Postgraduate Chancellor's Scholarship for Türkiye

The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce a scholarship of £5000 for selected students in Türkiye applying for entry to a postgraduate taught master’s programme at the University of Birmingham starting in September 2026.

These are joint awards with our local representatives who are listed below in alphabetical order.

The scholarships will be awarded to the highest performing students starting their University of Birmingham programme in the 2026/2027 academic year.

Who can apply?

Please note that distance-learning, MPhil, MRes and PhD programmes are not eligible for this award.

Students who are in receipt of a full scholarship or sponsorship from their home country are not eligible for this award.

In order to be eligible, candidates must:

• Have received and accepted an offer for a full-time postgraduate taught master’s programme starting September 2026. The student must be entering onto a degree programme based at Birmingham’s UK campus.

• Meet the academic conditions of their offer to the programme.

• Be classed as domiciled in Türkiye.

• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.

• Have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.

• Start their studies at the University in September 2026 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).

• Be registered with and have their postgraduate application attached to one of our local representatives listed below in alphabetical order.

• Submit your scholarship application through one of our local representatives by the deadline of 27 June 2026 .

• Upon enrolment in September 2026, pay their net tuition fees for the first year by 1 November, immediately following enrolment.

Eligible countries

Open to all nationalities but must be living in (domiciled) in Türkiye.

How to Apply

To apply for the scholarship students will need to have accepted an offer from Birmingham and be in contact with one of our local representatives listed below by the scholarship deadline of  27 June 2026. Selection for the award will be based on academic merit.

Only under exceptional circumstances in which the University is unable to choose an awardee based solely on academic merit (for instance, if two candidates have identical grades) will applicants be asked to attend an online interview.