2026 University College London Global Master's Scholarship

The UCL Global Master's Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master's degree studies at UCL.

• Table of Content
• About University College London
• Masters Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Masters Scholarship
• Requirements for Masters Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Masters Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Masters Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Masters Scholarship

• There are up to 85 (eighty-five) scholarships available in 2026/27 with five ring-fenced for students from India, and one for a student from Japan*.
• The value of the bursary is £15,000.
• The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2yrs in length.  In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.
• The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.
• Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.
• The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.

* The Japan award forms part of the Musubi Global Master's Scholarship

Requirements for Masters Scholarship Qualification

Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:

• be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;
• come from a lower income background*;
• AND have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master's degree at UCL in 2026/27.  Please note: Distance-learning options are not eligible for this fund; students must be coming to the UK to attend UCL in person.

*Guidance on how UCL defines household income can be found on our essential information page.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Masters Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded on the basis of financial need and upon the recommendation of the Student Funding Office.

Check also:
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit University College London webpage.