University of Strathclyde

Key facts

• Number of scholarships: Up to 10

• Value: £1,800

• Opens: 10 September 2024

• Deadline: 12 December 2024

• Helps with: Tuition fees

• Duration: 2/3 years

Summary

Scholarships of £1,800 are available to new students joining one of our online programmes in the Faculty of Science in the 2024/2025 academic year commencing January 2025.

-MSc Applied Statistics

-MSc Applied Statistics in Health Sciences

-MSc Applied Statistics in Finance

-MSc Applied Statistics with Data Science

Scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to candidates who demonstrate excellent academic performance (current and/ or previously gained) and any relevant extra-curricular or professional experience.

Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis. Awards may be allocated early in the application cycle and so making an early application for admission is advised.   

Eligibility

In order to be considered for a Faculty of Science Online Masters Scholarship, candidates must:

• Be a new student holding an offer of admission for an online MSc in the Faculty of Science commencing January 2025.

• Be self-funded. Students who receive full scholarships, for example from a government office or embassy, will not be eligible.

Terms and conditions

• Applicants must meet all of the above eligibility criteria to be considered for a Faculty of Science Online Masters Scholarship.

• Applicants who have been awarded a scholarship will be notified within four weeks of submitting a scholarship application form.

• To receive their scholarship, awardees must enrol in year one of an online masters degree in the 2024/ 2025 academic year, commencing January 2025 and continue to meet all of the above eligibility criteria throughout their studies.

• Online masters degrees in the Faculty of Science are studied part-time over three years. The scholarship will be awarded towards the payment of a student’s tuition fee as a £600 award in each of the three years of study, or a £900 award in each of the two years of study, subject to academic progression.

• Successful candidates will be selected on their academic performance (current and/or previously gained), any relevant extra-curricular or professional experience alongside their scholarship application form.

• Scholarship recipients will be expected to engage with online student ambassador activities during their course of study, such as supporting online student recruitment activities. 

• The awards are available for an online masters only, on campus masters degrees are not eligible.

• Students who defer their offer of admission will not be eligible. 

• Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis. Awards may be allocated early in the application cycle.

• The deadline for consideration is 12 December 2024.

• Students are only eligible to hold one scholarship per academic year from the University of Strathclyde.

• The Faculty of Science's decision on the awarding of scholarships is final. Appeals will not be considered.

Subject eligibility

Mathematics & statistics

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Taught

Study modes eligibility

Part Time, Distance

Fee Status

Home (Scottish), England or N. Ireland or Rep. Ireland or Wales, International

Student type

Applicant