Harding International Legal Scholarship

Level of study

Postgraduate taught masters

Subject area

Law

Nationality

EU, Overseas (Non-EU)

Type of Award

University

Deadline for applying

Closes 26/03/2025

Award Description

For 2025 entry Birmingham Law School are offering £5,000 scholarships to international/EU students on the LLM programme. 

Before applying to the Harding International Legal Scholarship, you must have completed an application to study the LLM at our Birmingham campus. You should apply for an LLM via the relevant pathway course page on the Birmingham LLM section of the website.

Recipients of the Harding International Legal Scholarship are offered a tailored package to support professional and personal development:

• £5,000 financial scholarship as a fee waiver
• An introductory meeting with Birmingham Law School Staff
• Professional profile on the Birmingham Law School webpages
• Membership of the Birmingham Law Society

Value of Award

£5,000 fee waiver.

Eligibility Criteria

An International applicant:
Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.

Self-funded:
You must be self-funding and have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.

Applying to the LLM at our Birmingham campus:
You must make an application to study the LLM programme as well as submitting your scholarship application. You should have applied for an LLM via the relevant pathway course page on the Birmingham LLM section of the website and be planning to study at the Birmingham campus in Edgbaston.

This award cannot be held in conjunction with any other scholarship (including partnership scholarships). 

How to Apply

In order to apply, you must have completed an application to study. You will then need to complete our online funding application form. Your application must also be supported by two references.

You'll need to complete the online funding application form and get two referees to supply references via the funding reference form

The deadline for applying is Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 4pm GMT.

By applying, you will be automatically considered for relevant College of Arts and Law scholarships:

• Harding International Legal Scholarship
• Music Department Masters Scholarships 
• Edna Pearson Scholarship
• The Amphlett Scholarship
• The Islam Scholarship
• The William Paton Award
• Woltmann Research Masters Scholarship

Only complete applications submitted before the deadline will be considered.  

Further information

It is your responsibility to contact your referees with the link to the online College of Arts and Law Funding reference form. You'll need explain to them the importance of the reference being completed on the online form and submitted by the deadline. 

We would recommend that you are in touch with your referee ahead of the deadline to ensure that references have been completed. There is no leeway with references. These must be received by the deadline.

If references are received late they will not be considered. If references are received but are not on the correct online funding reference form they will not be considered. In any of these circumstances your application will be deemed incomplete and will be withdrawn from the competition.

For your application to be considered we need to have received a complete application, i.e. study application, online funding application and two online references received by the deadline.  Your application will then be processed as follows: 

• Graded and ranked by School Panels
• Each School will recommend their top applicants for an award
• A College Panel consisting of: CAL Graduate School Deputy Director (Chair) and School Heads of Postgraduate Taught (or representative) will meet to consider the School recommendations and to award any additional scholarships (depending on funding available) through a ranking process.

We will let you know as soon as possible the outcome of your application - usually within the period from early May to the end of June.  

If you have any further queries, please email calpg-research@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

Contact

College of Arts and Law - Birmingham Law School
calpg-research@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Website

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/courses/llm/index.aspx