2026 University College London – UCL Global Scholarship, UK

The 2026 UCL Global Masters Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower-income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master’s degree studies at the University College London. The University College London Global Scholarship is a £15,000 opportunity offered to prospective international students seeking postgraduate admission to study at the United Kingdom’s capital.

Eligibility: 

To be considered for the University College London Global Scholarship, Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:

• be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;
• come from a lower income background*;
• AND have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master’s degree at UCL in 2026/27.  Please note: Distance-learning options are not eligible for this fund; students must be coming to the UK to attend UCL in person.

Value: 

The University College London Global Scholarship will offer the following benefits:

• The value of the bursary is £15,000.
• The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2yrs in length.  In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.
• The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries. The amount of the UCL award may be adjusted depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.
• Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.
• The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.

Type: Masters
Deadline: May 7, 2026
Host Country: UK