International financial support

Scholarships of £3,000 are available for postgraduate students starting in January 2026 on a master's programme.

This 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.

This scholarship is designed to support international students who have completed a foundation programme with OnCampus in continuing their studies at Birkbeck.

A number of organisations offer external scholarships that international students studying at Birkbeck can apply for.

This scholarship is available for international students domiciled in India who are enrolling for the autumn 2025 and the January 2026 intakes.

Commonwealth citizens can apply for a number of different funds under the Commonwealth Scholarship.

Chevening Scholarships are full cost, covering both tuition fees and living costs. Available for full-time master's students on a taught courses.

Birkbeck administers a range of loans for students from the United States. Find out how to apply and whether you're eligible.

Birkbeck administers a range of loans for students from Canada. Find out how to apply and whether you're eligible.

The bursary looks to support talented students who come from a low income background or demonstrate financial difficulty studying in the School of Psychological Studies.

Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), CHASE offers fully funded doctoral research studentships across the entire range of Birkbeck's arts and humanities research.

An award of up to £1,000 for students studying earth and planetary sciences.

Students studying the subject areas of earth and planetary sciences can apply for up to £500 for non-fieldwork costs.

This £1,000 scholarship is open to students studying French or French Studies.

We are pleased to offer five bursaries of £5,000 to students from diverse backgrounds wanting to study environment and sustainability.

The School of Historical Studies will award a limited number of bursaries to students embarking on the MRes in Philosophy.

Five scholarships are available for part-time postgraduate students studying in the School of Historical Studies, the School of Natural Sciences and School of Psychological Sciences.

The Sasakawa Postgraduate studentships is available to students studying a postgraduate taught or research degree with a focus on Japanese studies.

This fund helps students studying the subject areas of earth and planetary sciences with fieldwork or travel to a conference or other academic-related travel costs.

This award aims to foster women’s participation in the sport industry and aims to benefit a female student enrolled on a sport programme (MSc).