India Merit Scholarship at University of Edinburgh 2026-2027

The University is offering an international scholarship for the most academically gifted Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Masters students applying from India. These awards, which cover £5,000 towards tuition fees for PGT Masters students studying on campus during the 2026/2027 academic year, will be tenable for the first year of study only.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value£5,000
• Study LevelMasters
• SponsorUniversity of Edinburgh
• City to studyEdinburgh
• School to studyUniversity of Edinburgh
• Eligible CountryIndia

Benefits

£5,000 towards tuition fees for PGT Masters students

Requirements

The India Merit Scholarship will be awarded to any successful applicant who:? 

• Firmly accepts an unconditional offer to join any of the University’s full-time, on-campus PGT Masters programmes. If you are required to pay a programme deposit for your Masters programme, and you do not accept and pay the required deposit within the given time frame, then you will forfeit your scholarship offer as well as your programme offer
• Is domiciled in India at the time of application?
• Has international fee status
• Is either fully or partially self-funded?
• Has achieved an undergraduate degree studied and awarded in India at the minimum level outlined in Tables 1 and 2 below. This excludes graduates with dentistry, medicine and veterinary medicine degrees awarded in India, who will all be eligible for the Scholarship. Please note that eligibility criteria will be assessed solely on your primary grading scale. Where a GPA is provided, students will be assessed by the GPA as the primary grade, even when a percentage is also provided.

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Application Deadline

How To Apply

These scholarships are awarded to any student who has accepted an unconditional offer on a PGT Masters programme and meets the eligibility criteria outlined above. For entry into the 2026/2027 academic year, the Scholarship will be awarded to every eligible unconditional offer holder who achieves the listed grades. No separate application is necessary, and the Scholarship will be automatically applied to your student tuition fee balance.

For more details, visit University of Edinburgh Scholarship webpage