President’s Global Scholarships – Postgraduate Taught
About the award
Level: Masters
Course: All*
Country/Region: All, Overseas
Value: £10,000
No. of awards: up to 20
Deadline: See below
More information
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.
Eligibility Criteria
All international students with an offer for an eligible programme* can apply if they meet the following requirements:
- Achieve, or are on course to achieve, a UK 1st Class Honours degree (or international equivalent)
- Hold an offer for an eligible postgraduate taught programme for the September 2025 intake
- Have international fee status
How to Apply
Once you have applied for a Master’s programme at Queen Mary and received an offer, you must complete the online President’s Global Scholarships application form. Conditional offer holders who are on track to achieve a 1st class degree (or equivalent) are welcome to apply.
Applicants should apply for a President's scholarship as soon as possible after receiving an offer for a postgraduate course, as scholarships will be allocated on a rolling basis. Applications will close once all scholarships have been awarded.
Once you have applied for a Master's programme at Queen Mary and successfully received an offer, you will be invited to apply for the President's Global Scholarship via email, within five working days of receiving your offer. If you have not received the application form via email within five days of your offer or have any other questions with regards to the scholarship then please email globalengagement@qmul.ac.uk.
The £10,000 scholarship will be deducted from tuition fees upon enrolment at Queen Mary.
If you have any questions about the President's scholarship, please email us at globalengagement@qmul.ac.uk.
Terms and Conditions
- You must have achieved, or be on course to achieve, a 1st Class UK bachelor’s degree or an overseas equivalent degree. Information on the comparability of international qualifications can be found on the Entry Requirements section under the listings for each programme in the course finder. Please note this information is only intended as a guide and the final decision on equivalency of overseas qualifications will be made by the Admissions Office.
- This scheme is available only to students who apply for and enrol on an eligible course taught at Queen Mary in September 2025. Scholarships cannot be deferred to subsequent intakes or years of study.
- Your fee status must have been confirmed as ‘Overseas’ by Queen Mary and must remain ‘Overseas’ throughout the programme. This award is not available to applicants assessed as ‘Home’ for fee status purposes, regardless of domicile.
- You must be enrolled on a full-time programme.
- You must not be in receipt of any other University scholarship or full-fee scholarship/sponsorship from any other source.
- You must be fully self-funded.
- Pre-masters programmes (standalone and integrated) are not included in the President’s Global Scholarship scheme.
- If you are awarded the scholarship, it will be deducted directly from tuition fees payable to the University. You must be able to finance the remainder of your tuition fees and living expenses.
- The scholarship will be confirmed when your admissions status is ‘unconditional firm’ (UF) and you enrol at Queen Mary.
- The scholarship is awarded by Queen Mary in line with the eligibility criteria and application requirements published above. We reserve the right to withdraw the scholarship if your fee status changes to Home or if you otherwise become ineligible for the award.
- President’s Global Scholarship awardees will be expected to act as International Student Ambassadors of Queen Mary, supporting promotional activities during the 2025/26 academic year.
* Ineligible programmes
- All DClinDent programmes
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- MSc Advanced Computer Science
- MSc Computer Games
- MSc Computer Science (Conversion)
- MSc Computer Science by Research
- MSc Data Science
- MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Conversion Programme)
- MSc Digital and Technology Solutions Specialist
- MSc Digital and Technology Solutions Specialist (Data Analytics)
- MSc Economics
- MSc Economics (Master's Apprenticeship Programme) (Sep start)
- MSc DL VM Economics (Master's Apprenticeship Programme) (Sep start)
- MSc Gastroenterology (24 and 15 month)
- MSc Genomic Medicine (HEE Funded)
- MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation
- MSc Biodiversity and Conservation
- MSc Psychology (Conversion)
- MSc Psychology and Mental Health Sciences
- MSc Systems Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
- PGCert VM Clinical Education (Degree Apprenticeship)
- Distance learning programmes
- MRes programmes
- Pre-masters programmes (standalone and integrated)
- PG Diploma & PG Certificate programmes
- Students joining Queen Mary from a partner university