Postgraduate funding archive

The Keele Alumni Discount

The award

This is a 20% discount of the tuition fee charged for Keele Alumni (10% for online programmes).

Eligibility 

In order to be eligible for the Keele Alumni Discount, you must fulfil the following criteria: 

• You must have graduated from Keele University (including students who have completed Keele degrees overseas) with either an undergraduate degree, a postgraduate degree award (of at least 120 credits or a full Master's degree) or the Keele Certificate in Counselling. All Keele graduates who meet the aforementioned criteria are eligible to receive the discount, regardless of their original graduation date. 
• You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University. Students taking a taught postgraduate course with Keele University to at least 120 credits will be eligible for consideration for the discount. The award will be offered for some lower credit courses providing total credit study within the academic year exceeds 40 credits. 
• You must not be taking a course that is fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. If your course is partly funded by an external organisation/employer, discounts will only be applied to the proportion of fees you pay as an individual. The Student Finance Postgraduate Loan does not affect your eligibility for this award. 
• Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Keele Alumni Discount. 
• If you are studying on a modular basis (typically on modular study that does not contribute to a named Keele University award), the discount will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed study that exceeds 40 credit value in the academic year, and the discount will be applied to subsequent modules. This does not apply for students studying a programme delivered wholly online. In this instance the discount will be applied automatically at the point of payment. 

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2023, or January 2024. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry. 

How to apply

Keele University alumni applicants holding offers for a Keele University postgraduate programme will automatically be considered for the Keele Alumni Discount when we assess your application. You will not need to submit a separate application for an award.

The Keele Graduate Scholarship

The award

An award of £3,000 for UK students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University who attained a first class honours in their first degree. 

Eligibility

• You must be liable to pay UK tuition fees for postgraduate study at Keele University.
• You must have graduated with a first-class honours undergraduate degree (Bachelors) from a UK university. If you have graduated from a university outside the UK, we will require a copy of your degree certificate and may ask that you provide evidence that your classification is equivalent to a first-class honours degree obtained in the UK.
• You must have been resident in the UK for at least three years prior to embarking on postgraduate study. You must not have been resident purely for the purpose of receiving education.
• For the purposes of assessing your eligibility for this award, we will only consider the classification obtained in your first degree. Performance in postgraduate and graduate study or second undergraduate degrees will not be considered. Similarly, we will not consider performance in academic study that is considered to be at a lower level than a degree, or equivalent experience.
• You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2023 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.
• Only one fee discount of up to £3,000 can be made for study towards one postgraduate award. For example, students registered for an MA will receive one scholarship for study leading to the MA, even in the event of there being a gap between study leading to a PG Diploma in that subject and study leading to the award of the MA.
• You must not be taking a course that is partially or fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. Should you be awarded funding during your study, the award will be cancelled. The Student Finance Postgraduate Loan does not affect your eligibility for this award.
• You must not be in receipt of another Keele bursary, scholarship or grant that exceeds the total you may receive from the Keele Postgraduate Bursary Scheme. In the event that you are offered more than one of these by Keele, you will be paid the larger sum only.
• If you are studying on a modular basis, the scholarship will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed four modules. The discount will then only be applied to subsequent modules.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available, and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

Students taking a PGCE course, the MA in Social Work or the Full Time MBA course are not eligible to receive the Keele Graduate Scholarship.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

How to apply  

Where possible, assessments for eligibility will be completed by the end of your first semester, and students who are eligible to receive the award, will be sent an award confirmation email to their Keele student email account. The relevant tuition fee waiver will be applied against your tuition fee records by the Income Office accordingly.

Care Leavers' and Estranged Students' Bursary*

The award

This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant eligibility criteria. Upon completing their degrees, recipients are awarded another £500.

Find out more about this award here.

The Aziz Foundation Scholarship

The award

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering this new Scholarship for September 2023 entry, which is in collaboration with The Aziz Foundation. 

The Aziz Foundation is awarding 100% Tuition fee Masters Scholarships (equivalent to one year full time Masters) to three exceptional British Muslims who are lacking the financial means to fund their postgraduate degree, at Keele University for the 2023/24 academic year. 

These Scholarships aim to empower British Muslims to bring positive change to their communities and beyond. 

Eligibility

The Aziz Foundation scholarships are awarded to UK individuals who have career aspirations in media and journalism, technology, sustainability and the environment, law, policy, and creative content. 

Applicants should meet the following requirements:

• Be eligible for Home fee status.
• Be able to demonstrate active engagement in British Muslim communities. 
• Be able to demonstrate a long-term commitment to community/societal development. 

Full eligibility can be found on The Aziz Foundation website. 

Exceptions

Please note that this award cannot be combined with any other Scholarships. 

The Aziz Foundation do not accept applications from students wanting to study science, health policy, or mathematics courses. 

The Scholarship covers the entirety of the qualifying recipients tuition fee. No cash alternative is available. 

How to apply

Applications are to be made directly to The Aziz Foundation, who will shortlist, interview, and make offers according to their set criteria. 

Applications are submitted online, via a portal on The Aziz Foundation website. Applications will open on 9th January 2023. 

The application for the scholarship is undertaken independently of an application to study at Keele University. Both applications must be successful to receive the full scholarship. 

Full time MBA Scholarship

The award

For full time MBA Scholarship is available for both UK and International Students.

Enrolled UK students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

• £5,000 scholarship offered to students with 2:1 or above qualification and that meet our other entry requirements
• £3,000 scholarship offered to students with 2:2 equivalent and that meet our other entry requirements  

Eligibility 

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2023. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Exceptions

• This scholarship means students would be exempt from the Keele Graduate scholarship. 
• The scholarship is only available for students enrolling onto the full time MBA at Keele University
• The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

The Keele Postgraduate Research Alumni Discount (KPGRAD)

The award

This is a 20% discount of the tuition fee for the first year of full time study, or part time equivalent charged for Keele Alumni. Students must be studying a post graduate research programme (MPhil, PhD, or Professional Doctorate) either delivered on Keele Campus or Online. 

Find out more about this award here. 

OFS Funded Scholarship for the MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

The award

The award offers Scholarships of £10,000 that are available for underrepresented students in aims to address skills gaps and increase diversity in the UK AI and Data Science workforce. 

Find out more about this award here.

Keele Staff Discount

The award

If you are a Keele University employee, you may be eligible for a 30% discount off your postgraduate tuition fees. The discount is equivalent to 30% off the course fee whether your fee status is assessed as Home or Overseas. Staff ID will need to be provided at the application stage for your application to be processed for the discount (subject to eligibility). 

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the Keele Staff Discount Award, you must fulfil the following criteria:

• You must be a substantive member of staff holding a current contract of employment with the University or Keele Students’ Union (including fixed-term staff but not including those employed on a casual basis such as Student Ambassadors).
• You must have successfully passed your probationary period.  
• You must be in post at the time of enrolment for the applicable year of study.
• You must not be studying a programme delivered 100% online.
• You must be registered on, and attending, a postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Certificate level at Keele University. Students taking a taught postgraduate course with Keele University to at least 60 credits will be eligible for consideration for the discount. 
• If you are studying on a modular basis (typically on modular study that does not contribute to a named Keele University award), the discount will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed study that exceeds 60 credit value, and the discount will be applied to subsequent modules. 

Exceptions

Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Keele Staff Discount. 

You must not be taking a course that is fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. If your course is partly funded by an external organisation/employer, discounts will only be applied to the proportion of fees you pay as an individual. The Student Finance Postgraduate Loan does not affect your eligibility for this award.  

How to apply 

The discount will be applied automatically when you apply for an eligible course. Your staff ID must be entered at the application stage for your application to be processed for the discount (subject to eligibility). 

Keele Alumni Discount

The award

This is a 20% discount of the tuition fee charged for Keele Alumni (10% for online programmes).

The Keele Alumni Discount is a reduction of 20% off the total tuition fees for any taught postgraduate course leading to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma at Keele University. Eligibility will be assessed prior to enrolment and students who are to receive the award will be notified of the discount being applied on the CAS checklist.

For students studying a programme delivered wholly online, the same eligibility criteria as for UK students will apply and the reduction will be 10%.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the Keele Alumni Discount, you must fulfil the following criteria: 

• You must have graduated from Keele University (including students who have completed Keele degrees overseas) with either an undergraduate degree, a postgraduate degree award (of at least 120 credits or a full Master's degree) or the Keele Certificate in Counselling. All Keele graduates who meet the aforementioned criteria are eligible to receive the discount, regardless of their original graduation date.  
• You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University. Students taking a taught postgraduate course with Keele University to at least 120 credits will be eligible for consideration for the discount. The award will be offered for some lower credit courses providing total credit study within the academic year exceeds 40 credits.  
• You must not be taking a course that is fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. If your course is partly funded by an external organisation/employer, discounts will only be applied to the proportion of fees you pay as an individual.
• Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Keele Alumni Discount.  

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2023. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry. 

How to apply

Keele University alumni applicants holding offers for a Keele University postgraduate programme will automatically be considered for the Keele Alumni Discount when we assess your application. You will not need to submit a separate application for an award. 

Postgraduate Global Scholarship

The award

Enrolled international students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount: 

• 1st - £6,000
• 2:1 - £3,500
• 2:2 - £2,000

Please note that this will be assessed as per the University's defined equivalence.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarships will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available, and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit. 

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2023, or January 2024. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry. 

Only self-funded international students are eligible, and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The Scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local government, charities or private organisations. 

The award is not available for students studying the following programmes: 

• MBA
• Medicine
• PGCE
• Physiotherapy 
• Social work 

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2023 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award. 

The Scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele. 

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected postgraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele Postgraduate Scholarship when we assess your application. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

Vice Chancellors Scholarship

The award

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering this new Scholarship for September 2023 entry, which provides three successful candidates with a full tuition fee reduction and three successful candidates with a 50% tuition fee reduction. The Scholarship is based on an application, and awards will be made by a selection panel.

Successful students will be expected to act as ambassadors for Keele University and provide content for the Global Student Recruitment and Admissions Office in the form of testimonials, video content, and through active engagement in our ambassador programme.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students, who are eligible to pay overseas fees.

To be considered for the Vice Chancellors Scholarship, you must hold a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of Keele at the time of your Scholarship application. Please note that students must hold an Unconditional offer by the closing date of the Scholarship application (30^th June 2023).

You must also have achieved, or be on track to meet the following criteria:

• First Class or equivalent in Bachelors  

You must also currently hold a recognised English Language certificate which meets the following criteria:

• IELTS 7.0 or above; or equivalent  

Exemption

Please note that this award cannot be combined with any other Scholarships.

The Scholarship applies to many Postgraduate Taught programmes offered at Keele University, however, excludes the following subject areas:

• MBA
• Medicine
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Vet School

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

To apply for the Vice Chancellors Scholarship, applicants must:

1. Hold an offer to study at Keele University for an eligible programme. Please note that students must hold an Unconditional Offer for their chosen programme by the Scholarship application deadline (30^th June 2023).
2. Complete the application form, which can be accessed on the applicant portal, outlining why you should be awarded the Scholarship, and what would make you an excellent ambassador for Keele University.

Application deadline

Applications for this Scholarship will close on 30th June 2023.

Full Time MBA Scholarship

The award

For the full time MBA, Scholarships are available for both UK and International Students.

Eligibility

Enrolled International students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

£5,000 scholarship offered to students with 2:1 or above qualification and that meet our other entry requirements

£3,000 scholarship offered to students with 2:2 equivalent and that meet our other entry requirements  

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2023. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Exemptions

The scholarship is only available for students enrolling onto the Full Time MBA course at Keele University.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele. 

How to apply

Your application will be assessed automatically when you apply so there is no need to provide a separate application for this scholarship. You will be notified of your scholarship within your offer letter and your offer will be based on assessment of all admissions criteria. 

For more regarding our scholarships please refer to our Terms and conditions. 

US Federal Student Loans

Please note that the following information is for 2022/23 entry.

Keele participates in the US Government's William D Ford Direct Loans Scheme. For further information please look at the Department of Education's website.

Federal Direct Loans are provided by the US Government. They are available to US citizens and eligible non-citizens who have firmly accepted an unconditional offer to study at Keele University.

You must borrow a Direct Stafford Loan and the maximum amount available depends on if you are a postgraduate or an undergraduate student. You then apply for a Direct PLUS Loan if additional funds are required.  

We are certified in respect of all of our undergraduate and postgraduate study courses which lead to an undergraduate degree or postgraduate degree except for undergraduate medicine and nursing courses, which are not certified to receive funding for US students.

It is important that you apply for your funding as soon as you have accepted an offer to study at Keele, at the very latest.  

Our school (OPEID) number is 030294.

Chevening Scholarships

Chevening scholarships are open to applicants from over 160 countries and territories around the world, looking to study an eligible one year taught master’s degree at a UK institution. To apply for a Chevening scholarship you must have:

• An undergraduate degree
• At least two years' work experience (including voluntary experience)
• Leadership skills such as excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and the sheer determination to achieve your goals

For more information about Chevening, please visit chevening.org.

How to apply

You'll need to apply for both a full time master's degree and a Chevening Scholarship. We recommend applying for your chosen courses of study before or at the same time as applying for a Chevening Scholarship.

Applications for Chevening Scholarships open on 3 August until 2 November 2022.

Courses will begin in September 2023.

Commonwealth Scholarships

We accept students with the following Commonwealth Scholarships:

• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)
• Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)
• Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships

Candidates are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully and to ensure they meet the full eligibility criteria as stated in the terms and conditions. For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission in the UK's website: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk

Applications for 2022 Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarships will close on 17 February 2022. 

Applications for 2022 Commonwealth Master's and PhD Scholarships closed on 1 November 2021.

Great Scholarships 2023

Great Scholarships

Are you considering a postgraduate degree in the UK? A GREAT scholarship could be for you!

GREAT Scholarships are jointly funded by Keele University with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.

January 2024 entry

We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for one-year master’s programmes to students from Bangladesh, who will enrol at Keele University in January 2024. Two scholarships are available.

• MSc Accounting and Financial Management
• MSc Banking and Finance
• MSc Business Analytics
• MA Human Resource Management
• MSc International Business
• MSc Investment Management
• MSc Management
• MSc Marketing
• MBA

How to apply

In order to apply for a GREAT Scholarship, applicants should:

1. Apply online for an eligible course through the course webpage 
2. Apply online on the applicant portal by pressing apply button

Application deadline

Applications will close on the 31 October 2023.

Selection criteria

The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. No application form or essay is necessary for this scholarship

Successful award holders are to be informed by 14 November 2023.

September 2023 entry

We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for one-year master’s programmes to students from Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Kenya, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan, who will enrol at Keele University in the 2023-24 academic year. Eleven scholarships are available (Three each for Nigeria and India, one each for Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan) in the following subjects: 

• MSc Advanced Computer Science
• MSc Computer Science
• MSc Accounting and Financial Management
• MSc Banking and Finance
• MSc Business Analytics
• MSc Enterprise and Innovation
• MA Human Resource Management
• MSc International Business
• MSc Investment Management
• MSc Management
• MSc Marketing
• MBA

Please note that applicants must be Bangladeshi, Chinese, Ghanaian, Kenyan, Nigerian, Indian, or Pakastani passport holders.

For more information on the GREAT Scholarships 2023 campaign, please visit the British Council’s website.

Great Scholarships For Climate Change

The Great Scholarship for climate change is jointly funded by Keele University with the UK government's GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council. 

We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year master's programme to a student from Nigeria who will enrol at Keele University in the 2023-24 academic year. One scholarship is available in the following subject: 

• MSc Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology

Please note that applicants must be Nigerian passport holders. 

For more information on the GREAT Scholarships 2023 campaign, please visit the British Council’s website.

How to apply

In order to apply for a GREAT Scholarship, applicants should:

1. Apply online for an eligible course through the course webpage 
2. Apply online on the applicant portal by pressing apply button

Application deadline

Applications will close on the 31st May 2023.

Selection criteria

The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. No application form or essay is necessary for this scholarship

Successful award holders are to be informed by June 2023.

Marshall Scholarships

Eligibility

Applications must be endorsed by the President, Provost, or Academic Dean of the applicant's educational institution (or employer). The online application must be submitted and authorised by a designated member of staff at the applicant's educational institution (or employer).

NB: The US institution may have earlier deadlines for submission of applications. Whether this is the case or not applications must be submitted in a timely manner in order for the US institution to be able to authorise it for submission by the deadline.

How to apply

Applications should be made via Marshall.

Article 26 Sanctuary Scholarships

Here at Keele we believe that everyone has the right to education and are working to ensure that asylum seekers and students from a forced migrant background are able to access Higher Education. Successful applicants for the 2024 Article 26 Sanctuary Scholarship at Keele University will be provided with: 

• A full tuition fee waiver for up to 4 years
• A cash award of £1200 each year towards living costs
• An additional award of £250 towards course costs each year of study to be loaded onto the student’s Keele card
• Personal support will also be available for each successful student to enable them to identify and overcome barriers to achievement on their degree programme.

Please be aware that the scholarship is unable to provide full maintenance support so applicants must be able to provide evidence that they will be able to cover their living costs whilst studying.  

Applications are now closed: We will be in touch with all applicants by the end of July 2023 to let them know the outcome of their applications.

Keele Postgraduate Research Alumni Discount (KPGRAD)

Eligibility

In order to receive the KPGRAD, you must fulfil the following criteria: 

• You must have graduated from Keele University (including students who have completed Keele degrees overseas) with either an undergraduate degree, a postgraduate award (of at least 120 credits or a full Master's degree) or the Keele Certificate in Counselling. All Keele graduates are eligible for consideration to receive the discount, regardless of their original graduation date. 
  
  
• You must be registered on, and attending, a postgraduate research course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to an MPhil, PHD, or a professional doctorate award.
• This award is applied to the first 12 months full time, or part time equivalent, of your course only. It is not applied to every year of your course. If part-time, it is applied to the first 15 months if part-time on an 0.8 FTE basis, and to the first 24 months if part-time on an 0.5 FTE basis of the base tuition fee. 
  
  
• You must not be taking a course that is fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. If your course is partly funded by an external organisation/employer, discounts will only be applied to the proportion of fees you pay as an individual. The Student Finance Postgraduate Loan does not affect your eligibility for this award. 

How to apply

There is no application form for this award, it is automatically applied. 

Eligibility will be assessed prior to enrolment and students who are to receive the award will be notified of the discount being applied on the CAS checklist.

The fee difference waiver for international students on UKRI-funded studentship

Eligibility

In order to receive the International Doctoral Fee Waiver, you must fulfil the following criteria: 

• Have been awarded funding by one of the Research Councils under UKRI for a PhD or a Masters and PhD programme at Keele University 
  
  
• Be an international student

If due to any change in circumstances you move your award to a different institution, there is no guarantee that the fee waiver will continue to apply. 

How to apply

To support international students, all international students who are accepted for a UKRI-funded studentship at Keele University will be automatically awarded a fee difference waiver so that they do not have to pay the difference between the home fee in the UKRI award and the international fee currently charged by the university, for the full duration of the UKRI award. 

Keele Staff Discount

The award

If you are a Keele University employee, you may be eligible for a 30% discount off your postgraduate tuition fees. The discount is equivalent to 30% off the course fee whether your fee status is assessed as Home or Overseas. Staff ID will need to be provided at the application stage for your application to be processed for the discount (subject to eligibility).

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the Keele Staff Discount Award, you must fulfil the following criteria:

• You must be a substantive member of staff holding a current contract of employment with the University or Keele Students’ Union (including fixed-term staff but not including those employed on a casual basis such as Student Ambassadors).
• You must have successfully passed your probationary period.  
• You must be in post at the time of enrolment for the applicable year of study.
• You must not be studying a programme delivered 100% online.
• You must be registered on, and attending, a postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Certificate level at Keele University. Students taking a taught postgraduate course with Keele University to at least 60 credits will be eligible for consideration for the discount.
• If you are studying on a modular basis (typically on modular study that does not contribute to a named Keele University award), the discount will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed study that exceeds 60 credit value, and the discount will be applied to subsequent modules.

Exceptions

Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Keele Staff Discount. 

You must not be taking a course that is fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. If your course is partly funded by an external organisation/employer, discounts will only be applied to the proportion of fees you pay as an individual. The Student Finance Postgraduate Loan does not affect your eligibility for this award.  

How to apply

The discount will be applied automatically when you apply for an eligible course. Your staff ID must be entered at the application stage for your application to be processed for the discount (subject to eligibility). 

Keele Alumni Discount

A discount of 20% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered.

Eligibility

Students who have graduated from Keele. Please note that this award can be combined with other Keele scholarships (if eligible) however the 20% discount will be applied after all other award discounts have been applied.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

How to apply

There is no application form for this award, it is automatically applied.

Keele Graduate Scholarship 

This is a £500 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University who attained first class honours in their first degree. 

Care Leavers' and Estranged Students' Bursary

This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1,000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant elegibility criteria. Upon completing their degrees, recipients are awarded another £500. 

OFS Scholarship for MSc Atrificial Intelligence and Data Science 

The award

Our programme offers Scholarships of £10,000 that are available for underrepresented students listed in the following eligibility criteria:

• Black students (Defined in line with the HESA student ethnicity codes) 
  • 21 Black or Black British – Caribbean
  • 22 Black of Black British – African
  • 29 Other Black background
  • 41 Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
  • 42 Mixed – White and Black African
• Disabled students (as defined under the Equality Act 2010)
• Female students

Further details as to why these underrepresented groups have been selected can be found on the OfS website. 

For 2022 entry, there are 12 Scholarships available.

Prioritising criteria in case of oversubscription

Students with 2 or more underrepresented group criteria will be prioritised initially. Applicants will then be considered by the selection panel where the primary consideration is the candidate’s personal statement (submitted via the form linked below).

Panel membership comprises of the Head of School, Director of Education, School Athena Swan Lead and University Athena SWAN Support Officer.

Eligible countries

Students from all countries, who meet the criteria, are eligible.

Payment amount and frequency

Successful applicants will receive £10,000 over the course of the academic year. Payment dates to be confirmed.

How to apply

In order to apply for the Scholarship, you must have already applied for a place on the University's MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science course (specific entry requirements can be found on the course page). You can then apply for the Scholarship via the form below:

Application form: https://forms.office.com/r/AueQKaQEYP

Closing date: 1 July 2022.

Please note that this is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful. The Scholarship is available only to students who register for and attend the degree programme. There is no appeals process if you are not successful as the panel’s decision is final; also, please note that we will not be able to offer feedback. You are welcome to reapply for the next intake if you are unsuccessful. 

For September 2022 intake, notifications will be sent at the latest by 21 July 2022.

For further information on any aspect of completing your application, please email: e.de.quincey@keele.ac.uk

*This OfS Scholarship cannot be combined with other Scholarships the Unviersity may offer. 

Please note that this award is subject to our general Terms and Conditions.

Other funding and support opportunities

There are many sources of postgraduate funding, and students exploring their options should not confine themselves to these pages alone. There are charities that every year fund postgraduate study and these can be searched for using The Grants Registe. This book is published every year by Palgrave Macmillian and can be consulted at many public university libraries. 

The charities and external organisations that fund PG study are many and varied and a sample of them are listed below. 

• Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust (trade-specific background)
• James Pantyfedwen Foundation (Wales-domiciled) 
• Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust (mature students aged 24+) 
• The Wellcome Tust (Health related fields) 

Keele Alumni Discount

A discount of 20% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered.

Eligibility

Students who have graduated from Keele or a Keele programme delivered overseas. Students who undertook a study abroad placement or exchange programme at Keele will also be eligible for this fee reduction.

Please note that this award can be combined with other Keele scholarships (if eligible) however the 20% discount will be applied after all other award discounts have been applied.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

How to apply

There is no application form for this award, it is automatically applied.

Keele-University-Postgraduate-Scholarship-Scheme-T&Cs-Nov-2021

Keele international excellence scholarship (PGT)

The award

One-off tuition fee discounts of up to £5,000 are available to international postgraduate taught students across a wide range of subject areas (excluding medicine and physiotherapy programmes).

This award can be combined with the Keele developing countries scholarship and the Keele alumni discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele postgraduate scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

Enrolled international students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

1st - £5,000

2:1 - £2,500

2:2 - £1,000

Please note that this will be assessed as per the university's defined equivalence.

Please note that students progressing from the Keele international study centre pre-masters programme (pmp) will also be eligible for this award based on their undergraduate qualification.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele university and start their studies in September 2020 or 2021, or January 2021 or 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local government, charities or private organisations.

The award is not available for students studying medicine and physiotherapy programmes.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least postgraduate diploma level at Keele university from September 2019 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a postgraduate certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

Students taking a PGCE course or the ma in social work are not eligible to receive the Keele international excellence scholarship.

The developing countries scholarship (pgt)

The award

One off tuition fee discounts of £1,000 are available to international students who are nationals of the least developed, low and lower middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank as at October 2021).

This award can be combined with the Keele International Excellence Scholarship and the Keele Alumni Discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele Postgraduate Scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

These awards are available to international applicants who are accepted onto any postgraduate programme and are a national of one of the following countries. Please note that this list is defined by the World Bank and we compile this list annually.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2021 or 2022, or January 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2021 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

The award is not available for Students taking the following programmes:

• PGCE
• Social Work 

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected undergraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele Developing Countries Scholarship. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

Commonwealth Scholarships

We accept students with the following Commonwealth Scholarships:

• Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)
• Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)
• Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships

Candidates are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully and to ensure they meet the full eligibility criteria as stated in the terms and conditions. For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission in the UK's website: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk

Applications for 2022 Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarships will close on 17 February 2022. 

Applications for 2022 Commonwealth Master's and PhD Scholarships closed on 1 November 2021. 

Chevening scholarships

Chevening scholarships are open to applicants from over 160 countries and territories around the world, looking to study an eligible one year taught master’s degree at a UK institution. To apply for a Chevening scholarship you must have:

• An undergraduate degree
• At least two years' work experience (including voluntary experience)
• Leadership skills such as excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and the sheer determination to achieve your goals

For more information about Chevening, please visit chevening.org.

How to apply

You'll need to apply for both a full time master's degree and a Chevening Scholarship. We recommend applying for your chosen courses of study before or at the same time as applying for a Chevening Scholarship.

Applications for Chevening Scholarships open on 3 August until 2 November 2021.

Courses will begin in September 2022.

GREAT scholarships 2022

Are you considering a postgraduate degree in the UK? A GREAT scholarship could be for you!

GREAT Scholarships are jointly funded by Keele University with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.

We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for one-year master’s programmes to students from Nigeria, India, Indonesia and Malaysia, who will enrol at Keele University in the 2022-23 academic year. Five scholarships are available (two for Nigeria, one each for India, Indonesia and Malaysia) in the following subjects: 

• MSc Advanced Computer Science
• MSc Computer Science
• MSc Accounting and Financial Management
• MSc Banking and Finance
• MSc Business Analytics
• MSc Enterprise and Innovation
• MA Human Resource Management
• MSc International Business
• MSc Investment Management
• MSc Management
• MSc Marketing
• MBA

Please note that applicants must be Nigerian, Indian, Indonesian or Malaysian passport holders.

For more information on the GREAT Scholarships 2022 campaign, please visit the British Council’s website.

GREAT scholarships for justice and law

The GREAT Scholarship for justice and law is a new time-limited programme from the Study UK campaign and the Ministry of Justice.

The GREAT Scholarships for justice and law are jointly funded by Keele University with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.

We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year master’s programme to a student from India who will enrol at Keele University in the 2022-23 academic year. One scholarship is available in one of the following subjects:

• MA Child Care Law and Practice
• MA Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice
• LLM International Commercial and Business Law
• LLM International Law
• LLM International Law (and Human Rights)
• LLM International Law (and Politics)
• LLM International Law (and the Environment)
• LLM Law and Society
• MSc/LLM Law, Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies
• MA Medical Ethics and Palliative Care
• MA Medical Ethics and Law
• MA Safeguarding Adults - Law, Policy and Practice

Please note that applicants must be Indian passport holders.

For more information on the GREAT Scholarships for justice and law campaign, please visit the British Council's website.

How to apply

In order to apply for a GREAT Scholarship, applicants should:

1. Apply online for an eligible course through the course webpage 
2. Complete the relevant application form:
   GREAT Scholarships application form
   GREAT Scholarships for justice and law application form

Application deadline

Applications open on 25 October 2021, and close on 31 May 2022.

Selection criteria

The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. Successful award holders are to be informed by 17th June 2022.

Marshall Scholarships

Applications must be endorsed by the President, Provost, or Academic Dean of the applicant's educational institution (or employer). The online application must be submitted and authorised by a designated member of staff at the applicant's educational institution (or employer).

NB: The US institution may have earlier deadlines for submission of applications. Whether this is the case or not applications must be submitted in a timely manner in order for the US institution to be able to authorise it for submission by the deadline.

How to apply

Applications should be made via Marshall.

US Federal Loans 

Please note that the following information is for 2022/23 entry.

Keele participates in the US Government's William D Ford Direct Loans Scheme. For further information please look at the Department of Education's website.

Federal Direct Loans are provided by the US Government. They are available to US citizens and eligible non-citizens who have firmly accepted an unconditional offer to study at Keele University.

You must borrow a Direct Stafford Loan and the maximum amount available depends on if you are a postgraduate or an undergraduate student. You then apply for a Direct PLUS Loan if additional funds are required.  

We are certified in respect of all of our undergraduate and postgraduate study courses which lead to an undergraduate degree or postgraduate degree except for undergraduate medicine and nursing courses, which are not certified to receive funding for US students.

It is important that you apply for your funding as soon as you have accepted an offer to study at Keele, at the very latest.  

Our school (OPEID) number is 030294.

Article 26 Scholarship

For 2022/3 entry we will be offering the following Article 26 Sanctuary Scholarships:

• 10 scholarships for eligible applicants wishing to study an undergraduate or postgraduate taught degree programme (part-time or full-time) (up to a maximum of four years).

Applications will be considered from students applying for the following courses:

• Full time undergraduate degree and foundation programmes (up to a maximum of four years)
• Full time or part time postgraduate taught Master’s programmes (applicants must be studying a minimum of a Master’s qualifications; modular courses and the Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma are not eligible).

Applicants must fall into one of the following immigration status groups and be unable to access UK government funding because of their current immigration status:

• An asylum seeker – a person who has made a claim with the UK for refugee status
• A person who has been granted some form of temporary status, such as Limited Leave to remain, in the UK
• Dependents or partners of any of the above status groups, whose claim is dependent on a principal applicant.

Applicants must be able to provide evidence of their status, under one of the above categories.

Please note, some students with temporary status may be eligible for funding under the Long Residence category. For useful information regarding eligibility under this category, please visit the UKCISA website 

Priority will be given to applicants who live within easy commuting distance of Keele University.

Full Time MBA Scholarships

The award

For the full time MBA, Scholarships are available for both UK and International Students.

Eligibility

Enrolled International students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

£5k scholarship offered to students with 2:1 or above qualification and that meet our other entry requirements

£3k scholarship offered to students with 2:2 equivalent and that meet our other entry requirements  

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Exemptions

This scholarship means students would be exempt from the Postgraduate Excellence scholarships BUT International students will still get the £1,000 developing countries scholarship if their country is listed in the world bank list. 

The scholarship is only available for students enrolling onto the Full Time MBA course at Keele University.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele. 

How to apply

Your application will be assessed automatically when you apply so there is no need to provide a separate application for this scholarship. You will be notified of your scholarship within your offer letter and your offer will be based on assessment of all admissions criteria. You may also be eligible for our £1,000 developing countries scholarship which will also be assessed when you apply and will be detailed in your offer letter. 

For more regarding our scholarships please refer to our Terms and conditions. 

Vice Chancellors Scholarships

The award

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering this new Scholarship for September 2022 entry, which provides three successful candidates with a full tuition fee reduction. The Scholarship is based on an application, and awards will be made by a selection panel.

Successful students will be expected to act as ambassadors for Keele University and provide content for the Global Student Recruitment and Admissions Office in the form of testimonials, video content, and through active engagement in our ambassador programme.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students, who are eligible to pay overseas fees.

To be considered for the Vice Chancellors Scholarship, you must hold a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of Keele at the time of your Scholarship application. Please note that students must hold an Unconditional offer by the closing date of the Scholarship application (30^th June 2022).

You must also have achieved, or be on track to meet the following criteria:

• First Class or equivalent in Bachelors  

You must also currently hold a recognised English Language certificate which meets the following criteria:

• IELTS 7.0 or above; or equivalent  

Exemption

Please note that this award cannot be combined with any other Scholarships.

The Scholarship applies to many Postgraduate Taught programmes offered at Keele University, however, excludes the following subject areas:

• MBA
• Medicine
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Vet School

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

To apply for the Vice Chancellors Scholarship, applicants must:

1. Hold an offer to study at Keele University for an eligible programme. Please note that students must hold an Unconditional Offer for their chosen programme by the Scholarship application deadline (30^th June 2022).
2. Complete the following application form, outlining why you should be awarded the Scholarship, and what would make you an excellent ambassador for Keele University.

Vice Chancellors Scholarship Application Form 

Application deadline

Applications for this Scholarship are currently open and will close on 30 June 2022. Successful candidates will be notified via email by 15 July 2022.

Keele Postgraduate Research Alumni Discount

A discount of 20% of the first year of full time study, or part time equivalent for a Postgraduate Research programme fee is offered

Eligibility

In order to receive the KPGRAD, you must fulfil the following criteria: 

• You must have graduated from Keele University (including students who have completed Keele degrees overseas) with either an undergraduate degree, a postgraduate award (of at least 120 credits or a full Master's degree) or the Keele Certificate in Counselling. All Keele graduates are eligible for consideration to receive the discount, regardless of their original graduation date. 
  
  
• You must be registered on, and attending, a postgraduate research course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to an MPhil, PHD, or a professional doctorate award. 
  
  
• This award is applied to the first 12 months full time, or part time equivalent, of your course only. It is not applied to every year of your course. If part-time, it is applied to the first 15 months if part-time on an 0.8 FTE basis, and to the first 24 months if part-time on an 0.5 FTE basis of the base tuition fee. 
  
  
• You must not be taking a course that is fully funded by the Teaching Agency, the NHS or any other organisation/employer. If your course is partly funded by an external organisation/employer, discounts will only be applied to the proportion of fees you pay as an individual. The Student Finance Postgraduate Loan does not affect your eligibility for this award. 

How to apply

There is no application form for this award, it is automatically applied. 

Eligibility will be assessed prior to enrolment and students who are to receive the award will be notified of the discount being applied on the CAS checklist. 

The fee difference waiver for international students on UKRI-funded sudentships

This is a Fee Difference Waiver for International Students on a UKRI (United Kingdom Research and Innovation) funded studentship. 

Eligibility

In order to receive the International Doctoral Fee Waiver, you must fulfil the following criteria: 

• Have been awarded funding by one of the Research Councils under UKRI for a PhD or a Masters and PhD programme at Keele University 
  
  
• Be an international student

If due to any change in circumstances you move your award to a different institution, there is no guarantee that the fee waiver will continue to apply. 

How to apply

To support international students, all international students who are accepted for a UKRI-funded studentship at Keele University will be automatically awarded a fee difference waiver so that they do not have to pay the difference between the home fee in the UKRI award and the international fee currently charged by the university, for the full duration of the UKRI award. 

The Keele graduate scholarship

This a £500 tuition fee waiver for UK students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele university who attained first class honours in their first degree.

Care leavers' and estranged students' bursary 

This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant eligibility criteria. In addition to the annual bursary, recipients receive an award of £500 upon graduation.

This bursary will be awarded in addition to any other financial support or awards that students are entitled to from the University or your Local Authority.

Eligibility 2020/2021

If you commenced/commence your course in or after September 2018 you will be entitled to:

A bursary of £1,000 a year and £500 on graduation is available for all undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who:

Commence their undergraduate or postgraduate taught master’s degree at Keele in September 2019 or September 2020

Are classed as a ‘home’ student for fee status purposes.

Are under the age of 25 at the start of their course at Keele.

AND

Have spent at least 13 weeks in care (e.g. foster care or children’s home) since the age of 14 and were in care on their 16th birthday

OR

Were privately fostered until the age of 16 or were 'looked after' until they were subject to a Special Guardianship Order.

OR

Have been assessed as independent by Student Finance England or other local authority, because they are estranged from their parents or guardian. Postgraduate students must provide evidence from a professional person who can confirm their estrangement.

Exceptions

Students studying on a part-time basis or a professional postgraduate course are eligible for a pro-rata award

Students will not be eligible if they are a Keele Online Student or on an apprenticeship

In order to be eligible at postgraduate level you must be studying a minimum of a Master's qualification; modular courses and the Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma are not eligible.

Please note that if you are studying a Harper & Keele Veterinary School programme you will not be eligible for this award. This is due to the fact that the Veterinary School has a standalone package. Further information can be found on the Harper & Keele Veterinary School webpage.

How to apply

In order to access the bursary, students will need to provide evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria.

For care leavers this may be from a key worker or social worker from the local authority or other professional person who can confirm their care leaver status.

Estranged students will need to provide evidence from a professional person that they are irreconcilably estranged from their parent or guardian and evidence that they have been assessed as independent from Student Finance.

Estranged students will need to provide evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria at the beginning of each year of study in order to receive the bursary.

Estranged students will need to meet with the dedicated contact each year they are eligible for the bursary to confirm that they continue to meet the eligibility criteria. Further evidence may be requested if required.

Evidence can be emailed to the dedicated contact in Student Services at the following address: student.services@keele.ac.uk

Other funding and support opportunities

For more information about support available for care leavers and estranged students at Keele please visit our Student Support pages.

Keele Alumni Discount

A discount of 20% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered.

Keele international excellence scholarship (PGT)

The award

One-off tuition fee discounts of up to £5,000 are available to international postgraduate taught students across a wide range of subject areas (excluding medicine and physiotherapy programmes).

This award can be combined with the keele developing countries scholarship and the keele alumni discount if you are eligible. Please visit the keele postgraduate scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

Enrolled international students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

1st - £5,000

2:1 - £2,500

2:2 - £1,000

Please note that this will be assessed as per the university's defined equivalence.

Please note that students progressing from the Keele international study centre pre-masters programme (pmp) will also be eligible for this award based on their undergraduate qualification.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele university and start their studies in September 2020 or 2021, or January 2021 or 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local government, charities or private organisations.

The award is not available for students studying medicine and physiotherapy programmes.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least postgraduate diploma level at Keele university from September 2019 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a postgraduate certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

Students taking a PGCE course or the ma in social work are not eligible to receive the Keele international excellence scholarship.

The developing countries scholarship (PGT)

The award

One off tuition fee discounts of £1,000 are available to international students who are nationals of the least developed, low and lower middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank as at October 2021).

This award can be combined with the Keele international excellence scholarship and the Keele alumni discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele postgraduate scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

These awards are available to international applicants who are accepted onto any postgraduate programme and are a national of one of the following countries. Please note that this list is defined by the World Bank and we compile this list annually.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available, and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele university and start their studies in September 2021 or 2022, or January 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible, and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local government, charities or private organisations.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least postgraduate diploma level at Keele university from September 2021 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a postgraduate certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

The award is not available for students taking the following programmes:

• PGCE
• Social work

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our terms and conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected undergraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele developing countries scholarship. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

If you are studying on a modular basis, the scholarship will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed four modules. The discount will then only be applied to subsequent modules.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our terms and conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected postgraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele international excellence scholarship when we assess your application. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

Commonwealth shared scholarships

Funded by the UK foreign, commonwealth & development office (fcdo), these scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.

We accept students with the following commonwealth scholarships:

• Commonwealth PhD scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)
• Commonwealth split-site (PhD) scholarships (for low- and middle-income countries)
• Commonwealth master’s scholarships

Candidates are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully and to ensure they meet the full eligibility criteria as stated in the terms and conditions. For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit the commonwealth scholarships commission in the uk's website: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk

Applications for 2021 commonwealth master's and PhD scholarships are now closed.

Applications for 2021 commonwealth split-site (PhD) scholarships are due to open in February 2021.

Chevening scholarships

Chevening scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the foreign & commonwealth office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at UK universities.

Chevening scholarships are open to applicants from over 160 countries and territories around the world, looking to study an eligible one year taught master’s degree at a uk institution. To apply for a Chevening scholarship, you must have:

• An undergraduate degree
• At least two years' work experience (including voluntary experience)
• Leadership skills such as excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and the sheer determination to achieve your goals

For more information about Chevening, please visit chevening.org.

How to apply

You'll need to apply for both a full time master's degree and a Chevening scholarship. We recommend applying for your chosen courses of study before or at the same time as applying for a Chevening scholarship.

Applications for Chevening scholarships open on 3 August until 2 November 2021.

The Keele graduate scholarship

This a £500 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele university who attained first class honours in their first degree.

Care leavers' and estranged students' bursary

This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant eligibility criteria. In addition to the annual bursary, recipients receive an award of £500 upon graduation.

This bursary will be awarded in addition to any other financial support or awards that students are entitled to from the university or your local authority.

Eligibility 2020/2021

If you commenced/commence your course in or after September 2018 you will be entitled to:

A bursary of £1,000 a year and £500 on graduation is available for all undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who:

Commence their undergraduate or postgraduate taught master’s degree at Keele in September 2019 or September 2020

Are classed as a ‘home’ student for fee status purposes.

Are under the age of 25 at the start of their course at Keele.

And

Have spent at least 13 weeks in care (e.G. Foster care or children’s home) since the age of 14 and were in care on their 16th birthday

Or

Were privately fostered until the age of 16 or were 'looked after' until they were subject to a special guardianship order.

Or

Have been assessed as independent by student finance England or other local authority, because they are estranged from their parents or guardian. Postgraduate students must provide evidence from a professional person who can confirm their estrangement.

Exceptions

Students studying on a part-time basis or a professional postgraduate course are eligible for a pro rata award

Students will not be eligible if they are a Keele online student or on an apprenticeship

In order to be eligible at postgraduate level, you must be studying a minimum of a master's qualification; modular courses and the postgraduate certificate/postgraduate diploma are not eligible.

Please note that if you are studying a harper & Keele veterinary school programme, you will not be eligible for this award. This is due to the fact that the veterinary school has a standalone package. Further information can be found on the harper & Keele   veterinary school webpage.

How to apply

In order to access the bursary, students will need to provide evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria.

For care leavers this may be from a key worker or social worker from the local authority or other professional person who can confirm their care leaver status.

Estranged students will need to provide evidence from a professional person that they are irreconcilably estranged from their parent or guardian and evidence that they have been assessed as independent from student finance.

Estranged students will need to provide evidence that they meet the eligibility criteria at the beginning of each year of study in order to receive the bursary.

Estranged students will need to meet with the dedicated contact each year they are eligible for the bursary to confirm that they continue to meet the eligibility criteria. Further evidence may be requested if required.

Evidence can be emailed to the dedicated contact in student services at the following address: student.services@keele.ac.uk

Other funding and support opportunities

For more information about support available for care leavers and estranged students at Keele, please visit our student support pages.

Keele Alumni Discount

A discount of 20% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered

Eligibility

Students who have graduated from Keele or a Keele programme delivered overseas. Students who undertook a study abroad placement or exchange programme at Keele will also be eligible for this fee reduction.

Please note that this award can be combined with other Keele scholarships (if eligible) however the 20% discount will be applied after all other award discounts have been applied.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

How to apply

There is no application form for this award, it is automatically applied.

2020 and 2021 Entry: Please read and ensure that you understand the terms and conditions below. If you have any questions, please get in touch using the contact details at the end of this document:

Keele international excellence scholarship (pgt)

The award

One-off tuition fee discounts of up to £5,000 are available to international postgraduate taught students across a wide range of subject areas (excluding Medicine and Physiotherapy programmes).

This award can be combined with the Keele Developing Countries Scholarship and the Keele Alumni Discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele Postgraduate Scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

Enrolled international students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

1st - £5,000

2:1 - £2,500

2:2 - £1,000

Please note that this will be assessed as per the University's defined equivalence.

Please note that students progressing from the Keele International Study Centre Pre-Masters Programme (PMP) will also be eligible for this award based on their undergraduate qualification.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2020 or 2021, or January 2021 or 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations.

The award is not available for students studying Medicine and Physiotherapy programmes.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2019 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Keele International Excellence Scholarship.

If you are studying on a modular basis, the scholarship will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed four modules. The discount will then only be applied to subsequent modules.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected postgraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele International Excellence Scholarship when we assess your application. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

The developing countries scholarship (PGT)

The award

One off tuition fee discounts of £1,000 are available to international students who are nationals of the least developed, low and lower middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank as at December 2018).

This award can be combined with the Keele International Excellence Scholarship and the Keele Alumni Discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele Postgraduate Scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

These awards are available to international applicants who are accepted onto any postgraduate programme and are a national of one of the following countries. Please note that this list is defined by the World Bank and we compile this list annually.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2020 or 2021, or January 2021 or 2022. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2019 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Developing Scholarship.

If you are studying on a modular basis, the scholarship will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed four modules. The discount will then only be applied to subsequent modules.

The scholarship is not available for students studying wholly online courses delivered by Keele.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected undergraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele Developing Countries Scholarship. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

Commonwealth shared scholarships 

Commonwealth scholarships

Funded by the uk foreign, commonwealth & development office (fcdo), these scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the uk.

We accept students with the following commonwealth scholarships:

• Commonwealth phd scholarships (for low and middle income countries)
• Commonwealth split-site scholarships (for low and middle income countries)
• Commonwealth master’s scholarships

Commonwealth master's and phd scholarships

Funded by the uk department for international development (dfid), these scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the uk.

Commonwealth master’s scholarships are for candidates from low and middle income commonwealth countries, to undertake full-time taught master’s study at a uk university.

Commonwealth phd scholarships are for candidates from least developed countries and fragile states in the commonwealth, for full-time doctoral study at a uk university.

Candidates are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully and to ensure they meet the full eligibility criteria as stated in the terms and conditions. For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit:

• https://cscuk.Fcdo.Gov.Uk/scholarships/commonwealth-masters-scholarships/
• https://cscuk.Fcdo.Gov.Uk/scholarships/commonwealth-phd-scholarships-for-least-developed-countries-and-fragile-states/

The deadline for applications to be submitted is to be confirmed.

Commonwealth split-site scholarships

To be confirmed for 2020/21

Applications are open for commonwealth split-site scholarships for phd candidates from low and middle income commonwealth countries to spend 12 months at a uk university as part of their doctoral studies in their home country.

The scholarships are for study starting in October 2020 and are aimed at high-quality graduates whose proposed research has a developmental focus and who have the potential to become influential teachers or researchers in their home countries.

Split-site scholarships are delivered through an existing institutional or departmental link between the candidate’s home university and proposed uk university.

The closing date for applications is 6 November 2019. For full details, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit http://cscuk.Dfid.Gov.Uk/apply/split-site-scholarships-low-middle-income-countries/

Chevening scholarships

Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at UK universities.

For more information please visit Chevening website.

How to apply

Applications are usually open between August and November each year and are submitted online exclusively through the Chevening website. You must also apply for your Keele university course - we recommend that you do this before or at the same time as applying for a Chevening Scholarship.

Chevening scholarships are open to applicants from over 160 countries and territories around the world, looking to study an eligible one year taught master’s degree at a UK institution. To be eligible for a Chevening scholarship applicants must:

Be a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country or territory.

Return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after their award has ended.

Have completed all components of an undergraduate degree that will enable entry onto a postgraduate programme at a UK university by the time they submit their application. This is typically equivalent to an upper second-class 2:1 honours degree in the UK but may be different depending on the course and university choice.

Have at least two years (equivalent to 2,800 hours) of work experience.

Apply to three different eligible UK university courses and have received an unconditional offer from one of these choices by 15 July 2021.

For 2019 entry there is a 20% discount of the tuition fee charged for Keele Alumni (UK/EU students). Students must be taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University to at least 120 credits. The award will be offered on a pro-rata basis for some lower credit courses providing total credit study within the academic year exceeds 40 credits, full details below.

The Keele Graduate Scholarship*

This a £500 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University who attained first class honours in their first degree.

The Keele Access Scholarship*

The Keele Access Scholarship is a £850 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University who are from low participation neighbourhoods.  This award is aimed at supporting traditionally under-represented groups to progress on to graduate study at Keele. To check if your home postcode is eligible please click here.

Care Leavers' and Estranged Students' Bursary*

This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant eligibility criteria. Upon completing their degrees, recipients are awarded another £500.

Find out more about this award here.

Full Eligibility Criteria 2019

Keele Alumni Discount

A discount of 20% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered

Eligibility

Students who have graduated from Keele or a Keele programme delivered overseas. Students who undertook a study abroad placement or exchange programme at Keele will also be eligible for this fee reduction.

Please note that this award can be combined with other Keele scholarships (if eligible) however the 20% discount will be applied after all other award discounts have been applied.

How to apply

There is no application form for this award, it is automatically applied. 

KEELE INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP (PGT)

The award

One-off tuition fee discounts of up to £5,000 are available to international postgraduate taught students across a wide range of subject areas (excluding Medicine and Physiotherapy programmes).

This award can be combined with the Keele Developing Countries Scholarship and the Keele Alumni Discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele Postgraduate Scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

Enrolled international students who have achieved the following undergraduate awards in their undergraduate study will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount:

1st - £5,000

2:1 - £2,500

2:2 - £1,000

Please note that this will be assessed as per the University's defined equivalence.

Please note that students progressing from the Keele International Study Centre Pre-Masters Programme (PMP) will also be eligible for this award based on their undergraduate qualification.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2019 or September 2020. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations.

The award is not available for students studying Medicine and Physiotherapy programmes.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2019 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Keele International Excellence Scholarship.

If you are studying on a modular basis, the scholarship will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed four modules. The discount will then only be applied to subsequent modules.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected postgraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele International Excellence Scholarship when we assess your application. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SCHOLARSHIP (PGT)

The award

One off tuition fee discounts of £1,000 are available to international students who are nationals of the least developed, low and lower middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank as at December 2018).

This award can be combined with the Keele International Excellence Scholarship and the Keele Alumni Discount if you are eligible. Please visit the Keele Postgraduate Scholarship webpages for further information.

Eligibility

These awards are available to international applicants who are accepted onto any postgraduate programme and are a national of one of the following countries. Please note that this list is defined by the World Bank and we compile this list annually.

Exceptions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The Scholarship is for students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2019 or September 2020. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations.

You must be registered on, and attending, a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year’s full-time study at postgraduate level and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level at Keele University from September 2019 onwards. This means, for example, that students who attain, or are registered on, a Postgraduate Certificate course, will not receive an award. Students registered for a PhD or an MPhil are not eligible to receive an award.

Students taking a PGCE course or the MA in Social Work are not eligible to receive the Developing Scholarship.

If you are studying on a modular basis, the scholarship will be deducted from your modules pro rata only after you have successfully completed four modules. The discount will then only be applied to subsequent modules.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.

How to apply

International applicants holding offers for selected undergraduate programmes will automatically be considered for the Keele Developing Countries Scholarship. You do not need to submit a separate application for an award.

COMMONWEALTH SHARED SCHOLARSHIPS

Keele University, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, is delighted to offer 2 Shared Scholarships. These awards cover tuition fees and living expenses for the duration of a one year taught master’s programme to be studied at Keele University. Please see the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships website for more information on eligibility, terms and conditions, the selection process and how to apply.

Find out more by reading interviews with previous Keele Commonwealth Scholars.

One of our most successful Commonwealth Scholar has been Dorcas Tiwaa Addai from 2016/17, who won the Patrick Turberry Prize for the best dissertation on her course and also worked at the UN.

Eligibility

Applications are open to students from developing countries within the Commonwealth who intend to study one of the following courses:

• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• International Law
• Global Security
• Politics and International Relations

To be eligible to apply you must:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person
• Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country (please see the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships website for a list of eligible countries)
• hold a first degree at either first or upper second class level and meet the academic entry requirements for your intended course of study
• be sufficiently fluent in English to pursue the course and have an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in each subtest
• Not have studied or worked for one (academic) year or more in a high income country
• be able to confirm in writing that neither you nor your family would otherwise be able to pay for the proposed course of study
• be willing to confirm that you will return to your home country as soon as your period of study is complete

This award is for international fee payers only and can not be combined with any other University funded scholarship or bursary which is intended for international fee paying students. In cases where an applicant is eligible for more than one award, the highest value award will be applied.

How to apply

All interested candidates must firstly apply for the proposed course of study at Keele. Click here to visit our postgraduate course pages and apply.

Students must also apply through the Commonwealth online system which opens on the 21 January 2019.  The deadline for applications to Keele through this system is 14 March 2019. 

Nominations

Nominations Successful nominees will be contacted directly by the university by the beginning of May 2019. All other applicants will receive their decision via the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at UK universities.

For more information please visit Chevening website.

How to apply

Applications are usually open between August and November each year and are submitted online exclusively through the Chevening website.

Separately, you must also apply for your Keele university course - we recommend that you do this before or at the same time as applying for a Chevening Scholarship.

THE BUDI SCHEME FOR INDONESIAN STUDENTS

The Budi Scheme is a scholarship provided by the Indonesian Government for Indonesian Students to consider as a source of funding for doctoral (PhD) study overseas.

For more information about the programme please visit the Budi Scheme homepage

Eligibility

Indonesian students applying to the UK for doctoral study.

How to apply

For more information please visit the Budi Scheme homepage

MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS

The Marshall Scholarship offers American students the opportunity to study at Keele with a full tuition fee scholarship and a monthly stipend.

Eligibility

Applications must be endorsed by the President, Provost, or Academic Dean of the applicant's educational institution (or employer). The online application must be submitted and authorised by a designated member of staff at the applicant's educational institution (or employer).

NB: The US institution may have earlier deadlines for submission of applications. Whether this is the case or not applications must be submitted in a timely manner in order for the US institution to be able to authorise it for submission by the deadline.

How to apply

Applications should be made via Marshall.

GREAT SCHOLARSHIPS 2019 - CHINA

This scholarship scheme is part of the “GREAT Scholarships 2019 - East Asia” campaign, which has been launched by the British Council together with 28 UK universities to support more students in East Asia to get access to the excellent UK higher education opportunities.

This year, in partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, Keele will be offering 2 scholarships to students in China applying for Masters courses in:

• MA Human Resource Management
• MSc Cell and Tissue Engineering

This scholarship scheme is part of the “GREAT Scholarships 2019 - East Asia” campaign, which has been launched by the British Council together with 28 UK universities to support more students in East Asia to get access to the excellent UK higher education opportunities.

The total value of the scholarship scheme is nearly £1 million. This scholarship scheme will offer an exciting opportunity for East Asian students wishing to get financial support to pursue study on degree levels in the UK. Students can apply for courses in subjects including engineering, law, business, art and design, biosciences, IT and more, at the 28 institutions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Value of scholarships

• MA Human Resource Management – There is one scholarship with a value of £10,000
• MSc Cell and Tissue Engineering – There is one scholarships with a value of £10,000

Application deadline

The deadline for applications for enrolment in 2019/20 is 30 June 2019.

Please note that applicants should be Chinese passport holders

How to apply

In order to apply, applicants should:

1. View the courses here and apply online:

• MA Human Resource Management
• MSc Cell and Tissue Engineering

2. Email us with the following information;

Name, Application Reference number, Date of Birth

Please title email: GREAT China Scholarship 2019

Selection criteria

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit.

Successful award holders are to be informed by 5 July 2019

For more information on the GREAT Scholarships 2019, please visit the British Council’s country website in your country.

Please click the link below to view full eligibility criteria for 2018 awards

Full Eligibility Criteria 2018

The Keele Alumni Discount*

For 2018 entry there is a 20% discount of the tuition fee charged for Keele Alumni (UK/EU students). Students must be taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University to at least 120 credits. The award will be offered on a pro-rata basis for some lower credit courses providing total credit study within the academic year exceeds 40 credits, full details below.

The Keele Graduate Scholarship*

This a £500 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University who attained first class honours in their first degree.

The Keele Access Scholarship*

This is a £850 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students for students from backgrounds with low participation in higher education who are taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University. This award is aimed at supporting traditionally under-represented groups to progress on to graduate study at Keele.

You may be eligible for a scholarship if you live in an area of the UK from which very few students progress to higher education (officially defined as a Low Participation Neighbourhood). For those netering from 2018 onwards, check your postcode eligibility here.

You may also be eligible to receive a Keele Access Scholarship if you have declared that you have a disability on your application for postgraduate study at Keele.

Care Leavers and Estranged Students' Bursary

This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant eligibility criteria. Upon completing their degrees, recipients are awarded another £500.

Find out more about this award here.

Full Eligibility Criteria 2018

Please click the link below to view full eligibility criteria for 2017 awards

Full Eligibility Criteria 2017

From September 2017, Keele University is offering three bursaries as part of its postgraduate financial support programme:

The Keele Alumni Discount*

For 2017 entry this is a £1,000 tuition fee waiver for Keele Alumni (UK/EU students). Students must be taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University to at least 120 credits. The award will be offered on a pro-rata basis for some lower credit courses providing total credit study within the academic year exceeds 40 credits, full details below.

For 2018 entry this changes to a 20% discount of the tuition fee charged (SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL).

The Keele Graduate Scholarship*

This a £500 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University who attained first class honours in their first degree.

The Keele Access Scholarship*

This is a £850 tuition fee waiver for UK/EU students for students from backgrounds with low participation in higher education who are taking a taught postgraduate course at Keele University. This award is aimed at supporting traditionally under-represented groups to progress on to graduate study at Keele.

You may be eligible for a scholarship if you live in an area of the UK from which very few students progress to higher education (officially defined as a Low Participation Neighbourhood).

• If your entry year is 2018, check your postcode eligibility here.
• If your entry year is 2017, check your postcode eligibility here.

You may also be eligible to receive a Keele Access Scholarship if you have declared that you have a disability on your application for postgraduate study at Keele.

*Please note that all of the above awards are subject to our general Terms and Conditions and specific eligibility criteria/T&Cs related to each award. Please download the PDF below to check your eligibility.

Please be aware that in order to be eligible for these awards you must be studying at Keele University (i.e. not on a distance learning programme).

Full Eligibility Criteria 2017

Keele Graduate Bursary

For students who have graduated from Keele or a Keele programme delivered overseas, a discount of 15% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered. Students who undertook a study abroad placement or exchange programme at Keele will also be eligible for this fee reduction.

Please note that this cannot be combined with other scholarships with the exception of the Faculty of Natural Science Bursary and in the event that a student is eligible for more than one award, the higher value award will be applied.

Keele International Student Scholarship

The Keele International Student Scholarship for postgraduate students is an award of £3,000 deducted from the tuition fees for a taught master’s degree course. The award can also be made to undergraduate students.

The Scholarships are awarded to students who can demonstrate excellence in at least two of the following areas:

• Academic qualifications
• English Language ability
• Understanding of the course and motivation to study at Keele
• Extra-curricular or work experience

Please note that students applying for a research course are not eligible for this award.

To apply for the KIS Scholarship you must have applied to Keele and been offered a place to study here. Applications must have been received and processed before the start of academic year for which the application is made. KIS Scholarships cannot be awarded to students who have already started their degree at Keele.  

The International Scholarships Panel, which consists of Academic and International Office staff, will consider applications on a monthly basis. The Panel’s decision is final. 

Keele Country Scholarships

Keele University is delighted to announce that we are offering a scholarship of £5000 for one postgraduate student applying from each of the following countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Thailand, Vietnam and India.

Please note that international students studying at Keele can only take courses in full time mode.

This scholarship will be awarded to the applicant who has achieved a minimum of a 2.1 (Ghana, Nigeria) / 3.0 CGPA (Thailand) / 8.0 out of 10 (Vietnam) / 1st class (India) in their first degree, and who shows exceptional motivation for coming to study at Keele.

You will need to submit:

• A 500-word essay explaining why you believe you should receive the scholarship
• Details of your application, including your full name, intended course and student number

Please note: if you have already successfully applied for the KISS, then you are still eligible to apply for this scholarship. However, it cannot be combined with any other Keele scholarships. In cases where the applicant is eligible for both, the highest value will apply.

North American Bursary

Applicants from North America and Canada intending to study a taught master’s course are automatically entitled to a 10% reduction on the published tuition fee. There is no application form however applicants will be required to prove their nationality.

Please note that this cannot be combined with any other scholarship with the exception of the Faculty of Natural Science Bursary and in the event that a student is eligible for more than one award, the higher value award will be applied.

Keele in the USA and Keele in Canada Scholarships

These networks offer scholarships each year worth to students from the USA and Canada. Scholarships are currently the equivalent of $4,000 USD (US Students) or $4,000 CDN (Canadian Students) at the prevailing rate of exchange in Pounds Sterling GBP after completing registration and commencing the relevant course.

Successful candidates must be accepted onto an eligible full-time taught Master’s degree programme at Keele University. To meet the criteria for outstanding academic excellence/achievement, applicants should meet the criteria for outstanding achievement/contribution as an individual, candidates should demonstrate at least two of the following:

• An achievement or contribution in citizenship in the form of making a difference to the life of the University community (this could include work on or off campus such as volunteering)
• An achievement or contribution specifically connected to a sport or sporting activity
• Overcoming hardship, disability or other personal adversity

Applicants must show evidence of scholarly, academic or professional excellence and give good reasons for wishing to pursue study at Keele University. Candidates should also indicate good reasons why they wish to study in the UK.

Keele-Kenya Scholarships

3 scholarships to Kenyan students.

100% scholarship

One full tuition fee scholarship is available to students applying for an MSc in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology.

The scholarship covers:

• Full tuition fees for one year
• On campus accommodation
• Contribution toward living expenses
• One return airfare from Kenya

Candidates must have a First Class Honours Degree.

Candidates must demonstrate excellence in the following areas:

• Academic qualifications
• English Language ability
• Understanding of the course and motivation to study at Keele
• Extra-curricular or work experience in a relevant field

Candidates who have already had the opportunity of studying for one year or more outside of Kenya will not be eligible.

Candidates will be required to prove their nationality and show that without this Scholarship they would be unable to study in the UK.

50% Scholarships

In addition there are two 50% tuition fee scholarships available to students wishing to study any taught master’s at Keele. 

These partial scholarships are available to applicants of Kenyan nationality paying overseas tuition fees who demonstrate excellence in at least two of the following areas:

• Academic qualifications
• English Language ability
• Understanding of the course and motivation to study at Keele
• Extra-curricular or work experience

Please note that these scholarships cannot be awarded with any other Keele Scholarships.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarships

Keele University, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, is delighted to offer 3 Shared Scholarships. These awards cover tuition fees and living expenses for the duration of a one year taught master’s programme to be studied at Keele University. Applications are open to students from developing countries within the Commonwealth who intend to study one of the following courses:

• MA Diplomatic Studies
• MA Environmental Politics
• MSc Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology
• MA Global Security
• MA Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice

To be eligible to apply you must:

• Be a national of (or permanently domiciled in) a developing Commonwealth country, and not currently be living or studying in a developed country
• hold a first degree at either first or upper second class level and meet the academic entry requirements for your intended course of study
• be sufficiently fluent in English to pursue the course and have an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with no less than 5.5 in each subtest
• not have previously studied for one year or more in a developed country
• be able to confirm in writing that neither you nor your  family would otherwise be able to pay for the proposed course of study
• be willing to confirm that you will return to your home country as soon as your period of study is complete

The Keele Graduate Bursary (Keele Graduates Only)

A discount of £1,000 is available on some taught postgraduate course tuition fees for all UK/EU students who have graduated either from a first degree programme, or the Certificate in Counselling at Keele.

For International students who have graduated from Keele or a Keele programme delivered overseas, a discount of 15% of the taught postgraduate course fee is offered. Students who undertook a study abroad placement or exchange programme at Keele will also be eligible for this fee reduction. Please note that this cannot be combined with other scholarships with the exception of the Faculty of Natural Science Bursary, and in the event that a student is eligible for more than one award, the higher value award will be applied.

Keele Graduate Bursaries are available for all taught postgraduate courses other than those where financial support is already available - such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Social Work or certain courses where the student fee is directly funded by the National Health Service- or where an individual School has other arrangements within its fee structure e.g. School of Pharmacy. You will not receive the Keele Graduate Bursary if your course is fully or partially funded by a sponsor or organisation such as your employer.

There are no additional forms or paperwork. You do not have to apply for this bursary. If you are eligible we will contact you.

The £1,000, or 15%, will be deducted from the second payment instalment of postgraduate tuition fees. For part-time and modular study, deductions will be made on a pro rata basis.

Please note: to obtain the discount you must begin postgraduate study during 2015 or 2016.

The Keele Graduate Scholarship (Open To All)

We will award a tuition fee discount of £500 to students who attain first class honours in their first undergraduate degree and come to Keele to study a taught postgraduate course to at least postgraduate diploma level.

Please note that PGCE and MA Social Work are not included in this award.

Payment will be made pro rata for postgraduate study. You do not have to apply for this award. We will write to you by the end of October after enrolment to confirm the award.

The Keele Access Scholarship

Please note that this bursary will take the form of a fee waiver which will be applied pro rata for part-time study. Fee waivers of up to £850 are being made available for students from backgrounds with low participation in higher education who wish to take a taught postgraduate course at Keele to at least postgraduate diploma level.

You may be eligible for a scholarship if you live in an area of the UK from which very few students progress to higher education (officially defined as a Low Participation Neighbourhood). Check your area on our Access Scholarships - UK Postcode Checker.

You may also be eligible to receive a Keele Access Scholarship if you have declared that you have a disability on your application for postgraduate study at Keele.