Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
The scholarship is available to UWE Bristol alumni and will provide a tuition fee discount of 50% on selected full-time and part-time postgraduate courses.
About the scholarship
We are now offering Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships for 2020/21 on the available courses listed below that start in January 2021. The scholarship will provide a tuition fee discount of 50% on selected full-time and part-time postgraduate courses, and includes the 25% alumni discount. Scholarships have limited availability.
A key UWE Bristol priority is transforming futures. We are committed to helping our undergraduates enhance their careers through further study on courses that give the opportunity to develop the business skills, awareness and confidence needed to aspire to management positions in many professions and business sectors.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship is competitive. Scholarships will be awarded to those applicants who most closely meet or exceed the criteria by completing the scholarship task.
Eligibility
You must be able to start your postgraduate course in the next academic year. For example, if you finished your course in 2018/19 or 2019/20 your postgraduate course must start in 2020/21.
You are eligible to apply if you fit into the below criteria:
- you have either graduated from, or are due to complete, a full-time or part-time UWE Bristol undergraduate degree in the current academic year
- you have graduated from a full-time or part-time UWE Bristol undergraduate degree in the previous academic year
- you have applied for one of the courses listed below.
Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences
The number of scholarships listed below are open to home, EU and international students.
| Course | Number of scholarships |
|---|---|
| MSc Public Health | 8 |
| MSc Health Psychology | 8 |
| MSc Environmental Health | 6 |
| MSc Occupational Psychology | 5 |
| MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology | 5 |
| MSc Forensic Science | 5 |
| MSc Health Technology | 2 |
| MSc Biomedical Science | 3 |
| MSc Physician Assosciates | 4 (please note these are only available to Home/EU students) |
Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education
MA Education is not open to Tier 4 visa international students. All other scholarships listed below are open to home, EU and international students.
| Course | Number of scholarships |
|---|---|
| MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking | 2 |
| MA Design | 2 |
| MA Education | 2 (not open to Tier 4 visa international students) |
| MA Animation | 2 |
| MA Photography | 2 |
| MA Virtual Reality | 2 |
| MA Journalism | 2 |
Faculty of Business and Law
All scholarships listed below are open to home, EU and international students.
| Course | Full time Home/EU |
Part time Home/EU |
Full time Overseas |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Advanced Legal Practice | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Graduate Diploma in Law | 3 | N/A | 0 |
| LLM Environmental Law and Sustainable Development | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LLM International Banking and Finance Law | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LLM International Law | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LLM International Trade and Economic Law | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LLM Commercial Law | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MSc Accounting and Finance | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MSc Finance | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MSc Financial Technology (FinTech) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| MSc Risk Management and Insurance | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| MSc International Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MSc Business Management | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| MSc Digital Marketing | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| MSc Marketing | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| MSc Marketing Communications | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| MSc Human Resource Management (International) | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| MSc Human Resource Management | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| MSc Events Management | 3 | 1 | 3 |
How to apply
Applicants will be invited to apply via their UWE Welcome portal.
The application deadline for the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for January 2021 is Saturday 31 October 2020.
Home and EU students
The assessments take place in November 2020.
If you are successful, you will be notified via email by Friday 20 November 2020.
You will have 14 days to confirm your place. Once we have heard from you, we will be able to confirm your scholarship.
For further information please read the 2020/21 terms and conditions for home and EU students.
International students
The assessments take place in November 2020.
If you are successful, you will be notified via email by Friday 20 November 2020.
If you accept the scholarship, you will need to pay your £3,000 deposit to UWE Bristol within a week of receiving your scholarship offer letter. You will also have to prove that you satisfy the UKVI criteria in terms of being able to cover living costs and the remainder of the fees.
For further information please read the 2020/21 terms and conditions for international students.
Please contact international@uwe.ac.uk if you have any queries.
Payment
The discount equals 50% off the full course cost and includes the 25% alumni discount. The discount will be applied at the start of the course for full-time students. Part-time students will receive the discount at the start of each new study year.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding the 50% tuition fee scholarship for postgraduate courses please contact us:
Home and EU students
- Email: admissions@uwe.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 83333
International students
- Email: international@uwe.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 86644