Scholarships will be available for students pursuing one of the following distance learning programmes:
College of Humanities and Social Science
- LLM Information Technology Law
- LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law
- LLM Intellectual Property Law
- LLM International Commercial Law and Practive
- LLM Law
- LLM Medical Law and Ethics
- MSc Global Challenges
- MSc E-Learning (including PG Certificate and PG Diploma)
- MSc History (Online Distance Learning)
- MSc Landscape, Environment & History
College of Science and Engineering
- MSc Next Generation Drug Discovery
- MSc Research-Informed Science Education
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
- ChM General Surgery
- MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
- MSc Clinical Education
- MSc Clinical Trials
- MSc Equine Science
- MSc Global Health and Infectious Diseases
- MSc Global Health: Non Communicable Diseases
- MSc Imaging
- MSc Internal Medicine
- MSc International Animal Health
- MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law
- MSc Neuroimaging for Research
- MSc One Health
- MSc Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- MSc Pain Management
- MSc Surgical Sciences
- MSc Translational Medicine
- MVetSci Conservation Medicine
Each scholarship will have a total value of £5,000 which will be deducted from the tuition fee for the entire part-time programme of study.
Eligibility
The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission onto the above eligible distance learning Master's programmes at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo, Dem Rep
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- India
- Kenya
- Korea, Dem Rep
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Lao PDR
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen, Rep
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.
Criteria
The scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.
Applying
The application deadline for this award has now passed. We can accept no further applications for the 2013-2014 academic session.
Selection Procedure
A Selection Committee will meet in June 2013 to select the scholarship holders. The winners of the scholarships will be announced in July 2013.
