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Funding a Masters

There are a number of sources of funding available for masters students for 2025-26 entry. These include a significant package of competitive Queen Mary scholarships in a range of subject areas, as well as external sources of funding. Our database enables you to search for scholarships via School/Country or both.

The UK Government Loans for Postgraduate study are in our Postgraduate Funding Guide.

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  • British Council Women In STEM Scholarships

    Women in STEM scholarships offer women researchers from eligible countries the chance to continue their studies in STEM with a one-year, fully funded scholarship to complete a master's degree at a UK university. 

  • 1040 Abroad International Studies Scholarship

    The scholarship is for US Citizens studying outside the United States.  For more information visit the website: https://1040abroad.com/blog/welcome-to-the-1040-abroad-international-studies-scholarship-initiative/

     

  • ANID (Becas Chile)

    Queen Mary part-funds a number of awards in conjunction with ANID (National Agency for Research and Development). This scholarship is available to Masters and PhD applicants from Chile, in any subject.                                                                                                                                  

  • Becas Pronabec- Presidente de la Republica

    National Program of Scholarships and Educational Loans (PRONABEC), funds Peruvians to study for a Master's or Doctorate studies at the 400 top universities in the world.

     

     

  • Bentham-Moxon Trust B.A. Krukoff Fellowship Bursary in Tropical African Botany

    A fully funded bursary is available for a student to study on the MSc in Plant & Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation. This opportunity is aimed at students with an interest and background in tropical African botany. 

  • Chevening Awards

    Queen Mary works closely with the Chevening - the UK government’s international scheme aimed at developing global leaders - to provide a large number of full scholarships for study on any of our one-year Masters courses.

     

  • Children of Alumni Award

    The Children of Alumni Loyalty Award gives £1000 of  year 1 overseas fees for children of international alumni.

  • Colfuturo Scholarships

    COLFUTURO is a Colombian non-profit foundation that provides financial support and increases the possibilities of Colombian citizens to access high-quality postgraduate study programs abroad.

  • Commonwealth Masters Scholarships

    Commonwealth Masters Scholarships are for candidates from low and middle income Commonwealth countries, for full-time study at a UK university.

     

  • CONAHCyT Scholarships

    CONAHCyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) offers scholarships to Mexican students wishing to study postgraduate programmes in a broad range of subject areas. As a proud partner of CONAHCyT, Queen Mary University London welcomes a diverse cohort of Masters and PhD students every year.

    Additionally, scholarship opportunities are also available through the jointly funded CONAHCyT-FUNED and CONAHCyT- FIDERH schemes.

     

  • Energy & Climate Change Law Institute Scholarship

    The Energy & Climate Change Law Institute is pleased to offer two partial tuition fee scholarships of £7,500 each for the September 2024 intake, for students wishing to follow the LLM in Energy and Climate Change Law.

    The Energy & Climate Change Law Institute is a leading postgraduate law school within the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. The aim of the Institute is simple- to provide a first class student experience; with world class teaching, a broad curriculum anchored in the real world of the energy sector; and to be a leading voice in the law and regulation of the energy transition.

  • Fulbright-QMUL Postgraduate Award

    Queen Mary is delighted to be working with the Fulbright Commission to support a Fulbright-QMUL Postgraduate Award annually as part of the prestigious Fulbright Awards Programme.

     

  • Fulbright-QMUL Scholar Award

    Queen Mary is delighted to be working with the Fulbright Commission to support a Fulbright-QMUL Scholar Award annually as part of the prestigious Fulbright Awards Programme.

     

  • Global Talent Scholarship – Postgraduate Taught

    Queen Mary University of London is delighted to offer Global Talent Scholarships worth £5,000 for high achieving postgraduate taught offer holders joining us in September 2025/26.

  • Guatefuturo Scholarships

    Fundacion Guatefuturo (GUATEFUTURO) offers scholarships for Guatemalans to study abroad.

  • HRP Scholarships

    Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) truly values a diverse workforce and wishes to make careers in the heritage sector more accessible to people from all communities.  It also aims to help ensure everyone feels the palaces and heritage are for them and make them accessible and relevant for all.

  • Jean Monnet Scholarship

    The Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme aims at increasing the number of experts in the EU field and supporting Turkey’s administrative capacity-building efforts for the effective implementation of the EU acquis.

  • Law Progression Scholarship

    Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies is pleased to be able to offer a progression scholarship for graduate LLB law students from Queen Mary and other University of London institutions.

    The scholarship applies to those who have achieved a 2.1 or above in their LLB Law degree and is subject to checks by our admissions team.  

  • Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Bursary

    The Trust awards bursaries of up to £5,000 a year for UK university postgraduate students, who are in financial need, and whose parent or spouse is a commercial traveller, pharmacist or grocer, or the applicant themselves are employed in this capacity.

  • Marshall Scholarships

    The Queen Mary Marshall Scholarship is made available each year for one US citizen wishing to pursue postgraduate study.  

     

  • Masters Scholarships

    Our Masters are worth £3,000 for highly qualified home postgraduate taught offer holders joining us in September 2025. 

  • MSc Economics Scholarship

    The School of Economics and Finance are offering up to 20 scholarships of varying amounts (up to full tuition fees), to outstanding applicants from the MSc Economics programme.

     

  • National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay (ANII)

    ANII (National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay) and Queen Mary are co-funding postgraduate scholarships for Uruguayan students to study any 1-year Masters or PhD programme. 

  • Norman Palmer Partial Scholarship

    This scholarship will cover a third of the tuition fees for the LLM Art, Business and Law entry. 

  • Ocean Estate Bursary Scheme

    Residents of the Ocean Estate in Stepney starting an HE course can apply for an Ocean Estate Bursary of up to £3000.

    Visit website Ocean Estate Bursary Scheme

  • President’s Global Scholarships – Postgraduate Taught

    Queen Mary University of London is proud to introduce the President’s Global Scholarships, offering £10,000 to highly qualified postgraduate taught offer holders joining us in September 2025.

  • Progression Scholarship (Undergraduate to Postgraduate Taught)

    Our award is for Queen Mary University London Home fee-status students looking to study a postgraduate taught programme within the School of Economics and Finance and covers the difference between the UK fee and the UK Masters Loan.

  • Queen Mary Alumni Loyalty Award

    If you are a Queen Mary graduate you may be eligible for £1,000 off your postgraduate degree tuition fees for the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry or a 10% discount for programmes in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and programmes in Faculty of Science and Engineering.

  • Queen Mary MABECS Outstanding Achievement Award

    Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with MABECS, is pleased to offer two full fee scholarships to outstanding Malaysian postgraduate taught master's students for the 2025/26 academic year.

  • Roy Goode Scholarship (Postgraduate Law)

    This prestigious award is bestowed in honour of the founder of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Professor Sir Roy Goode. The successful scholarship candidate will receive a half tuition fee waiver.

     

  • Sekforde House Trust Scholarship

    Applicants must have a place at Queen Mary University of London. The scholarships are available for existing students at all levels as well as students who have places to study. Students applying will be assessed against the Sekforde House Trust criteria.

  • Stationers’ Data Publishing Bursary

    The Stationers’ Data Publishing Bursary offered by the Stationers’ Company is available for students with an offer to study for the Big Data Science MSc programme at Queen Mary University of London. 

    The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, usually known as the Stationers' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The majority of company members work in, or supply, the paper, print, publishing, packaging, office products, newspaper, broadcasting and online media industries.

  • Studienstiftung (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

    Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (The German Academic Scholarship Foundation) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation.

  • Talented Athlete Programme

    The Students’ Union Talented Athlete Programme aims to support high-performing athletes who are studying for a world-class degree at Queen Mary.

  • The Qalaa Holdings Scholarship

    The Qalaa Holdings Scholarship Foundation was created in 2007 and grants academic scholarships for talented and promising young Egyptian men and women to pursue master degrees abroad in all fields of study.

  • Turkish Embassy Scholarships

    Queen Mary is delighted to be working with The Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education to offer Masters and PhD scholarships across a variety of disciplines.  

  • UK Black and Global Majority Studentships in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2025-26

    The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences are pleased to offer multiple funded PGT studentships to talented UK applicants from a Black and Global Majority background who may be interested in a research career and/or further postgraduate study.

  • Vasyli Award, Royal College of Podiatry for Podiatric Sports Medicine

    This award was created after the founder of the Vasyli Foundation and world-renowned podiatrist, Phillip Vasyli, passed away in 2015. As part of his legacy, he wished to further the education of podiatrists in the field of podiatric sports medicine.

    It is available to UK resident Podiatrists to gain a Postgraduate Diploma or an MSc in Podiatric Sports Medicine at Queen Mary University of London.

     

  • Walter Oldershaw Award

    Walter Oldershaw Award (up to £3,000 - for Home/EU/International students): eight awards available for masters degrees offered by the School of Geography.

  • Women in Economics and Finance PGT Scholarship

    Access to education is one contributing factor leading to the underrepresentation of women in Economics and Finance. Therefore, the objective of this programme is to help address this situation by providing opportunities for women globally to continue with their studies in Economics and Finance. 

     

  • Worshipful Company of Water Conservators bursary

    Worshipful Company of Water Conservators bursary (up to £4,000 - for home students) on the MSc Water and Environmental Management degree programme. 

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