Call for The UCL Global Master’s Scholarship Program 2026 is open now !!!
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The UCL Global Master’s Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master’s degree studies at UCL.
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There are up to 85 (eighty-five) scholarships available in 2026/27 with five ring-fenced for students from India, and one for a student from Japan. The value of the bursary is £15,000. The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time program is 2yrs in length. In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year. The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.
Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded. The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.
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- There are up to 85 (eighty-five) scholarships available in 2026/27 with five ring-fenced for students from India, and one for a student from Japan.
- The value of the bursary is £15,000.
- The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time program is 2yrs in length. In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.
- The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.
- Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.
- The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.
Eligibilities
Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:
- be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;
- come from a lower income background;
- have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master’s degree at UCL in 2026/27.
Application Process
- Participants need to have submitted a complete admission application to UCL (including the submission of references) in order to apply for the scholarship.
- Login to Portico with your normal details.
- Click on the ‘View’ button for the ‘Active Application’ that applicants wish to apply for funding for.
- In the application screen, click on the ‘Funding’ in the menu at the top of the page.
- To find out which funds are eligible to apply for click ‘Check and apply’ under ‘Funds Available’.
- Click on the scholarship name of the scheme
Application Deadline: May 7, 2026 (25 Days Remaining)
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