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UK Postgraduate Scholarships for International students 2025-2026

If you are a student who just completed your Bachelor’s degree and is looking to pursue a master’s degree, or have completed a master’s degree and is planning for your PhD, then it will interest you to know that there are certain post graduate degree scholarships in UK specially designed to aid you with the financial assistance required to study in UK.

And because we know how important these study opportunities are to you, UKscholarship has found for you, (so you don’t have to) the best scholarships for postgraduate studies 2025-2026 in UK, which you can apply for to fund your studies.  Some of the postgraduate scholarships are fully funded while some are partially funded.

  • University of Manchester 2025 Inspirational Leaders Scholarships

    Every year, we support a good number of candidates through scholarships of various amounts, funded directly by Alliance Manchester Business School. The scholarships are awarded as part of the admissions process, normally at the same time as an offer is made. Most of the scholarships are granted o

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Masters Study in: Manchester Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • University of Lincoln 2024-25 to 2025-26 Alumni Scholarship for Postgraduate Study

    UK students who already hold an undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualification that leads to postgraduate study), Graduate Certificate, or Graduate Diploma at the University of Lincoln. This scholarship applies to students commencing postgraduate study in academic year 2024/25 and 2025/26.

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Lincoln Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • University of Cambridge 2025 PhD in Biological Science (Sanger Institute) Scholarship (Fully-funded)

    The Wellcome Sanger Institute is one of the world's premier genomics research institutes and is at the forefront of this fast-developing field. We use large-scale DNA sequencing, informatics and analysis of genome variation to further our understanding of gene function in health and disease, and

    Published: 2024-12-10 Type: PhD Study in: Cambridge Deadline: April 16, 2025

  • University of Essex 2025-26 Africa Postgraduate Scholarship

    If you're an international student from a member state of the African Union and are self-funding your postgraduate studies, you could be eligible for a scholarship, paid as a discount on your tuition fee. For details of the scholarship amount, country of residence and academic requirement, pl

    Published: 2024-12-09 Type: Masters Study in: Colchester Deadline: January 29, 2025

  • University of Essex 2025 Hugh Brogan Scholarship

    If you are applying to study MA History, MA History, Power, and Identity, or MA War, Culture, and Society, you could be eligible for one of four available scholarships worth £2,500, paid as a discount on your tuition fee.  The Scholarships are open to all applicants in need of financia

    Published: 2024-12-09 Type: Masters Study in: Colchester Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • University of Leeds 2025 Mangoletsi-Potts Scholarship

    Full UK OR partial international fee waiver. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit, also taking into consideration the applicant’s relevant experience, references and supporting statement.

    Published: 2024-12-09 Type: Masters Study in: Leeds Deadline: July 13, 2025

  • Cardiff University 2025-26 Master's Scholarship

    We are committed to investing up to a total of £500,000 in this high value competitive scholarship scheme to support UK students who are planning to start an eligible Master’s programme in 2025/26. The Scholarships are each worth £3,000 and will be awarded in the form of a tuiti

    Published: 2024-12-09 Type: Masters Study in: Cardiff Deadline: April 7, 2025

  • University of Oxford 2024-25 Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships And Leadership Programme

    The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme cultivates the leaders of tomorrow by providing an opportunity for outstanding university graduates and professionals mainly from developing and emerging economies, but also those who would not otherwise be able to support themselves, to

    Published: 2024-12-06 Type: Masters Study in: Oxford Deadline: December 31, 2025

  • The University of Edinburgh 2025/26 School of Divinity Postgraduate Masters Scholarships

    We are offering a number of scholarships awards, ranging from full fees to half fees. These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be automatically deducted from your tuition fee. All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of our postgrad

    Published: 2024-12-06 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: April 1, 2025

  • University of Wolverhampton 2025 Alumni Scholarship

    Available for University of Wolverhampton graduates (including those from our partner institutions) for postgraduate taught on-site study only.  If you have obtained a First or Second class degree with us and choose us for your postgraduate taught studies, you can receive between £2,00

    Published: 2024-12-06 Type: Masters Study in: Wolverhampton Deadline: December 31, 2024

  • University of St Andrews 2025 St Leonard College Postgraduate Travel Award (Funded)

    St Leonard’s Postgraduate College is pleased to announce the College’s Postgraduate Travel Awards scheme, which supports postgraduate students with any travel that would benefit their research and development. Applications for the award are open to all postgraduate students who are matri

    Published: 2024-12-05 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 29, 2025

  • The British Academy 2025 Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund for Postdoctoral or Equivalent Research

    The Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund was established according to the terms of the will of Sir Aurel Stein FBA, to commemorate his friendship with Sir Thomas Arnold FBA, for 'the encouragement of research on the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia whi

    Published: 2024-12-05 Type: Postgraduate Deadline: January 8, 2025

  • University College London Bartlett Promise Scholarship for Nigerian Students 2025

    The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in The Bartlett, to pursue studies at The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. This scholarship is open to applicants who are nationals of a Bartlett-approved list of Sub-Saharan African c

    Published: 2024-12-05 Type: Postgraduate Study in: London Deadline: March 28, 2025

  • St Leonard’s College World-Leading Doctoral Scholarships at University of St Andrews UK 2025

    The University of St Andrews is pleased to offer up to six full scholarships funded by St Leonard's Postgraduate College, to support exceptional students undertaking doctoral research on a topic that would contribute to the world-leading theme of the University Strategy. Doctoral Researc

    Published: 2024-12-05 Type: PhD Deadline: January 22, 2025

  • University of Manchester GREAT Scholarship 2025

    In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, The University of Manchester is offering five scholarships to students in Bangladesh, France, Greece, India, ?Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey, applying for one-year master’s programmes, who will enrol in the 2025/2

    Published: 2024-12-04 Type: Masters Study in: Manchester Deadline: Not Specified

  • British Council Egypt Cambridge Scholarships 2025

    In collaboration with BP Egypt, the Cambridge Commonwealth, European, and International Trust offers several scholarships annually to enable graduates of outstanding academic merit to pursue a one-year postgraduate study at the prestigious University of Cambridge. Preference is given to candidates s

    Published: 2024-12-04 Type: Masters Study in: Cambridge Deadline: January 7, 2025

  • The British Academy 2026-2027 Conferences Scheme Call for Application (Up to £25,000)

    The British Academy Conferences scheme presents an exceptional?opportunity for UK-based scholars?to?run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the Academy’s events programme.?The scheme includes a strand of British Academy/Wellcome Conferences, designed to foster discussio

    Published: 2024-12-03 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 29, 2025

  • University of Oxford 2024-25 Vicky Noon Educational Foundation Oxford Scholarships

    Up to two full/partial scholarships are available for applicants who are ordinarily resident in and nationals of Pakistan and who are applying to any full or part-time Master’s or DPhil course at Oxford. You should be intending to return to Pakistan once your course is completed. If you hav

    Published: 2024-12-02 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Oxford Deadline: January 15, 2025

  • Swansea University PhD Scholarship for International Students 2025

    The Artificial Intelligence computing for the discovery of the governing knowledge of real world system is important. The proposed research aims to integrate symbolic computing with machine learning models. This project develops Explainable Artificial Intelligence Computing for the knowledge discove

    Published: 2024-12-02 Type: PhD Study in: Swansea Deadline: January 25, 2025

  • The British Academy 2025 International Writing Workshops (Up to £30,000)

    The British Academy is inviting proposals for Writing Workshops in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries. These workshops should aim to develop the skills of early career researchers, including su

    Published: 2024-11-29 Type: Fellowship Deadline: January 29, 2025

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UK Postgraduate Grants And Scholarships For International Students

Annually, postgraduate grants and scholarships  are  awarded to qualified postgraduate students, to enable them fund their studies in UK

You can benefit from these grants for postgraduate funded by organizations and universities, by applying for various study opportunities which present themselves as – either postgraduate degree scholarships for masters students or postgraduate research scholarships for PhD students.

Or by applying to postgraduate study abroad scholarships, which provide  you with the chance to study at a university in UK.

Below are some of such scholarships which provide postgraduate sponsorship for students like you:

  • Commonwealth scholarship uk
  • Chevening scholarship uk
  • University of edinburgh scholarships
  • University of glasgow scholarships
  • University of birmingham scholarships
  • University of bristol scholarships
  • University of bristol think big scholarship
  • Many more

 

Eligibility For UK Postgraduate Scholarships

To become a postgraduate scholar, there are eligibility criteria you should meet, especially if you are applying for postgraduate study in UK.

However, while respective awarding organizations have requirements that are specific them, they’re also general requirements which you must before you are qualified for a scholarship for postgraduate studies in UK.

Some of those requirements are:

  • Proof of English language proficiency (IELTS or it’s equivalent)
  • Bachelors degree/ certificate of graduation (for Masters students)
  • Masters degree/ certificate of graduation (for PhD students)
  • Research proposal (for PhD students)
  • Acceptance/admission letter to study at your selected university
  • International passport (for those students participating in a postgraduate study abroad scholarship)
  • Motivation letter to the scholarship sponsors stating why you think you are qualified to receive a postgraduate sponsorship to further your studies.

 

 

How To Apply For Postgraduate Scholarships in UK

Dear applicant, before you can be selected for any of the available scholarships for post graduates in UK, you first have to apply for the scholarship you are interested in and submit all the required documents.

Although this may seem like an easy thing to do (which it is), a simple mistake can cause your application to be rejected by the organisation or university, so you want to do it right.

If you have applied for scholarships in the past and have been rejected, or are applying for the first time, this is how to apply for an online post graduate scholarship.

Application Process:

To apply for a postgraduate scholarship, these are the steps you should take:

Before you apply:

  • Do you research on the scholarship and find out all you need to know about it, in terms of how to apply (whether online or via email or post) and particular documents to submit.
  • Research the school you are applying to and find out documents required and also if you are to apply for the scholarship before you gain admission to study or after.
  • Check if you are eligible for the scholarship
  • Organise all the required documents needed for the application.
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