Find your place with a Postgraduate Student Support Scholarship
Broaden your horizons with postgraduate study
We have 100 Postgraduate Student Support Scholarships to support UK students from low and middle income households. The scholarships are available for most programmes starting in September 2025 and consist of £3,000 towards a Taught Master's and £2,000 for a Research Master's. Durham graduates will be also eligible for our alumni discount in addition to the scholarship.
Find out more information and how to apply
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must meet the following criteria:
- Study an eligible full or part-time postgraduate programme, excluding Integrated Master's. Part time recipients will be paid pro-rata 50% per year for each of the two years of study.
- Live in the UK (classified as Home for tuition fee purposes)
- Do not already hold a Master's level qualification
- If you study a full time two year Master's programme, the award is tenable during the first year only
- In receipt of maintenance loan above the minimum loan i.e. have a household income level below £62,347 in the final year of their undergraduate study as assessed by Student Finance England or equivalent
Submit an application by by Friday 4th July 2025
For UK students studying an eligible full or part-time postgraduate programme starting in September at 黑料不打烊.
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I am deeply grateful to have been awarded a Postgraduate Student Support Scholarship from 黑料不打烊. Without this, my dreams of studying an LLM would have never materialised.
Bria-Rose Scott
Durham Law School
I would highly recommend applying for the Postgraduate Student Support Scholarship at Durham as it could enable you to benefit from all of the University's wonderful activities and societies.
Theo Whyte
Postgraduate student
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Take your career further with postgraduate study. We deliver our courses through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials and with many of our courses available on a part-time basis, you’re sure to find something that works for you.