Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship

Level of study
Postgraduate taught masters
Subject area
Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medicine and Health, Social Sciences
Nationality
EU, Overseas (Non-EU), UK
Type of Award
University
Deadline for applying
None. Open all year.

Award Description

Our Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship offers £3,000 via a tuition fee discount, to support the brightest and best applicants undertaking a postgraduate course via distance learning in 2025.

In celebration of our 125th anniversary, we are continuing our rich tradition of supporting and welcoming the brightest students to the University by offering a £3,000 tuition fee discount through our Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship scheme.

These scholarships are our commitment to our distance learning students who choose to forge their future at Birmingham. The Online Birmingham Masters Scholarships will support students to study an academically-rigorous degree to enhance their knowledge and career whilst studying flexibly around their existing commitments. As valued members of our postgraduate community, these scholarships will support new students to continue our civic mission around the world.

The scheme is open to all distance learning students who are studying an eligible online Masters degree as listed. Scholarship applications will need to be received before the relevant deadline. Please note that the MBA degrees have different scholarship deadlines due to the course start dates.

Value of Award

£3,000 per scholarship

Eligibility Criteria

The Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship will be available to students who are:

  • Self-funded — you must be self-funding or applying for a postgraduate government loan to pay your fees and living expenses;
  • Not already registered on a postgraduate programme — applicants must not currently be enrolled on a postgraduate degree course;
  • Studying one of the eligible online Masters degrees in 2025 (see below).

Eligible online courses

  • LLM Environmental and Energy Law
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) Online
  • MBA Clinical Leadership
  • MBA Engineering Leadership
  • MA Digital Media and Global Communications
  • MSc Applications of Data Science
  • MSc Bioinformatics
  • MSc International Management
  • MSc Mental Health
  • MSc Public Health
  • MSc Strategic Marketing Practice
  • MSc Urban Planning
  • MSc Urban Sustainability
  • Master of Public Administration (MPA)

If you're studying a Masters degree not listed above, including other distance learning courses, you may still be eligible for our Birmingham Masters Scholarship.

How to Apply

To be considered for an award, applicants must, by the deadline, have done both of the following:

  1. Made an application to their intended Masters programme. Please apply through the relevant programme page on the Course finder section of the University of Birmingham website. This must include all of the relevant supporting documentation: references, transcripts if available, and English language certification if applicable.
  2. Completed the Online Birmingham Masters Scholarships application form: Apply to the Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship - University of Birmingham

You should enter the application ID number that you were given during the application to your Masters programme. If you do not input the correct ID number, your application may be void or may experience a delay in being processed.

Scholarship Application Deadlines

Deadlines for the Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship will take place before your course's start date.

Online MBAs

Scholarship applications for the online MBAs have the following deadlines:

  • The deadline for students starting in February is 23:59 (UK time) on Friday 7 February 2025.
  • The deadline for students starting in July is 23:59 (UK time) on Friday 27 June 2025.
  • The deadline for students starting in October is 23:59 (UK time) on Friday 26 September 2025.

All other courses

The other eligible courses for the Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship will have the following deadlines:

  • The deadline for students starting in March is 23:59 (UK time) on Friday 14 February 2025.
  • The deadline for students starting in June is 23:59 (UK time) on Friday 30 May 2025.
  • The deadline for students starting in October is 23:59 (UK time) is Friday 3 October 2025.

You should familiarise yourself with the terms and conditions of the Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship before applying and, if your application is successful, before accepting the scholarship. All Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship offers are bound to these terms and conditions, and any scholarship offers may be revoked if any terms and conditions are not met.

Contact

Postgraduate Recruitment Team
pg@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Website
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/scholarships-and-funding/postgraduate-scholarships/bham-online-scholarship