The Breakspear Scholarship at Birkbeck University of London 2025

The Breakspear Scholarship, named in honour of Nicholas Breakspear, Pope Adrian IV - the only English Pope - offers a full fee waiver for a full time, home, postgraduate student in history for the 2025/26 academic year. The Breakspear Scholarship is funded by a generous donation from alumnus Adrian Waddingham CBE

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineSeptember 19, 2025
• Value£11,070
• Study LevelMasters
• SponsorBirkbeck University of London
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyBirkbeck University of London
• Course to studyHistory
• Eligible CountryUnited Kingdom

Benefits

Full tuition waiver

Requirements

Students studying in the School of Historical Studies for one of the following master's programmes are eligible to apply:

• MA European History
• MA Public History and Heritage
• MA Contemporary History and Politics
• MA Global History: Empires, States and Cultures
• MA Historical Research

The scholarship will be awarded to a home student with a strong academic track record who would not have the opportunity to study without scholarship funding.

Application Deadline

September 19, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Birkbeck University of London on app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk to apply

For more details, visit Birkbeck University Scholarship webpage