Partially funded

Goldman Sachs and Birkbeck Diversity Scholarship

Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Goldman Sachs and Birkbeck Diversity Scholarship offers 10 scholarships of £5,000 per year to Black undergraduate students to increase diversity in finance, funded through Goldman Sachs Gives.

Scholars also get engagement opportunities such as events, academic and professional development programmes, mentoring with experienced professionals and networking. Applicants from a wide range of subjects, from computing and economics to law, biosciences and psychology, are eligible.

Award Information

  • New full-time student enrolling on the first year of an eligible programme (or progressing from a Birkbeck Foundation Year onto one).
  • Eligible programmes include BSc Computing, Data Science and Computing, Economics, Financial Economics, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, Business, Management, Marketing, Criminology and Criminal Justice, LLB Law variants, Biomedicine, Bioscience, Geology, Planetary Exploration and Psychology.
  • Home fee status.
  • Do not already hold a degree or equivalent qualification.
  • From a Black background: Black African, Black Caribbean, Black Other, Mixed White/Black Caribbean, Mixed White/Black African or other mixed background including Black heritage.
  • Programme based at the Bloomsbury campus in London (including online delivery).
  • £5,000 cash bursary towards living costs in each year of a three-year undergraduate programme.

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How selection works

  • Applicants explain their interest in finance or a career in financial services, e.g. through work experience, finance events, personal learning, career goals or views on finance topics.
  • An academic panel scores applications; prior study of finance or taking finance modules at Birkbeck earns higher scores.

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