Scholarships and Student Funding

Online Learning Scholarships

The University offers several scholarships specifically for online, part-time postgraduate programmes.

ASiT - Edinburgh Surgery Online Bursary

We have a number of ASiT-Edinburgh Online Surgery bursaries, each worth £1500 annually, to support ASiT members undertaking the MSc in Surgical Sciences, ChMs in General surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Urology and Endovascular & Vascular Surgery and the MSc in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors

Edinburgh Global Online Learning Masters Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh will offer twenty Masters scholarships for eligible part-time distance learning Masters programmes offered by the University.

Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is offering 55 scholarships for applicants accepted for admission to eligible online masters programmes at the University of Edinburgh in the Academic Year 2024-2025.

The Anne Rowling Clinic Regenerative Neurology Scholarships

The Anne Rowling Clinic will offer three online learning postgraduate scholarships for applicants commencing Stem Cells and Translational Neurology programmes in the academic year 2023-2024.

Mastercard Foundation Online Learning Scholarships

Gaining an Online Masters is an excellent way to earn a qualification which is equivalent to on-campus study, while at the same time continuing to work flexibly and live at home. Online Masters qualifications though the University of Edinburgh are fully equivalent to Masters degrees taught on campus.

Clinical Management of Pain Scholarship

Three scholarships are available for the Clinical Management of Pain programme offered by the University in the 2024-2025 academic session.

The David and Molly Pyott Foundation Scholarships in Ophthalmology

Nine online learning scholarships are available in the field of Ophthalmology for students from Africa, Central and South Asia, Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Central and Latin America who have been accepted for admission to the two-year, part-time online ChM (Master of Surgery) in Clinical Ophthalmology in academic session 2024-2025.

Polish School of Medicine Memorial Fund Scholarships

The scholarship enables medical doctors and medical scientists at the outset of their careers to undertake a period of further study or research at the University’s Medical School and return to Poland.

Edinburgh Surgery Online Global Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh will offer a number of scholarships for online learning Masters programmes for the 2024-2025 academic year, which includes full tuition fees with contribution towards cost of internet access.

Edinburgh Surgery Online Ophthalmology Scholarship

Edinburgh Surgery Online will offer a number of scholarships for the part-time online Masters programme in Primary Care Ophthalmology for the academic year 2024-2025.

Edinburgh Surgery Online: Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors

There are a number of scholarships available which includes full tuition fees with contribution towards cost of internet access.

The Edinburgh Futures Institute Scholarships

Three scholarships are available to cover full tuition fees for selected taught Master’s programme offered by or affiliated with the Edinburgh Futures Institute for entry in 2023-2024: the George Lindsay Cooper Scholarship, the Madeleine Bentley Scholarship and the Bilan-Cooper Scholarship.

The Glenmore Postgraduate Scholarship

Three scholarships are available for eligible postgraduate programmes offered by the University in the 2024-2025 academic session.

MSc Internal Medicine Masters Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh’s MSc Internal Medicine will offer 4 scholarships that will cover 75% of tuition fee costs.

George David Family Scholarships: Earth Scholars @ EFI

Each of these scholarships will support applicants who are from countries most impacted by climate change, for entry in 2024-2025 to the online Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Circular Economy at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI).