International Scholarships on Taught Postgraduate Masters at Bath University

Descripción

The University of Bath is offering several scholarships for Taught Postgraduate Master's studies. From £2.000 to £5.000 , it offers tuition fees discounts for international applicants. (not EU citicens). 

There are several scholarship schemes as outlined below. All scholarships are awarded in the form of a discount (‘fee waiver’) on the tuition fee.

• Scheme 1: University of Bath International Scholarships Scheme (UoBISS) Faculty of Engineering and Design, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science | International | Taught Postgraduate Masters (MA, MSc MRes)
  There are 75 scholarships worth up to £3,000each in the University of Bath International Scholarships Scheme (UoBISS). These are for international fee-paying full-time taught post-graduate masters applicants from any country. This scheme includes stand-alone Masters of Research (MRes) programmes.
• Scheme 2: Faculty of Engineering and Design Elite MSc Scholarships Faculty of Engineering and Design | International | Taught Postgraduate Masters (MSc)
  There are 20 Faculty of Engineering and Design Elite MScScholarships each worth £2,000 for international fee-paying full-time taught masters applicants from any country for MSc programmes in Engineering.
• Scheme 3: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School Scholarships Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | International | Taught Postgraduate Masters (MA MSc MRes)
  There are 20 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences scholarships each worth £2,000 for international feepaying full-time taught masters applicants from any country for masters programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences. This scheme includes stand-alone Masters of Research (MRes) programmes.
• Scheme 4: Faculty of Science: Graduate School Taught Scholarships Faculty of Science | International | Taught Postgraduate Masters (MSc MRes)
  There are 20Faculty of Science scholarships each worth £3000 for full-time international fee-paying taught masters applicants from any country for masters programmes in the Faculty of Science. This scheme includes stand-alone Masters of Research (MRes) programmes.
• Scheme 5: Santander Masters Scholarships for students in Latin America Faculty of Engineering and Design, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science | Latin America | Taught Postgraduate Masters (MA, MSc, MRes)
  There are five Santander Masters Scholarships each worth £5,000 for international fee-paying full-time taught masters applicants for any subject area. This scheme includes stand-alone Masters of Research (MRes) programmes. Students must be a graduate of a university in the Santander network in one of the following countries: Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Mexico; Peru, Puerto Rico; Uruguay. School of Management candidates will be considered for Santander scholarships as part of their application to the School of Management scholarships and do not need to make a separate application.

Eligibility

The scholarship schemes (1-5) have specific eligibility criteria which are also set out above and on BU web pages. The criteria below apply to all scholarship applicants for these schemes:

• All applicants must be eligible to pay the international fee. Applicants who are eligible for the Home (UK) or Home (EU) or ‘Islands Students’ status are not eligible for these schemes. In the case that an awardee is re-classified as non-international fee payer s/he is no longer eligible for these awards and the University reserves the right to re-consider the award. 
• Note that for all schemes Postgraduate PhD, Certificate, Diploma and CPD programmes are not eligible. PhD programmes with an MRes are also excluded (e.g. Integrated PhD, MRes/PhD). All part time and distance learning programmes are also excluded. 
• All applicants need to have formally accepted an offer of a place (conditional or unconditional) on a Taught Postgraduate Masters Programme 2016-2017 at the time of making an application for a scholarship. ‘Formally accepted’ means that the decision is logged on the University (SAMIS) application system. 
• If a scholarship is awarded to a conditional offer holder, then any scholarship will also be conditional on the student achieving the conditions of entry.
• Applicants must submit the completed online scholarships application form by 12:00 noon (GMT+1) on Wednesday 1st June 2016. In the case of multiple applications from the same candidate, only the earliest application by date will be considered.

Fees status and previous postgraduate level study

Students classed as international for fees purposes applying for study on an eligible programme who have firmly accepted an offer will be able to submit an application once the online form opens which is expected to be February 2016. Scholarships information is additionally communicated via web pages, emails and Faculty newsletters.

If you have already completed a postgraduate degree qualification (including a non-UK degree qualification) that is the equivalent level to, or higher than your planned programme of study at the University of Bath, you will normally be eligible to apply for any of the 8 schemes.

Programme exceptions

• All Postgraduate PhD, Certificate, Diploma and CPD programmes are not eligible for this scheme. 
• Part time and distance learning programmes are also excluded. 
• MRes programmes are included where specified. 
• MA Contemporary European Studies ('Euromasters' and 'Euromasters with Trans-Atlantic track'). Scholarship awards (from Scheme 1 and Scheme 3 only) for this 24 month programme will additionally continue for the second year of study.