Centre for the Study of the Renaissance - Warwick Taught Masters Scholarship Scheme

Warwick Taught Masters Scholarship Scheme

You will receive up to about 11,800 EUR (up to £10,000) as a one-off grant towards your tuition fees for a full-time Master’s programme at University of Warwick in England. If your tuition fees are less than £10,000,, the grant will be adjusted to cover only your actual tuition fees. The money is intended solely to cover your tuition fees and cannot be used for living costs. In addition to this financial support, the university’s ‘Widening Participation’ team will support you throughout your studies and refer you to further support services. The programme supports students from low-income and under-represented groups in accessing postgraduate study.

Who can apply

You must meet all the general eligibility criteria, as well as at least one financial criterion and at least one criterion relating to under-represented groups.

• Fee status: You pay tuition fees at the UK ‘domestic’ rate. This means you will not be charged international student fees.
• Course: You will commence a recognised full-time or part-time Master’s degree programme with face-to-face teaching at the University of Warwick in October 2026. Distance-learning programmes, postgraduate diplomas and certificates, as well as short, module-based courses worth fewer than 180 credit points per year (such as an Executive MBA) are not eligible.
• No master's yet: You do not yet hold a Master’s degree, an integrated Master’s degree, a PhD or an equivalent qualification.
• New entry only: You are not continuing with a master’s programme at the University of Warwick that you started before 2026/27, and you are not receiving a full fee waiver (including an NHS or social work scholarship).
• Financial background (at least one): As an undergraduate student, you received a UK Maintenance Grant or a Special Support Grant, or were eligible for a means-tested maintenance loan; or you have refugee status or humanitarian protection status in the UK.
• Under-represented group (at least one; more helps): For example: if your home area is one of the most deprived in England, if you were in care or estranged from your family, you started your bachelor’s degree at the age of 21 or older, you receive disability support (DSA, DLA or PIP), you are a carer for a family member, or you have refugee status or humanitarian status.

How to apply

Applications must be made via the University of Warwick’s online form. You must also have applied for an eligible taught Master’s programme by the deadline. The application deadline is 18 May each year, and results will be sent by email by the end of June. Upload all the required documents along with the form, including a 200-word statement explaining how the Master’s programme supports your career or academic plans.

How realistic are your chances?

This programme is aimed at a narrowly defined target group. You must have ‘Home’ fee status, be commencing an eligible Master’s degree at the University of Warwick, and clearly meet both the financial requirements and the criteria for under-represented groups. As a result, the pool of applicants is significantly smaller than for open scholarships. If you can demonstrate that you meet all three requirements – and, ideally, several criteria relating to under-represented groups – your chances are good.