International Postgraduate Scholarships

Aimed at:

Postgraduate students from outside the UK, who will pay full overseas tuition fees.

Eligibility:

You must have been accepted onto a taught masters degree course, starting in January 2026.

Value:

£3,500 in the first year of study.

Terms and conditions

Applicant and course eligibility criteria

• Applicants must hold an offer for a taught masters course (180 credits) at Manchester Metropolitan University, unless specifically stated.

• This offer is only available for programmes commencing in September or January 2026.

• The scholarship offer will only be applied to postgraduate programmes consisting of a minimum of 180 credits, unless specifically stated.

• MFA courses are eligible, providing the full 180 credits are taken in year one, and the full overseas fee is charged.

• Eligible applicants will be awarded a £3,500 scholarship.

• Students studying part-time will be eligible for the scholarship providing they are paying overseas fees. The scholarship will be awarded on a pro-rata basis, in proportion to the tuition fees charged, which means they will receive a proportion of the scholarship in each year of their course.

• International qualifications will be compared with Manchester Metropolitan University’s internal guidelines and all decisions made by the University’s admissions department regarding degree classifications are final and cannot be appealed.

• Only courses being taught on the Manchester campus are eligible. 

• Applicants must be self-funding and classified as overseas students for tuition fee purposes.

• Applicants must successfully meet all conditions set for entry onto their chosen course of study.

Exclusions

The following programmes/categories of programmes are excluded from this scholarship offer:

• Programmes that do not meet the criteria listed above.

• Any postgraduate programme delivered by the Manchester School of Architecture.

• MSc Place Management and Leadership.

• LLM Legal Practice at the Bar.

• Any other postgraduate programme that does not lead to a masters degree.