Scholarship applications - success rate data
A breakdown of the data success rate of online scholarship applications for the year 2017/18
The University of Edinburgh offers a small number of scholarships to outstanding candidates. These are very competitive . Below is our data on the success rate for scholarship applications (information based on 17/18 admissions cycle). - NB! We can only provide information on the success rate for 3 online scholarships schemes managed by the University of Edinburgh. Other external funding opportunities exist. Find more opportunities here
Success rate per scholarship award:
Edinburgh Global online masters scholarships: data on scholarship applications and success rate for year 17/18.
3 scholarships were available to candidates applying to 29 of our online masters programmes.
| Number of applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success rate |
| 753 | 3 | 0.39% |
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission: One World One Health: data on scholarship applications and success rate for year 17/18.
11 scholarships were available to candidates applying to 5 of our online masters programmes.
| Number of Applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success rate |
| 187 | 11 | 5.88% |
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission: Global Health 17/18: data on scholarship applications and success rate for year 17/18.
14 scholarships were avaliable to candidates applying to 6 of our online masters programmes.
| Number of applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success rate |
| 585 | 14 | 2.39% |
Success rate in scholarship applications per programme:
Find below data showcasing the success rate in scholarship application for a selection of our eligible online programmes. These 5 programmes registered the highest number of applications across all three available scholarships in the 2017/18 session
| Number of Applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success Rate |
| 523 | 4 | 0.76% |
| Number of Applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success Rate |
| 178 | 6 | 3.37% |
| Number of Applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success Rate |
| 102 | 4 |
3.92% |
| Number of Applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success Rate |
| 50 | 4 | 8% |
| Number of Applications | Number of scholarships awarded | % Success Rate |
| 177 | 1 | 0.56% |