Partially funded

Postgraduate High Fliers Scholarship

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Postgraduate High Fliers Scholarship is an automatic £5,000 tuition fee discount from the University of Birmingham for international students taking a taught Masters degree on the Birmingham UK campus. No separate scholarship application is needed.

The award is open to all nationalities but only to students permanently living in one of 33 listed countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Award Information

  • Domiciled (habitually resident, which is not the same as nationality) in Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia or Zimbabwe.
  • Classed by the University as an overseas fee payer.
  • Holding an offer for an eligible full-time, on-campus 180-credit taught Masters at the Birmingham UK campus starting September 2026 (LLM, MA taught, MSc pre-reg, MSc taught, MPH, MEd, MBA).
  • Not already studying a postgraduate taught degree at Birmingham.
  • Self-funding: students with full or partial third-party scholarships or sponsorship are ineligible.
  • Received and accepted an unconditional offer, including paying the deposit and meeting academic conditions, by 31 July 2026.
  • Ineligible courses include distance-learning-only programmes, MA/MSc by Research, MRes, integrated Masters (MSci, MEng, MPharm, MBChB), intercalated Masters, MPhil, MMus, MLit, PGDip, PGCert and PhDs.
  • Cannot be held with the Future Skills Scholarship or partner discount scholarships; can be held with other University-owned partial scholarships.
  • Students at the Dubai campus are not eligible.
  • £5,000 discount on first-year tuition fees.
  • Applied to the tuition fee only; no part is paid as cash.
  • Applied once the student has completed Online Registration (by 3 October 2026, 23:59 UK time) and is classed as Normally Registered.
  • Tenable for 12 months and cannot be deferred.

September 2026 entry: unconditional offer accepted and deposit paid by 31 July 2026; Online Registration by 3 October 2026. The scholarship page is marked closed for 2026 entry. A separate January 2027 intake version has a 7 December 2026 deadline.

  1. Apply for an eligible taught Masters at the Birmingham UK campus.
  2. Meet the eligibility criteria above; no scholarship form is needed.
  3. Accept your offer and pay the admission deposit by the deadline in your offer letter.
  4. Complete Online Registration.

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How selection works

Automatic award for students who meet every criterion; there is no competitive selection stage. The University may withdraw the award if it later finds the student ineligible.

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