SELCS

MA Scholarships & Bursaries

Funding for MA degrees

Before applying for funding, applicants must complete the UCL MA degree application procedure. Students who have been accepted on a SELCS MA may apply for one or more of the scholarships mentioned below. If you have any questions about the suitability of a particular MA programme for your needs, please contact the SELCS postgraduate tutor, Professor Stephen M. Hart.

For further information about your application please contact: Patrizia Oliver (Postgraduate Programmes Officer) patrizia.oliver@ucl.ac.uk

UCL MA Scholarships

UCL offers various MA scholarships. Details and deadlines are given on the pages Scholarships for UK and EU Masters Students, Departmental Funding (identified by department), and Scholarships for Overseas Masters Students.

Carlina Macdonald Scholarship

The School of European Languages Culture and Society at UCL offers one scholarship each academic year in memory of Carlina Macdonald, a former student of the Department of Italian, who graduated in 1991. The scholarship has been made possible by a generous bequest made by the Trustees of Carlina's estate. The scholarship will pay the tuition fee of a UK/EU student in full or contribute the equivalent amount towards the tuition fee of an overseas student.

The scholarship is open to students taking an MA degree in the Italian Department and to students on interdepartmental MA degrees who intend to take half or more than half of their MA credits in the Italian Department. Applications are encouraged from students who intend to undertake the MA with the Intensive Research option (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/silva/selcs/masters/degrees/index), in which greater emphasis in placed on the dissertation and preparation for doctoral research. Students from UK, EU and overseas are eligible. The scholarship holder is required to submit a brief report to the Trustees at the conclusion of their degree.

Applications should be made following normal procedure for taught MA programmes at UCL. Deadline for applications that wish to be considered for the Carlina Macdonald Scholarship is 1 March 2013.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Preparation MA awards

The School has the following AHRC award for applicants applying for MA degrees in the 2013-2014 academic year:

  • MA in Language, Culture and History: Italian Studies: 1 award

For UK applicants, the award covers tuition fees and provides a maintenance grant. For applicants from elsewhere in the European Union (EU), AHRC studentships cover tuition fees only. Exceptions to this restriction are non-UK applicants who have resided continuously in the UK, without at any point being in full-time education, for more than three years before submitting an application to the AHRC. Applicants from non-EU countries are not eligible for AHRC funding.

The deadline application is 1 March 2013. For further information please contact: Patrizia Oliver (Postgraduate Programmes Officer) patrizia.oliver@ucl.ac.uk

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview on Friday 22 March 2013.

Jean Orr Scholarship

This scholarship is offered to postgraduate masters students studying in one or more of of the following Departments - Italian, French, Dutch and History. Each Department can nominate one candidate on the basis of the admissions application.

The scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic excellence, achievement and potential.

The deadline for submission of applications is 1 March 2013.

Postgraduate bursaries MA Language, Culture, History (Dutch Studies pathway)

UCL Dutch aims to reward academic excellence among new students of its postgraduate programme by offering a scholarship for new students starting the MA in Dutch Studies in September 2013. The scholarship covers up to £600 towards study expenses like books, research travel and other research related expenses.

Candidates must have been formally admitted to the MA Dutch Studies pathway of the MA Language, Culture, History before they can be considered for a scholarship.

Deadline
To be considered for a scholarship, you must have received a letter from the UCL Registry offering you a place on the programme, and you must have informed the UCL Registry, in writing, of your acceptance of the offer by 1 March 2013.

Selection Criteria
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, achievement and potential. Financial circumstances of the candidates are not taken into account.

This bursary has been made possible by generous donations of Alumni of UCL Dutch.


Further information
For further information about eligibility, sizes of the awards and the nomination process, please consult the UCL website Information for Prospective Students: Scholarships and Funding.