Our postgraduate scholarships are designed to reward excellence in all its forms, giving you additional support while you're studying with us. We offer a wide range of scholarships to our International postgraduate students. We have also partnered with certain institutions around the world to help make studying at a postgraduate level in the UK more accessible. If you are an EU student, please visit our UK/EU scholarship webpages.
The following scholarships are available if you are starting your course in September 2019:
| Scholarship title and link to full details | Short eligibility criteria (see scholarship for full details) | Value | Application process |
| Academic Excellence Scholarship | A minimum of an upper second-class Honours degree from a UK university, or equivalent | £3,500 tuition fee reduction | Automatically assessed |
| BU Music Scholarships |
Able to demonstrate that you are a talented musician or vocalist and that you have been involved in ensemble activity |
£1,150 (major award) or £450 (minor award) | Apply online by 31 August 2019 |
| BU Sport Scholarship | High performing sportspeople with the desire to continue to develop | £500 to £5,000 | Apply online by 31 August 2019 |
| Faculty of Management Executive Dean's Scholarship | Full-time applicants for a BU Master's degree in the Faculty of Management | 50% tuition fee reduction | Apply online by 31 May 2019 |
| Faculty of Science & Technology Executive Dean's Scholarship | Full-time applicants for a Faculty of Science & Technology Master’s degree | 50% tuition fee reduction | Apply online by 31 May 2019 |
| Faculty of Media & Communication Executive Dean's Scholarship | Full-time applicants for a postgraduate Media course | 50% tuition fee reduction | Apply online by 31 May 2019 |
| Faculty of Health & Social Sciences Executive Dean's Scholarship | Applicants for a Faculty of Health & Social Sciences postgraduate course | 50% tuition fee reduction | Apply online by 31 May 2019 |
| Chevening Scholarship scheme | Full-time applicants for a postgraduate taught course who are a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country at the time of application and who intends to return there at the end of study | A tuition fee waiver plus other allowances | Apply online - the deadlines are country specific but the application window is usually August each year for September entry in the following year |
| Full-time applicants for MSc Cyber Security & Human Factors and MA International Political Communication who are a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country at the time of application and who intends to return there at the end of study | A tuition fee waiver plus other allowances | Apply online - the deadlines are country specific but the application window is usually August each year for September entry in the following year | |
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BU International Partnership Scholarship: Financial University, Russia |
Any student who has studied at Financial University, Russia |
£2,000 tuition fee reduction | Automatically assessed |
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BU International Partnership Scholarship: Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus (BNUZ) |
Any Chinese student who is studying a course with BNUZ |
£2,000 tuition fee reduction | Automatically assessed |
The following scholarships are available if you are starting your course in January 2020:
| Scholarship title and link to full details | Short eligibility criteria (see scholarship for full details) | Value | Application process |
| Academic Excellence Scholarship | A minimum of an upper second-class Honours degree from a UK university, or equivalent | £3,500 tuition fee reduction | Automatically assessed |
| Faculty of Management Executive Dean's Scholarship |
Full-time applicants for a BU Business School Master's degree |
50% tuition fee reduction | Apply online by 18 November 2019 for January 2020 entry |
| BU Music Scholarships | Able to demonstrate that you are a talented musician or vocalist and that you have been involved in ensemble activity | £1,150 (major award) or £450 (minor award) | Apply online by 30 November 2019 for January 2020 entry |
| BU Sport Scholarship | High performing sportspeople with the desire to continue to develop | £500 to £5,000 | Apply online by 30 November 2019 for January 2020 entry |