Postgraduate Bursaries
There are a number of sources of finance for postgraduate students, including research council grants and studentships, charity bursaries and scholarships.
If you're training:
- for healthcare - you may qualify for an NHS bursary
- for social work - you may qualify for a social work bursary
- to be a teacher - you may qualify for teaching bursary or scholarship of up to £26,000
The University of Chester offers scholarship opportunities to students with musical or sporting abilities who are willing to actively represent the University. Please see our Sports Scholarships pages for more information.
Snowdon Masters Scholarships
The Snowdon Masters Scholarship has been designed to identify and accelerate talented disabled students through higher education, creating the influencers of the future. The scholarship includes fee funding up to £15,000 p.a. for a one or two-year UK Masters course and most scholarships include a further allowance towards studying costs.
Applications for 2022/23 intake have now closed, the scheme will reopen for new applications in January 2023.
For full details and to apply for this exciting opportunity, visit the Snowdon Trust website.
Other Scholarships and Busaries
Each year FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com award £6,000 scholarships to a student that signs up to their e-newsletter subscribers who are yet to begin Masters or PhD study. Students wishing to start their postgraduate studies at any university listed on Find AMasters.com or FindAPhD.com should register now to receive application information by signing up to their Master's newsletter or signing up to their PhD newsletter, and the next scholarship competition will open in Summer 2022.
Postgrad.com offer a number of bursaries, across a number of subject areas and applicant categories, and are open to students anywhere in the world.
Further reading
We would advise visiting the following websites for further guidance regarding funding postgraduate study:
- www.postgraduatefunding.com (a database of small grants and bursaries)
- www.postgraduatesearch.com (searchable database)
- www.prospects.ac.uk
- www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk
- www.turn2us.org.uk (grants search)