We are committed to widening participation in master’s study and award a number of bursaries each year.
For the 2023/24 academic year, we are delighted to announce that we can offer 100 bursaries worth £4,000 per selected student. The bursaries are aimed at helping students from underrepresented groups access postgraduate education.
About University of Manchester
The University of Manchester, in its present form, was created in 2004 by the amalgamation of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). After 100 hundred years of working closely together both institutions agreed to form a single university, and on 22 October 2004 they officially combined to form the largest single-site university in the UK.
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University of Manchester Masters Scholarship
Aim and Benefits of University of Manchester Masters Scholarship
Successful applicants of the Manchester Master’s Bursary will receive £4,000 per selected student from the university.
Requirements for University of Manchester Masters Scholarship Qualification
The bursary scheme is for students who meet specific eligibility and demographic criteria. You will need to check whether you meet these before submitting an application.
You will need to meet all the following (plus at least one of the demographic criteria):
- Studying for an LLM, MA, MEd, MBA, MEnt, MPH, MPhil, MRes, MSc, MSc by Research, MusM.
- Studying a full-time one-year or part-time two-year course, for a maximum of two years.
- Be a home student paying tuition fees and have been in the UK for at least five years prior to starting your undergraduate course.
- Commencing your degree course in September 2023.
- Not hold a master’s qualification or higher.
- Commenced your undergraduate course after September 2012.
- Intercalating medical students taking a master’s course are eligible to apply. Medical students should note that if they plan to intercalate and take a master’s course between Years 2 and 3, they won't be eligible for undergraduate loans in Year 3. However, there will be no interruption to funding if they intercalate between Years 3 and 4, and they will be eligible for the postgraduate loan.
In addition:
- If you're studying a distance learning course you are eligible if you have completed your undergraduate degree within the past five years.
- You will not be able to apply if you are deferring your entry.
- You must not be receiving course funding from an employer, or public funding body or be covered by an undergraduate loan (such as NHS, PGCE, integrated master’s).
- If you are applying for MA Social Work, you'll be eligible if you don't receive the NHS Bursary.
- You would not normally be eligible for other University funding in addition to the Manchester Master's Bursary. Exceptions to this are bursaries awarded as a fees discount, including an Alumni Scholarship. Where students are eligible for more than one bursary awarded as a fees discount, the award of higher value will normally apply.
Application Deadline
June 11, 2023
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
University of Manchester on to apply
The bursary scheme is currently open for applications and the deadline to apply is Sunday, 11 June 2023 at 23.59pm.
To apply please complete this application form.
We advise you to have all your documents ready before you apply and have put together a summary of what you need.
Download our supporting evidence checklist (Word document 24.8KB) to help you with your application.
However, you can also send additional documents by email after submitting the form if you need to. Details of how to do this will be included in the confirmation email you receive after applying.
We advise you to make an application as early as possible so that we can give you the support and advice you need to submit your application and all the supporting documents in time.
