Level: Master
Tuition: Tuition fees only
Finaid max: 9250  GBP
Deadline: Mar 22, 2025
Duration max: 12  months

The College of Arts and Law is pleased to offer a number of Home/EU fees-only scholarships for candidates wishing to study full- and part-time masters-level courses from September 2019.

Applications are welcome from UK, EU and Overseas students wishing to study any discipline within the College's five schools:

  • English, Drama, American and Canadian Studies (including fees-only Stanley Wells Shakespeare Institute Scholarships)
  • History and Cultures (including fees-only scholarships offered through the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures Masters Scholarships).
  • Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
  • Law
  • Philosophy, Theology and Religion 
  • Kenya
  • Afghanistan
  • Kiribati
  • Albania
  • North Korea
  • Algeria
  • South Korea
  • American Samoa
  • Kosovo
  • Andorra
  • Kuwait
  • Angola
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Anguilla
  • Laos
  • Antarctica
  • Latvia
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Lebanon
  • Argentina
  • Lesotho
  • Armenia
  • Liberia
  • Aruba
  • Libya
  • Australia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Austria
  • Lithuania
  • Azerbaijan
  • Luxembourg
  • Bahamas
  • Macao
  • Bahrain
  • North Macedonia
  • Bangladesh
  • Madagascar
  • Barbados
  • Malawi
  • Belarus
  • Malaysia
  • Belgium
  • Maldives
  • Belize
  • Mali
  • Benin
  • Malta
  • Bermuda
  • Marshall Islands
  • Bhutan
  • Martinique
  • Bolivia
  • Mauritania
  • Bonaire, Sint-Estatius and Saba
  • Mauritius
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Mayotte
  • Botswana
  • Mexico
  • Bouvet Island
  • Micronesia
  • Brazil
  • Midway Islands
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Moldova
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Monaco
  • Bulgaria
  • Mongolia
  • Burkina Faso
  • Montenegro
  • Burundi
  • Montserrat
  • Cambodia
  • Morocco
  • Cameroon
  • Mozambique
  • Canada
  • Myanmar
  • Cape Verde
  • Namibia
  • Cayman Islands
  • Nauru
  • Central African Republic
  • Nepal
  • Chad
  • Netherlands
  • Chile
  • New Caledonia
  • China
  • New Zealand
  • Christmas Island
  • Nicaragua
  • Cocos Islands
  • Niger
  • Colombia
  • Nigeria
  • Comoros
  • Niue
  • Congo
  • Norfolk Island
  • Congo
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Norway
  • Costa Rica
  • Oman
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Pakistan
  • Croatia
  • Palau
  • Cuba
  • Palestine
  • Curacao
  • Panama
  • Cyprus
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Czech Republic
  • Paraguay
  • Denmark
  • Peru
  • Djibouti
  • Philippines
  • Dominica
  • Pitcairn
  • Dominican Republic
  • Poland
  • Ecuador
  • Portugal
  • Egypt
  • Puerto Rico
  • El Salvador
  • Qatar
  • Eland Islands
  • Reunion
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Romania
  • Eritrea
  • Russian Federation
  • Estonia
  • Rwanda
  • Ethiopia
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • Saint Helena
  • Faroe Islands
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Fiji
  • Saint Lucia
  • Finland
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • France
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • French Guiana
  • Samoa
  • French Polynesia
  • San Marino
  • French Southern Territories
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Gabon
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Gambia
  • Senegal
  • Georgia
  • Serbia
  • Germany
  • Seychelles
  • Ghana
  • Sierra Leone
  • Gibraltar
  • Singapore
  • Greece
  • Sint-Maarten
  • Greenland
  • Slovakia
  • Grenada
  • Slovenia
  • Guadeloupe
  • Solomon Islands
  • Guam
  • Somalia
  • Guatemala
  • South Africa
  • Guernsey
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Guinea
  • South Ossetia
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Southern Sudan
  • Guyana
  • Spain
  • Haiti
  • Sri Lanka
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • St. Maarten
  • Vatican
  • Sudan
  • Honduras
  • Suriname
  • Hong Kong
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
  • Hungary
  • Swaziland
  • Iceland
  • Sweden
  • India
  • Switzerland
  • Indonesia
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Iran
  • Taiwan
  • Iraq
  • Tajikistan
  • Ireland
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Isle of Man
  • Thailand
  • Israel
  • Timor-Leste
  • Italy
  • Togo
  • Jamaica
  • Tokelau
  • Japan
  • Tonga
  • Jersey
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Jordan
  • Tunisia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Turkey
  • Kenya
  • Turkmenistan
  • Kiribati
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • North Korea
  • Tuvalu
  • South Korea
  • Uganda
  • Kosovo
  • Ukraine
  • Kuwait
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • United Kingdom
  • Laos
  • United States
  • Latvia
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Lebanon
  • Uruguay
  • Lesotho
  • Uzbekistan
  • Liberia
  • Vanuatu
  • Libya
  • Venezuela
  • Liechtenstein
  • Vietnam
  • Lithuania
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Luxembourg
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Macao
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • North Macedonia
  • Western Sahara
  • Madagascar
  • Yemen
  • Malawi
  • Zambia
  • Malaysia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Midway Islands
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Palestine
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Reunion
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Sint-Maarten
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Ossetia
  • Southern Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Maarten
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Art & Art History
  • History
  • Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies and Theology

These awards cover one year's tuition fees at Home rates for full-time applicants, or two years part-time.

Eligibility Criteria

These awards are open to UK, EU and Overseas students, studying full-time or part-time campus-based masters-level programmes in the College of Arts and Law which commence in September. 

International students are eligible to apply, and will receive a reduction in tuition fees equivalent to the Home/EU rate if successful. 

Applications for funding can only be considered alongside an application to study. 

How to Apply

In order to apply, you must have completed an application to study. You will then need to complete our online application form. Your application must also be supported by two references. Once you have made an application to study, you will need to complete the relevant online scholarship application. You can find application forms on the university website. On submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation email.

Please note, once you have made an application to one of our College of Arts and Law scholarships listed below, your application will automatically be considered for all relevant scholarships in this list, without you having to make additional applications. This also applies if you have made an application for Arts and Humanities Research Council funding through the Midlands4Cities consortium. 

  • College of Arts and Law Distance Learning Research Scholarship(s)
  • College of Arts and Law Doctoral Scholarships
  • College of Arts and Law Masters Scholarships
  • Amphlett Scholarship (Theology)
  • BRICH Scholarships (History)
  • Music Scholarships
  • Stanley Wells Shakespeare Institute Scholarships
  • Wolfson Scholarships (Languages, Literature and History)

Your application must also be supported by two references. It is your responsibility to forward the link to both of your nominated referees and tell them that their references must be submitted via the online form by the application deadline. We would advise you to contact your referees ahead of the deadline to ensure that references have been completed and submitted. Use special forms on the website. You can find the link in the description of the scholarship.

With appropriate support from academic staff, the learning culture at Birmingham encourages students to:

  • Engage with complex, challenging problems and real-world issues
  • Proactively use a range of resources to address problems, construct solutions and answers, identify new questions and create new knowledge
  • Question, reason, and think critically about what they see, hear and feel; weighing up evidence and the opinions of others and reaching their own conclusions
  • Reflect constructively on their own learning, not least through use of feedback
  • Share their knowledge and experience with fellow students and staff
  • Manage their individual and collaborative learning processes well
  • Understand and communicate effectively with individuals from differing backgrounds and perspectives
  • Be equipped through their learning, skills and personal development for the demands of the careers to which they aspire
  • Enjoy their learning, making it rewarding and fun
  • Make a difference  

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