LSHTM 2021-2022 Fund Scholarships for Students from Developing Countries

This scholarship has been made possible by donors to the LSHTM Fund. Supported by hundreds of alumni and friends, the LSHTM Fund provides scholarships for the next generation of global health leaders. This year’s scholarship is intended to support an excellent candidate who would be unable to take up a place of study without this financial support.

• Table of Content
• About London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• LSHTM Fund Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of LSHTM Fund Scholarships
• Requirements for LSHTM Fund Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Founded in 1899 at the London Docks, LSHTM is now based in Bloomsbury, where it has two main sites at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, and additional sites in The Gambia and Uganda. Today, our staff, students and alumni work in government, academia, international agencies and health services across the world. Learn more about the history of LSHTM.

LSHTM Fund Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of LSHTM Fund Scholarships

The scholarship award comprises

• 2021-22 tuition fees (at the overseas fee rate), including any mandatory field trip fees, and
• a tax-free stipend (living allowance) of GBP 17,400.00.

Requirements for LSHTM Fund Scholarships Qualification

This scholarship is open to applicants intending to study on a one-year, full-time, London-based MSc programme at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2021-21.

To be eligible for these scholarships, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• be nationals of, and resident in, low to middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank);
• intend to return to a low to middle income country on completion of their MSc year at LSHTM;
• confirm in writing that they would not otherwise be able to pay for the proposed programme of study;
• meet LSHTM’s minimum English language requirements (as required by LSHTM’s Admissions system);
• a first or upper second-class honours undergraduate degree of a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard;
• hold an offer of admission for 2021-22 for one of LSHTM’s 19 London-based (face-to-face) MSc programmes of study.

Selection Criteria: The selection panel awarding this highly competitive scholarship will consider applicants’ experience and qualifications and potential, looking for those with the greatest potential to accelerate in their career and make significant contributions to public and global health, and/or health-related research (following a year’s study at LSHTM).

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Applicants should complete both steps below by the scholarship deadline.

Step 1

Submit an application for 2020-21 for an eligible MSc programme of study, as per instructions under the ‘How to Apply’ tab on the relevant programme of study page. Applicants should ensure that all necessary supplementary admissions documents (including references) are submitted via LSHTM’s Admissions Portal by the scholarship deadline.

Please note that if you are applying for admission to LSHTM and are accepted, you will be asked to pay a deposit within 28 days. If you are applying for a scholarship at LSHTM, please email the Admissions Team within this 28 day period, specifying the name of this scholarship and the expected decision date. This must be repeated for every scholarship for which you are applying. The admissions team will then apply an extension to the deposit deadline to match the decision deadline of the scholarship.

Step 2

Submit an online scholarships application, selecting this scholarship option ‘2020-21 LSHTM Fund Scholarship’ from the drop-down menu. A completed Supplementary Questions Form for this scholarship must be uploaded as part of this application. This is the only attachment required in Step 2 (as applicants should have already submitted references, transcripts, and a CV as part of their application for study).

If you have any queries about the application process, scholarship requirements or application deadline, please contact our Scholarships team.

If you encounter any technical difficulties whilst using the online scholarships application form, in the first instance please try clearing your browser cache and ensure that you are using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. If this does not fix your technical issue, please contact LSHTM’s IT Services team, providing your full name; the scholarship that you are applying for; and the technical issue that you have encountered. Please also attach a screen shot where possible.

For more details, visit LSHTM website.