UAL International Postgraduate £14,000 Scholarships
Eligibility
Criteria 1: You must hold an offer to study a full-time, part-time or online taught master's course at one of UAL's Colleges and Institutes starting in 2025/26.
- Your course must offer either a Grad Dip, M ARCH, MA, MBA, MFA, MRes or MSc qualification.
- You are not eligible to apply if you already hold a UK postgraduate taught qualification (or one at an equivalent level) from studies undertaken in the UK.
Criteria 2: You need to be domiciled in Africa or Latin America detailed in our list of qualifying countries (see below). If your country is not on the list you may be eligible for other funding options, including the UAL International Postgraduate £7,000 Scholarship. Read more about Postgraduate Tuition Fees.
Criteria 3: You have achieved, or are predicted to achieve, an upper second-class honours degree or above at undergraduate level. Recognised equivalent qualifications are also accepted. To check your eligibility, read the International Academic Qualifications Equivalency (PDF 472 KB).
- You will need to provide your transcripts 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.
Criteria 4: You must provide a personal statement as part of your scholarship application which responds to the following questions (maximum 350 words per question):
- Describe your background and your academic experience.
- Describe how receiving a postgraduate scholarship would make a difference to you.
- Tell us how you intend to use the qualification you will be gaining to support your future plans.
- Confirm any other sources of funding you have, or have applied for, to meet the cost of your studies in the UK.
Criteria 5: You are able to support your application with a satisfactory personal reference from an academic or professional referee. Your reference must be provided in English.
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Qualifying countries
Algeria | Angola | Argentina |
Benin | Bolivia | Botswana |
Brazil | Burkina Faso | Burundi |
Cabo Verde | Cameroon | Central African Republic |
Chad | Chile | Colombia |
Comoros | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Congo, Republic of the |
Costa Rica | Cote d'Ivoire | Cuba |
Djibouti | Dominican Republic | Ecuador |
Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea | Eswatini | Ethiopia |
Gabon | Gambia | Ghana |
Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Haiti |
Honduras | Kenya | Lesotho |
Liberia | Libya | Madagascar |
Malawi | Mali | Mauritania |
Mauritius | Mexico | Morocco |
Mozambique | Namibia | Nicaragua |
Nigeria | Panama | Paraguay |
Peru | Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe |
Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone |
Somalia | South Africa | South Sudan |
Sudan | Tanzania | Togo |
Tunisia | Uganda | Uruguay |
Venezuela | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Apply
Once you've received an offer to study at UAL, the ‘my funding’ page on your applicant portal will be updated from February onwards to include application forms for scholarships you may be eligible for.
If you submit a scholarship application, we will email you by the following dates to let you know if you have been successful:
Course Start Date | Application Deadline | Decision |
September/October 2025 | Friday 21 March 2025 (Round 1) | Mid-May 2025 |
September/October 2025 | Friday 20 June 2025 (Round 2) | 31 July 2025 |
These deadlines align with our postgraduate application rounds, and you are expected to apply within the same round as your offer is made. If you have applied for a course starting in September/October 2025 in Round 1, we would strongly advise you to submit your scholarship application by 21 March 2025, in order to receive an earlier decision from us.
Late applications and incomplete submissions from students who have not yet received a course offer will not be eligible for consideration. Please also note if your scholarship application in Round 1 is unsuccessful, it will not be possible to apply again in Round 2.
Receiving payment
If your application is successful you will be sent an award letter via email and if you want to accept the scholarship you will be required to accept on your UAL Portal.
Your tuition fees will be raised directly to your fees account in the first year of your course.
For those studying Online, 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
Scholarships are awarded by a UAL selection panel, who make their decision based on the evidence provided in your application.
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.
Please note that if you would like to be considered for both the UAL International Postgraduate £14,000 Scholarship and the UAL International Postgraduate £7,000 Scholarship, you will need to submit separate applications for each scheme.
Help
If you have questions or need help, please contact us using our student enquiry form.
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