The University of Glasgow is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2024-2025 academic session for its Excellence scholarships. This scholarship is available to qualified candidates with a 1st class UK-equivalent honours degree of 70% and above who are interested in pursuing a postgraduate programme. The scholarship aims to attract intellectually talented students and provide them with an education that is research-informed and demanding, as well as industry-informed.
The scholarship sponsor and host institution of this programme is the University of Glasgow in the UK, and the funding amount is a £10,000 tuition fee discount. There are four awards available, and international postgraduate students are eligible to apply with either conditional or unconditional offers for an eligible Master’s programme. Additionally, applicants must have international or EU fee status.
The eligible countries for this scholarship include Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo Democratic Republic of, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea North, Korea South, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The eligible programmes for this scholarship include Computational Geoscience [MSc], Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships [MSc], Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems [MSc], Geoinformation Technology & Cartography [MSc/PgDip/PgCert], Geomatics & Management [MSc], Geospatial & Mapping Sciences [MSc/PgDip/PgCert], Geospatial Data Science & Modelling [MSc], Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies [MRes], Land & Hydrographic Surveying [MSc/PgDip/PgCert], Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement [MSc], and Sustainable Water Environments [MSc]. The application deadline is March 31, 2024. To apply, interested applicants must click on the ‘Apply now’ link which will direct them to the Scholarship Portal. Visit the official website for further details.