The College of Arts and Law is a vibrant community of students and academics, dedicated to ensuring that excellence is rewarded, and that fears about finance do not constrain current or prospective students. For this reason, in addition to University funding schemes, we offer our own College-specific funding initiatives.
College of Arts and Law opportunities
The College of Arts and Law also offers a range of funding opportunities, detailed below. Applications for 2021 entry are now open:
Birmingham Masters Scholarships
We are offering up to 300 awards of £1,500 to support the brightest and best applicants wishing to undertake Masters study at the University during 2021-22. Applications are now open. The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Friday 30 April 2021. Find out more.
Postgraduate loans
These government-backed student loans provide up to £11,222 for taught and research Masters courses and up to £26,445 for postgraduate doctoral courses in all subject areas, including programmes delivered on campus or by distance learning. Criteria, eligibility, repayment and application information can be found on the UK government website.
Additional funding opportunities
Other funding opportunities may be available to prospective postgraduate students throughout the year. For details of all funding opportunities that may be available to you, please visit the University's Postgraduate Funding Database.
Closed awards
Applications to the scholarships below are now closed. These pages are provided for guidance only, prior to the next round of funding being announced, if available:
Funding for current students
We offer our current postgraduate students the following funding opportunities for new activity or to enhance existing activity: