Sustainability and Social Impact Scholarships
The University of Edinburgh Business School is offering up to 20 scholarships covering part of the fees for Masters students commencing study in September 2023. The scholarships will be awarded to candidates who are committed to social responsibility and sustainability, especially within the business environment.
Award
The Business School are offering up to 20 scholarships between £5,000 and £10,000 covering part of the tuition fees for Masters students. These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be automatically paid towards your tuition fee.
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 only apply for the scholarship 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.
The scholarships are available to all offer holders for the following University of Edinburgh Business School Masters programmes:
MSc Banking Innovation & Risk Analytics
MSc Climate Change Finance & Investment
MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation
MSc Finance, Technology and Policy
MSc Global Strategy & Sustainability
MSc International Human Resource Management
Criteria
The Sustainability and Social Impact Scholarships will be awarded to candidates who:
- Can demonstrate their commitment to social responsibility and sustainability through previous action and support either within the business setting specifically, or in a wider sense.
- Continue to aspire to make a difference within social responsibility and sustainability through their future personal and career goals.
- Have sound academic credentials.
Applying
Applications for the 2023-2024 academic session are no longer being accepted for this scholarship as both the 24th April and the 5th June 2023 deadline has now passed.
| Round | Open date | Deadline | Decision By |
| A | 10 February 2023 | 24 April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| B | 25 April 2023 | 05 June 2023 | 07 July 2023 |
Conditions
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
Notification
The Business School Admissions Team will notify successful candidates by the decision deadline dates above.