University of Birmingham - USA Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarships in UK
Scholarship Overview
University of Birmingham - USA Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarships in UK, 2021/22 is offered for Masters degree in the field of Arts and Law, Life and Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences. You can apply to this scholarship here. The deadline for the sending your application is 18 May 2021. This scholarship is provided by University of Birmingham and the value of this scholarship is Partial Funding, £5,000 . This scholarship is open for: Open to US nationals.
- Degree: Masters
- Provided by: University of Birmingham
- Deadline: 18 May 2021
- Scholarship value: Partial Funding, £5,000
The University of Birmingham (UoB) is pleased to announce the award of 4 scholarships of £5,000 for American domiciled students applying for entry to a postgraduate programme at the University starting September 2021. These are joint awards with the local representatives: Across the Pond (ATP). The scholarships will be awarded to the highest performing students starting their UoB programme in 2021/22 academic year.
Value of University of Birmingham - USA Birmingham Postgraduate Scholarships in UK, 2021/22:
The scholarship awards are for £5,000 towards tuition fees for an eligible one year Masters (taught or research) programme at our UK campus.
Eligibility
- Applicants must demonstrate excellent academic background.
- Applicants must haave CGPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale or above.
- Applicants must have a valid student ID number.
- Applicants must have an offer to study a full-time programme at our UK campus (not distance learning).
- Applicants must be a national of the USA, and be domiciled in the USA.
- Applicants must be classified as overseas for fees purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fee not covered by the scholarship.
- Applicants must have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living for a year at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.
- Applicants must be able to pay any outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.
- Applicants must start their studies at the University in September 2021 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).
- Applicants must be registered with and have their postgraduate study application attached to our local representatives: Across the Pond (ATP).
How To Apply
To apply for the scholarship students will need to have accepted an offer from Birmingham, have selected Birmingham as their firm choice, and be in contact with one of our local representatives listed above by the scholarship deadline of 18th May 2021. Selection for the award will be based on academic merit
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 via Skype.
Decisions will be announced at the start of June and the scholarships will be awarded upon the students’ enrolment in September 2021.
Successful scholarship awardees will need to accept by the 30th June 2021.