International scholarships
The loans and scholarships you may be eligible for will differ depending on the level you're planning to study:
We also offer a number of scholarships specifically for international students. Some are offered directly by Birkbeck, others are offered in partnership with other organisations.
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships 2024 - New
We are proud to announce our new Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships (Autumn 2024) for international students domiciled in India. This is a reflection of our commitment to equality and diversity across our full-time undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes.
Value
- Full-time undergraduate degrees: £500 tuition fee discount, per year of enrolment, over a maximum period of three years (total of £1,500; £500 per year, over three years).
- Full-time master's courses: £1,500 tuition fee reduction for the first year of enrolment only.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the scholarship, you must:
- be a new student, starting your first year of study in 2024 (N.B. this scholarship is only available to new students)
- be an international student paying international tuition fees
- be studying a full-time undergraduate course (courses with foundation years are not eligible for this scholarship) or be studying a full time master's course (postgraduate certificates, postgraduate diplomas and graduate diplomas are not eligible for this scholarship)
- have an offer and be enrolled (in October 2024) on one of our full-time undergraduate or master's course starting in October 2024
- be ordinarily domiciled in India.
Please note: This Birkbeck scholarship award cannot be combined with any other scholarships or awards available. If you are in receipt of sponsorship by a third party, you won’t be eligible.
How to apply: There is no need to apply. If you meet the eligibility criteria, the scholarship will be applied automatically at the point of enrolment.
Birkbeck global future scholarships
Scholarship amount: The scholarship will be applied as a discount to the tuition fee for the first year of your full-time master's course, to bring it in line with the Home tuition fee amount.
As part of our commitment to enhancing the global reach of Birkbeck, we are announcing our Global Future Scholarship to support access to postgraduate master's study from all EU member countries, and Brazil.
We recognise the importance and value in having a diverse student population from across the world and we’re pleased to present this additional option of financial support.
Please note: The reduction on course fees that Birkbeck offers through the Global Future Scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarships available.
2024-25 eligibility criteria
- To be eligible, you need to meet all of the following conditions.
- You are ordinarily resident in one of the following countries:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus (EU)
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- you are self-funded and are holding a full-time master's offer of study from us for January 2024 for the 2023-24 academic year, or for October 2024 for the 2024-25 academic year
- you are classified as an ‘International’ tuition fee payer.
- Only one scholarship award can be made per student and the scholarship cannot normally be held in conjunction with any other scholarship.
- Applicants ordinarily resident in one of the named countries are eligible and do not need to apply for the scholarship; it will be automatically applied by our admissions team at the time of enrolment. If we require any further information from you, we will contact you directly.
- If at any point during your application journey, or during the course of your studies at Birkbeck, you gain settled or pre-settled status, you will no longer be eligible for a scholarship.
- Find out more about postgraduate study at Birkbeck.
- Please note: This Birkbeck scholarship award cannot be combined with any other scholarships or awards available. If you are in receipt of sponsorship by a third party, you won’t be eligible.
Additional Scholarships available
Birkbeck Business School master's scholarships 2024
- A £1,000 scholarship is available to international students domiciled in Nigeria, starting on one of the master's courses offered by the Birkbeck Business School (this includes master’s in the subject areas: Management, Economics and Organizational Psychology) in January 2024 and October 2024, and studying full time.
- Value: £1,000 tuition fee reduction.
- Eligibility: To be eligible for the scholarship, you must:
- be an international student
- be studying full time
- have received an offer in line with our entry criteria and a place to study on one of our Management, Economics and Organizational Psychology master's courses in October 2024
- be domiciled in Nigeria.
- Please note: This Birkbeck scholarship award cannot be combined with any other scholarships or awards available. If you are in receipt of sponsorship by a third party, you won’t be eligible.
- How to apply: There is no need to apply. If you meet the eligibility criteria, the scholarship will be applied automatically
Nigeria Creative Industries master's scholarships
- A £1,000 scholarship is available to international students living in Nigeria starting on a School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication master’s course (including History of Art master's courses) in January 2024 or October 2024 and studying full time.
- Value: £1,000 tuition fee reduction
- Eligibility: To be eligible for the scholarship, you must:
- be an international student
- be studying full time
- have received an offer in line with our entry criteria and a place to study on a Creative Arts, Culture and Communication master’s course (including History of Art master's courses) in January 2024 or October 2024
- be domiciled in Nigeria.
- Please note: This Birkbeck scholarship award cannot be combined with any other scholarships or awards available. If you are in receipt of sponsorship by a third party, you won’t be eligible.
- How to apply: There is no need to apply. If you meet the eligibility criteria the scholarship will be applied automatically.
Birkbeck international excellence scholarships
- We will be publishing details of this scholarship in February 2024.
Commonwealth Scholarships
- Commonwealth citizens can apply for a number of different funds under the Commonwealth Scholarship.
- Birkbeck currently takes part in the following schemes:
- Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for least developed and fragile country candidates)
- Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarships (for low- and middle-income country candidates)
- Commonwealth Master's Scholarships (for candidates nominated by CSC nominating agencies)
Chevening Scholarships
- Birkbeck has participated in the Chevening Scholarships scheme since its inception. Chevening Scholarships are full cost, covering both tuition fees and living costs.
- We welcome applications from all Chevening-eligible countries and have received an increasing number of scholars in recent years across a wide range of subjects, from a wide range of countries.
- Standard Chevening Awards
- Amount: tuition fees and living costs provided by the UK Government (through the Chevening Secretariat), with a contribution towards fees from Birkbeck, University of London.
- Eligible courses: all full-time master's degree programmes offered by Birkbeck.
- Number of awards: no limit on the number of candidates nominated by Chevening.
- Birkbeck-Chevening Partnership Awards
- Amount: tuition fees provided by Birkbeck; living costs provided by the UK Government (through the Chevening Secretariat).
- Eligible programmes: all full-time one-year master's degree programmes offered by Birkbeck.
- Number of awards: five per year
- Further information on the Chevening Partnership scholarship.
- How to apply: For both types of scholarship, applications should be made through the Chevening website.
- Go to the application page.
- Select your country.
- Select 'scholarship' as level.
- Now select 'apply for scholarship'.
- Watch this video on how to apply for a Birkbeck Chevening scholarship.
- All applicants who wish to be considered under the Partnership Scheme and the Standard Scheme are encouraged to put Birkbeck as their first preference in their Chevening application.
- When to apply: The deadline for applications for the 2024 intake has now passed. For information on how to apply for the 2025 intake, please visit the Chevening website.
Further information
Visit our international finance page to find out about fees and payment plans, loans and bank accounts for international students studying in the UK.
If you would like further information, please email the Global Recruitment team at Birkbeck.