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Birkbeck International Excellence Scholarship (January intake)

Award overview

  • Level: Postgraduate
  • Mode of study: Full-time
  • Tuition fee status: International
  • Award type: Fee discount 
  • Deadline: 23 November 2026

Value

£3,000. The scholarship will be applied as a discount to the tuition fee.

Eligibility

To be eligible you need to meet all of the following conditions: 

  • you are an international overseas tuition fee-paying student holding an unconditional offer on a full-time postgraduate programme offered by Birkbeck, starting in January 2027
  • you are self-funded
  • you are classified as an 'overseas' tuition fee payer.

Only one scholarship award can be offered per student and the scholarship cannot normally be held in conjunction with any other scholarship.  You may apply for multiple scholarships; if you are successful in being awarded multiple scholarships, the highest value scholarship will be awarded to you.

How to apply

Once you have received an unconditional offer from Birkbeck, you can apply using the online application form for the region where you ordinarily reside.

Successful scholars will be selected based on a statement of no more than 2,000 words in support of the application. The statement should be written entirely by the candidate. It should detail why they are the ideal candidate for the scholarship. Applicants are required to demonstrate they have made provisions to fund the remainder of their tuition fees. 

If you are successfully awarded this scholarship, you will be notified by e-mail. You must complete a payment of the Student visa non-refundable deposit within the time limit stated on your award letter (typically five to seven working days). 

You must successfully enrol for the January 2027 intake no later than 14 December 2026.

Deadline

Round 1: 23:59 (UK time) on 10 November 2026

Round 2: 23:59 (UK time) on 23 November 2026

Please note: Students who have applied by the earlier deadline do not need to submit a new application to be considered for the second round.

If you have not received a notification that your application has been successful within 7 working days of the deadline, you should consider that your application has not been successful for this round.

Terms and conditions

Birkbeck has sole discretion to assign, vary or withdraw this award. 

This award is only available to students enrolling to Birkbeck for the first time.

This award excludes sponsorship students, current students and those returning on the second or third year of the same course.

This award excludes any courses outside of master's programmes starting in January 2026.

As a Birkbeck scholar you may be invited to participate in current and future promotional activities to represent the student body at Birkbeck; including, but not limited to, being interviewed and photographed by our External Relations and Marketing department, providing short progress reports on your studies. 

If the student fails to enrol by 14 December 2027, the scholarship fund will be cancelled in full.