Global Masters Scholarships 2023/24 Frequently Asked Questions

The University of Birmingham Global Masters Scholarship provides a £2,000 tuition fee discount for eligible students.

Once you have received an offer of admission for a taught Masters degree and meet all the eligibility criteria, this discount is then applied automatically to your fees when you enrol on your programme of choice. You will therefore be asked to pay your fees with the discount already deducted.

In order to be eligible, candidates must meet the following requirements. You must:

Have applied for, and received an offer of admission for, a taught Masters degree at the University of Birmingham UK campus, to study in the 2023/24 academic year.

Be classed as ‘domiciled’ in one of the selected countries listed.

If you are in receipt of a full tuition fee scholarship from an external organisation, you will not be eligible for this scholarship. When completing your enrolment, please ensure that you state who your funding will be provided by.

We reserve the right to withdraw the scholarship should we be made aware after your enrolment that you are fully funded by an external organistation.

Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes.

Start your studies at the University in September/October 2023 on a full-time, on-campus University of Birmingham course delivered in the UK.

Domicile means the country where you are habitually resident. It is not the same as nationality or citizenship.

In this context, being classed as ‘domiciled’ in one of the selected countries means you must be a habitual resident in one of those countries. 

If you decide to defer your programme start date to September 2024, you will no longer be eligible for this scholarship as it is only available for programmes with a September 2023 start date.

Students seeking to study on a course solely delivered as a ‘distance learning’ programme are not eligible for this scholarship.

Students applying for programmes in the Birmingham Business School are not eligible for this scholarship but are eligible for other separate MSc and MBA scholarships offered by the Business School.

Undergraduate degree programmes including the MBChB, MEng, MSci and MPharm undergraduate programmes are not eligible.

Postgraduate programmes including MPhil, MRes, MMus and MLit are not eligible. PGDip and PGCert programmes are also not eligible.

There is no application process for this scholarship. If you meet the requirements, you will receive the discount automatically upon enrolment on your chosen programme in September 2023.

To be considered for the scholarship and therefore, the discount, you will need to have made an application to your intended Masters programme and have received an offer of admission. If you have met the other criteria (see ‘who is eligible’ FAQ), the discount will be applied to your fees, after you have enrolled on your chosen programme.

We recommend you apply as early as possible to your chosen programme.

To secure this scholarship candidates must have an unconditional offer, and have accepted this unconditional offer, by 31 August (23:59 UK time/ GMT+1). If candidates secure an unconditional offer after this, they will not be eligible for this scholarship.

Yes. This scholarship can be used in conjunction with another University-funded scholarship or other discount.

However, the scholarship cannot be in held in conjunction with a scholarship that provides a full 100% fee waiver / discount, provided by either the university or an external body.

If you benefit from partial funding from an external organisation, you will still be eligible for the fee discount.

However, the scholarship cannot be in held in conjunction with a scholarship that provides a full 100% fee waiver / discount, provided by either the university or an external body.

No, the scheme is not available to students already enrolled on a Masters-level taught programme. 

No, the scholarship is only open to students who will be studying at the UK campus.

This scholarship is specifically for students who are overseas for fees and are domiciled in the countries listed on the main Global Masters scholarships page, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria. 

Note that this scholarship is not applicable to students domiciled in the UK or EU.

Only full-time taught Masters programmes qualify.

No. Courses advertised as solely being delivered as a ‘distance’ or ‘remote learning’ programmes are not eligible for this scholarship.

The programme must be solely delivered on campus.

If you have already applied to a programme, you must wait to receive an offer of admission.

If you receive an offer of admission for the programme, and meet the other eligibility criteria, the discount will be automatically applied to your fees.

This scholarship will be automatically offered to applicants who meet the criteria outlined above.

To accept the scholarship, candidates must have an unconditional offer, and have accepted this unconditional offer, by 31 August (23:59 UK time / GMT+1). You can do this via the postgraduate portal. If candidates secure an unconditional offer after this, they will not be eligible for this scholarship.

To fully secure the scholarship, you will also be required to pay the standard £2,000 (GBP) admissions deposit by the deadline set by the Admissions Office, stated on your offer letter. (For the purposes of this scholarship selection process, your deposit must be paid by 31 August 23:59 UK time / GMT+1).

Candidates must also have completed online registration and be ‘Normally Registered’ by 3 October (23:59 UK time/ GMT+1). If this is not the case, the university will withdraw the scholarship. Candidates must have also paid their net tuition fees for the first year by 1 November, or have set up a payment plan and paid their first instalment. 

If you have questions about the scholarship, you can:

Use our live chat service

Chat with our staff and students through our regular online events.

The University of Birmingham has partnered with higher education consultants across the globe in order to help promote our range of scholarships. 

If your questions have not been answered in the live chat events, you are welcome to contact one of these consultants on your country page. 

Select your region, then your country, then ‘Meet Us’. Here you will find the contact information for our agent representatives.