Partially funded

BCU International Postgraduate Scholarship 2026/27

Birmingham City University, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

Birmingham City University offers a £3,000 scholarship to all self-funding international students joining a full-time postgraduate taught Master's degree starting in September 2026 or January 2027.

The scholarship is a tuition fee discount and is awarded automatically on enrolment, with no extra forms. Only one BCU scholarship can be held; students eligible for more than one receive the larger award.

Award Information

  • Be confirmed as a self-funded international fee payer.
  • Secure a place on an eligible full-time postgraduate taught degree course in the 2026/27 academic year (September 2026 or January 2027 intake).
  • Enrol at BCU and begin studies in the 2026/27 academic year.
  • Be joining BCU for the first time in 2026/27; students progressing from a BCUIC Pre-Master's programme are not eligible.
  • Excluded: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Acting and Music courses; programmes below Master's level (PgDip, PgCert, GradDip); postgraduate research programmes (MRes, PhD, EdD, DHealth, DSport); MSc Accounting and Finance (Master's stage top-up); PGCE; courses delivered by BCU partners; part-time courses; Professional Practice/CPD courses; short courses; distance learning/online courses; study abroad or exchange programmes; pre-sessional English courses.
  • £3,000 tuition fee discount (2026/27 entry).
  • Applied to the tuition fee invoice after enrolment; 50% of the full tuition fee must still be paid before a CAS is issued.

Available to students starting in September 2026 or January 2027. No separate scholarship deadline; course application deadlines apply.

  1. Apply for an eligible full-time postgraduate taught Master's course at BCU for September 2026 or January 2027.
  2. Check your offer letter for the scholarship details.
  3. Pay 50% of the full tuition fee before your CAS is issued.
  4. Enrol; the discount is applied to your tuition fee invoice after enrolment.

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How selection works

Automatic for every eligible self-funded international Master's student who enrols; no competitive selection.

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