Scholarships and Student Funding

LATAM (Latin American) Regional Scholarship Programme

The University of Edinburgh Business School is offering up to 10 scholarships covering part of the fees for Masters students commencing study in September 2023. The LATAM Regional Scholarship Programme is based on merit and available to applicants of Business School taught Masters domiciled in LATAM countries.

Key Information

Deadline:        Multiple

Value:               Awards of £5,000 and £10,000

Nationality:   Applicants domiciled in LATAM (Latin American) countries

Eligibility 

You can only apply for the scholarship once you have received an offer (conditional or unconditional) to join one of the eligible programmes and have either firmly accepted the offer or be intending to do so. The scholarship selection panel can only consider your application if you hold an active offer throughout your scholarship application process (meaning if your offer is declined at any point up until the scholarship decision deadline you will no longer be eligible). You can apply to the scholarship only once per admissions cycle.

You will not be eligible for this scholarship if:

  • You are fully sponsored by your employer
  • You are in receipt of a full scholarship
  • You have already accepted another scholarship from the University of Edinburgh Business School
  • You submit a scholarship application prior to having secured an offer for the programme you are applying to.

You must be domiciled in one of the following countries:

Argentina El Salvador Paraguay
Bolivia [Bolivia  Plurinational State of] Guatemala Peru
Brazil Guyana Puerto Rico
Chile Haiti                                                                 Surinam                                                  
Colombia Honduras Uruguay
Costa Rica Belize Venezuela
Cuba Mexico French Guiana
Dominican Republic Nicaragua Guadeloupe
Ecuador Panama Martinique                           

Criteria

LATAM Regional Scholarships will be awarded to candidates who:

  • Can demonstrate strong academic performance – on track to obtain or have graduated with a minimum of a high 2.1 or 1st class UK undergraduate degree or overseas equivalent from a university with a strong academic reputation and ranking
  • Have the potential to contribute and enrich all aspects of the Masters programme and the diverse academic and cultural profile of the Masters class
  • Show excellent professional and personal skills evidenced through work experience and/or extracurricular activities

Applying

Applications for the 2023-2024 academic session are no longer being accepted for this scholarship as both the 1st May and the 5th June 2023 deadline has now passed.

Round Open Date Deadline Decision by
A 21 April 2023 01 May 2023 31 May 2023
B 02 May 2023 05 June 2023 07 July 2023

Conditions

  • The scholarship will be paid directly towards your tuition fees
  • Scholarships have to be accepted by the deadline defined in the scholarship award letter.
  • If you do not accept and pay the required Masters programme deposit within the given time frame then you will forfeit your scholarship offer as well as your programme offer. The Business School will then re-allocate this scholarship
  • Any scholarship is automatically withdrawn if you decline your programme offer or fail to meet the conditions set out in your programme offer letter.
  • Only one University of Edinburgh Business School scholarship can be accepted.
  • If you receive a scholarship, you will be expected to participate occasionally as an ambassador for the Business School during and after your programme

Contact

Future Students - futurestudents@ed.ac.uk