Allan and Nesta Ferguson Scholarship at University of Leeds 2026

The University of Leeds is awarding one-year fully funded scholarships for applicants from developing countries wishing to pursue full-time Taught Masters study in selected schools.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineFebruary 5, 2026
• Study LevelMasters
• SponsorUniversity of Leeds
• City to studyLeeds
• School to studyUniversity of Leeds
• Course to studyBiological Sciences , Business , Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Geography , History , Languages, Culture and Communication , Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics  , Law , Media/Culture/Communication , Medicine , Philosophy, Religion and History of Science , Politics & International Studies , Earth and Environment , Performance and Cultural Industries , Transport Studies
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

Full tuition fees, maintenance of £17,500, return economy travel and other allowances.

Requirements

This scholarship is available for applicants applying for programmes of study related to economic, social or technological development (with the exception of the Leeds MBA) in the following schools:

• Earth and Environment
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• Biological Sciences
• Geography
• History
• Law
• Languages, Cultures and Societies
• Medicine
• Media and Communication
• Performance and Cultural Industries
• Politics and International Studies
• Philosophy, Religion and History of Science
• Transport Studies
• Leeds University Business School

These awards are only available to applicants who are liable to pay academic fees at the International fee rate.

Applicants must hold, or expect to hold by September 2026, a First Degree at undergraduate level equivalent to at least a UK Upper Second Class Honours degree. Applicants should either have graduated with the appropriate First Degree or be in their final year of study.

Applicants whose first language is not English must meet the University’s English Language requirements by 2 February 2026.

If the school or faculty to which you have applied has a higher English language entry requirement you must meet the higher requirement. You should have a valid test result, which is no more than two years old by your official start date at the University of Leeds.

Applicants must also:

• be citizens of, and permanently resident in, one of the developing countries according to the International Development Association list of Borrowing Countries
• not have undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country.
• be unable themselves, or through their families, to pay to study in the UK.
• agree that they will return to their home country as soon as their period of study is complete.

The awards must be taken up in September 2026.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

Stage 1

To be eligible to apply, you must:

• apply for a relevant taught programme of study
• be in receipt of a Student Application Number.

Applications without a valid Student Application Number will be rejected.

Stage 2

Once you are in receipt of your Student Application ID please complete the online application form.

For more details, visit University of Leeds Scholarship webpage