UAL Home Postgraduate £7,000 Scholarships

Eligibility

Route 1 — Means

All applicants who meet the scholarship's financial eligibility criteria and course entry requirements will be offered the scholarship.

Route 2 — Merit

Route 2 scholarships are awarded on merit by a UAL selection panel, who make their decision based on the evidence provided in your application.

Eligibility Criteria

If you think you meet the criteria for Route 1 and 2, we recommend you complete each scholarship application form to be considered for both.

Route 1

To be eligible to apply you must:

1. be confirmed as a Home student for tuition fee purposes. EU and other non-UK nationals who qualify for the Home tuition fee status will also be eligible to apply; and
2. hold an offer to study a full-time or part-time taught master’s course at one of UAL's Colleges and Institutes. Courses run by UAL Online are not eligible for this scholarship. Your course must offer either a Grad Dip, MArch, MA, MBA, MFA, MRes or MSc qualification; and
3. be in receipt of means-tested benefit at the time of application, to include Universal Credit; or
4. have previously received student funding from UAL (excluding the UAL Equipment Fund or previous UAL scholarship) or your previous university, awarded based on financial hardship; or
5. have previously been in care for more than 13 weeks (spanning your 16th birthday).

Route 2

To be eligible to apply you must:

1. be confirmed as a Home student for tuition fee purposes. EU and other non-UK nationals who qualify for the Home tuition fee status will also be eligible to apply; and
2. hold an offer to study a full-time or part-time taught master’s course at 1 of UAL's Colleges and Institutes. Courses run by UAL Online are not eligible for this scholarship. Your course must offer either a Grad Dip, MArch, MA, MBA, MFA, MRes or MSc qualification; and
3. have achieved, or are predicted to achieve, an upper second-class honours degree (2:1) or above. Recognised equivalent academic qualifications are accepted, please refer to the UK ENIC to check your degree. You will need to provide your transcript as proof of your qualification. If you have not yet received your results, you will need to provide evidence of your predicted grade as part of your application. When you receive your results, you will need to provide further evidence that you have achieved your predicted grade to be granted the award; and
4. provide a personal statement which responds to the following questions (maximum 350 words per question):
   1. Please tell us about how your achievements and experience gained both within and outside of school/university demonstrate your suitability for this award.
   2. Please tell us how you intend to use the qualification you will be studying to support your future plans.
   3. What contribution do you intend to make to university life whilst studying? How do you feel being part of the UAL community will help you in achieving your career aspirations?

Please note:

You are not eligible to apply if you already hold a UK postgraduate taught or equivalent qualification from studies undertaken in the UK or anywhere else in the world.

Receiving payment

If your application is successful you will be sent an award letter via email and if you decide to accept the scholarship you will need to do so via your UAL Portal.

Your tuition fees will be raised directly to your fees account in the first year of your course.

For those studying part-time or extended full-time courses where your scholarship award may be more than your Year 1 course fee, the surplus will be used towards your Year 2 fees.

Additional Information

The scholarships are awarded slightly differently depending on the route you choose.

If you are awarded a scholarship and you have received offers for more than one UAL course, the award will apply to whichever course offer you accept.

If you have successful applications for more than one UAL award or scholarship, you must choose which of them you would like to receive, as you are only able to hold one at a time.

However, if you apply for both Routes 1 and 2, and are successful for both, you will be allocated the Route 1 Scholarship, and the Route 2 award will be rescinded.