2026 David Guard MABECS Birmingham Postgraduate Taught Scholarships

The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce the generous award of 2 full tuition fee scholarships for Malaysian students applying for entry to a postgraduate taught programme at the University starting September 2026. We are proud to be offering these joint awards with our local representative MABECS in Malaysia. See MABECS webpage linked here for further details.

In remembrance of Mr. David Guard. His kindness, his ability to embrace and inspire those around him. His philanthropy to not only help but do his best for others will forever be memorialised through this scholarship. Special thanks to MABECS, for partnering with us to deliver this scholarship. The scholarships will be awarded to high-performing students starting their University of Birmingham programme in 2026/27 academic year.

• Table of Content
• About University of Birmingham
• University of Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of University of Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for University of Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

University of Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of University of Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarship

• This is a full scholarship to cover tuition fees of a full time postgraduate taught Masters degree programme of one-year duration at the University starting September 2026.

Requirements for University of Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

Please note that students already registered and studying on a programme at the University of Birmingham in the UK are not eligible for this award.

In order to be eligible, candidates must:

• You should have an excellent academic background. Candidates should have or be expecting a 2.1 in a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Have received and accepted an offer for a full time postgraduate taught programme starting September 2026 at the University of Birmingham (Birmingham campus). The student must be entering the first year of a postgraduate taught programme.
• Meet the academic conditions of their offer to the programme.
• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.
• Start their studies at the University in September 2026 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).
• If a scholarship recipient decides to defer their programme start date to September 2026, they will no longer be eligible as the scholarship is only available for programmes starting in September 2026.
• Students seeking to study on a course solely delivered as a ‘distance learning’ programme are not eligible for this scholarship.
• Successful recipients of the scholarships must have completed online university registration and be ‘Normally Registered’ by 3 October 2026 (23:59 UK time/ GMT+1). If this is not the case, the university will withdraw the scholarship.
• Be registered with, and have their postgraduate study application attached to our local representatives MABECS.
• Submit their scholarship application through MABECS by the deadline; 30 June 2026.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• This is a competitive scholarship; please ensure you have fulfilled the eligibility requirements outlined above.
• To apply for the scholarship, students will need to be registered with MABECS, have accepted an offer from the University of Birmingham by the scholarship deadline of 30 June 2026.
• Selection for the award will be based on academic merit and a 500-word essay summary on ‘What this scholarship means to you’ to be submitted to MABECS.
• Only under exceptional circumstances in which the University is unable to choose an awardee based solely on academic merit (for instance, if two candidates have identical grades) will applicants be asked to attend an interview. 

For more information, kindly visit University of Birmingham scholarship webpage.