Alumni Scholarship

To celebrate our 125th anniversary, we are offering 300 tuition fee waivers worth £2,000 through our Alumni Scholarship.

As a Birmingham graduate, we want to support you in taking the next steps in your journey as you continue to study, and develop your career. With the familiarity of the University of Birmingham, you will have access to our resources, facilities and support networks to shape and secure your future. We can assure you that you will receive our wellbeing and careers support, community and resources to assist you in your development. Recognised as the UK’s number one university for graduate employability by the UK’s top 100 employers, we are committed to supporting you with the opportunities to enhance your career during your studies with us.

The tuition fee discounts for our progressing undergraduate students are our commitment to you, in appreciation of your choice to stay with us for your postgraduate degree.

Who is the scholarship available to?

The 300 tuition fee scholarships are available to our alumni returning to the University of Birmingham within the 2025/26 academic year to study a postgraduate taught Masters degree. Students must be studying an eligible 180-credit taught Masters degree to be able to apply for the award. Applications are open to all alumni, meaning that both Home and International students can apply for the scholarship.

Eligibility

University of Birmingham alumni are able to apply for the Alumni Scholarship. Students must be intending to study an eligible 180-credit postgraduate taught Masters degree in the 2025/26 academic year.

The programmes eligible are:

• LLM

• MA (Taught)

• MPH

• MSc (Pre-reg)

• MSc (Taught)

• PGCE (Teacher Training)

• Postgraduate Diploma

• MSc intercalation programmes

The scholarship only applies to our programmes delivered at our Edgbaston Campus or online via distance learning.

The award will not apply to the following postgraduate programmes:

• PG Certificate

• SKE

• EngD

• LLB for Graduates

• MA (Research)

• MRes

• MSc (Research)

• MBChB

• PhD

• PhD with Integrated Study

• Programmes delivered at our Dubai Campus

• Integrated courses (e.g. MSci and MEng) that are supported with undergraduate student finance

• Intercalated degrees

• Schools Direct programmes

• All top-up programmes

 Deadline 

• The deadline for round one is 23:59 (UK time) on 30 April 2025.

• The deadline for round two is 23:59 (UK time) on 31 July 2025.