The Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship 2025 for Postgraduate Students

The Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship 2025 for Postgraduate Students was set up in memory of Professor Mike Walker OBE, a name synonymous with the Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway. 

Professor Walker joined Royal Holloway in 1966 and he successfully completed his BSc in Mathematics, before becoming the second PhD student to be supervised by Professor Fred Piper, who founded the ISG. He obtained his PhD in 1973.

Throughout his career in industry, Professor Walker maintained his keen interest for academic research and for many years he held the Vodafone chair as Professor of Telecommunications at Royal Holloway, as part of the ISG. In 2002, Professor Walker was instrumental in founding the ISG Smart Card Centre which continues today.

 

• Table of Content
• About Royal Holloway University of London
• RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship
• RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Royal Holloway University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London, formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship

Application Deadline	12 Jun 2025
Value	£12,000
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	Royal Holloway University of London
Type	Masters
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Royal Holloway University of London
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship

Tuition fee reduction up to £12,000 for selected Masters degrees within Computer Science and Information Security. 

One scholarship is available to a full-time or part-time student with Home or International fee status, studying one of the courses listed below. 

RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship Courses

• Computer Science
• Information Security

Requirements for RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship Qualification

Am I eligible?

• Offer to study one of the following courses: 
  • MSc Information Security
  • MSc Information Security with a Year in Industry
  • MSc Computer Science by Research
  • MSc Artificial Intelligence
  • MSc Computational Finance
  • MSc Data Science and Analytics
  • MSc Machine Learning

• Achieved, or be expected to achieve, at least a 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent
• Applying for your first Masters degree
• Able to demonstrate financial need (i.e. unable to undertake further study without the financial support of the scholarship).

Interview date, Process and Venue for RHUL Professor Mike Walker OBE Scholarship

This scholarship is provided as a tuition fee reduction. If your course fee is less than £12,000, only the fee will be covered (no additional cash award will be made). 

Application Deadline

June 12, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Royal Holloway University of London on royalhollowayacuk.elluciancrmrecruit.com to apply

You’ll need to submit your application, including a scholarship statement, on our applicant portal. Follow the button below.

Apply now!!!!!

 We advise you to read the application guidelines below so you know what to include.

The deadline to apply for this scholarship is midnight (UK time) on Thursday 12 June.

For more details visit: RHUL website.