The School of Culture and Creative Arts (SCCA) - School of Culture and Creative Arts: funding opportunities

What you get

This is an overview of the funding opportunities available at the School of Culture & Creative Arts at the University of Glasgow, not a single scholarship. It covers three groups: undergraduate students, students on taught Master’s programmes, and PhD students. What you are eligible for depends on which pathway is best suited to you:

• Creative Practice Fund (undergraduate and master's): A grant for a student-initiated art project outside the regular degree programme, amounting to up to approximately 580 EUR (500 GBP) or, in exceptional cases, up to approximately 870 EUR (750 GBP). This fund is currently closed to new applications.
• Part-time fee grant (taught master's): to around 580 EUR (500 GBP) per year as a grant towards your tuition fees, paid via the Scottish Awards Agency for Students (SAAS).
• MPhil Textile Conservation (taught master's): The Textile Conservation Foundation, a charity supported by the University of Glasgow, can help you raise funds and offers scholarships which you can apply for once you have been admitted. There is no direct scholarship available.
• The PhD studentships (research): fully-funded places are awarded by the College of Arts & Humanities. These cover your full tuition fees as well as an annual living allowance (a fixed living grant) at the UK research rate, i.e. approximately 25,000 EUR (21,805 GBP) for 2026–27, for a period of approximately three years.

Who can apply

• Level: You are a Bachelor’s student, a Master’s student on a teacher-training programme or a PhD student.
• Field of study: Your field of specialism is theatre, film, television, music, art history, textile conservation or cultural policy. Some PhD scholarships are tied to a narrowly defined topic, such as classical singing or textiles and Scottish design.
• University: You are studying at the University of Glasgow or are applying for a place there.
• Nationality: Applicants of all nationalities are welcome to apply. Some scholarships are aimed at specific groups, such as the ‘Sanctuary PhD’ scholarship for refugees and asylum seekers, and a scholarship for Black students residing in the United Kingdom.
• Income (part-time fee grant only): Your income does not exceed approximately 25,500 EUR (22,000 GBP) per year, and you are studying part-time in Scotland.

How to apply

There is no single application process. You should apply to the fund that is right for you. Apply for the tuition fee grant for part-time students via the SAAS website and for doctoral scholarships via the Graduate School of the College of Arts & Humanities. The deadlines for applying for tuition fee grants vary depending on the degree programme. The deadlines for PhD scholarships are in the spring for a start date in October, and the application deadline for the MPhil programme in ‘Textile Conservation’ is in November for a start date the following autumn.

How realistic are your chances?

Your prospects depend entirely on which fund you apply for. Fully-funded PhD scholarships are individual awards for narrowly defined topics, so competition is fierce and only applicants with very similar qualifications are likely to be successful. Smaller grants towards tuition fees are easier to obtain if you meet the income and study format requirements, as they merely top up the tuition fees rather than covering the entire course. Make sure you check the relevant deadlines well in advance, as some funding rounds take place only once a year.