International financial support

Scholarships of £1,000-£5,000 are available for students starting a undergraduate or postgraduate course in autumn 2026.

This scholarship offers Indonesian students £10,000 towards their tuition fees for a wide range of one-year taught postgraduate courses in the 2026-27 academic year.

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 available for international students domiciled in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam.

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

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

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.

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

Birkbeck administers a range of loans for students from the United States. 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.

This award will provide up to three fully funded studentships per year, over five cohorts.

This £5,000 scholarship is open to students studying BA Japanese Studies, BA Japanese Studies with Foundation Year or BA Japanese Studies with International Experience.

Students studying the subject areas of earth and planetary sciences can apply for financial assistance for fieldwork and non-fieldwork costs.

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

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

This is a partial fee waiver for a student on MA History of Art, MA History of Art with Collections Management or MA History of Art with Curating.