Partially funded

Cranfield Excellence Merit Scholarships

Cranfield University, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

Cranfield Excellence Merit Scholarships are automatic tuition fee reductions for offer holders on full-time postgraduate taught MSc programmes at Cranfield School of Management for 2026/2027 entry. They are awarded on the basis of previous degree results, in line with the course entry requirements.

Overseas fee payers can receive up to £10,000, while all applicants paying Home fees receive a 20% scholarship. No separate application is needed. A Cranfield International Scholarship, if awarded later, supersedes the Merit Scholarship.

Award Information

  • Hold an offer for an eligible full-time postgraduate taught MSc through Cranfield School of Management for 2026/2027 entry.
  • Open to UK, European and rest-of-world applicants; European Partner Programme applicants are not eligible.
  • Home fee offer holders need at least a UK lower second-class honours degree or international equivalent.
  • Full-time MBA applicants are not eligible (separate MBA scholarships apply).
  • Eligible courses:
    • Banking, Economics and Finance MSc
    • Business Data Analytics MSc
    • Finance MSc (January start available)
    • Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc
    • Management MSc
    • Procurement and Supply Chain Management MSc
    • Strategic Marketing MSc
  • £10,000: Overseas fee payers with a UK first-class honours undergraduate degree or international equivalent.
  • £10,000: Overseas fee payers holding a UK master's, a UK doctorate, or a UK Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma (or international equivalents).
  • £6,000: Overseas fee payers with a UK upper second-class honours undergraduate degree or international equivalent.
  • 20% of tuition: all UK Home fee applicants.
  • Paid as a tuition fee reduction for full-time students; no cash alternative. For 2026/27 entry only; not guaranteed if you defer.

Rolling; considered as part of the MSc application. Updated 2026/2027 offers were issued to everyone who applied before 5 January 2026.

  1. Apply for an eligible full-time MSc at Cranfield School of Management; no separate scholarship application is required.
  2. If you have completed your degree and are eligible, the scholarship is confirmed in your offer letter.
  3. If you are still studying, send Admissions your final degree result; a revised offer letter showing the scholarship value follows (allow at least 2 weeks).

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Documents you will need

  • Final degree result (if still studying at the time of offer).

How selection works

Awarded automatically according to the scholarship scale, based on your previous degree outcome.

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