied pro-rata and is only applied to the tuition fees for the academic year 2025/26.

If you have questions about the awards, your application or an existing offer, then you can: