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 to help make studying at a postgraduate level in the UK more accessible. 

The following scholarships are available if you are starting your course in January 2025:

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 £3,750 tuition fee reduction Automatically assessed

BU Music Scholarship

Able to demonstrate that you are a talented musician or vocalist and that you have been involved in ensemble activity

Worth £600

Apply online by 30 November 2024 for January 2025 entry

BU Sport Scholarship

High performing sportspeople with the desire to continue to develop

£500 to £5,000

Apply online by 30 November 2024 for January 2025 entry

The following scholarships are available if you are starting your course in September 2025 or January 2026:

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 £3,750-£4,500 tuition fee reduction Automatically assessed

BU Music Scholarship

Able to demonstrate that you are a talented musician or vocalist and that you have been involved in ensemble activity

Worth £600

Apply online by 31 August 2025 for September 2025 entry and 30 November 2025 for January 2026 entry

BU Sport Scholarship

High performing sportspeople with the desire to continue to develop

£500 to £5,000

Apply online by 31 August 2025 for September 2025 entry and 30 November 2025 for January 2026 entry

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 usuallybetween August and November each year for September entry in the following year

Chevening Partner Scholarship scheme

Full-time applicants for MSc Adult Nursing, MSc Marketing Management, MA 3D Computer Animation and MSc Digital Health who are a citizen of Turkey, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong or China 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 between August and November each year for September entry in the following year