Scholarships

Several scholarships are available to students at the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE)

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Use the finder below to find scholarships which you are eligible for. Please select 'Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources' under UCL Department.

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IEDE specific Scholarships will be announced in Spring 2022

The UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE) offers three Scholarships available for MSc Programmes, the details of which will be annouced in Spring 2022:

IEDE Prof. Llewelyn-Davies MSc Scholarship in Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings
IEDE Prof. Hopkinson MSc Scholarship in Light and Lighting
IEDE Prof. Llewelyn-Davies MSc Scholarship in Smart Buildings and Digital Engineering.

Applications open 1 March for:

Bartlett Promise Master's Scholarship

This scholarship aims to enable students from backgrounds underrepresented in The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment to pursue master's studies at The Bartlett. The Scholarships will cover full tuition fees plus an allowance to cover living and study expenses (£15,364), for the normal duration of the programme at UCL. All Promise scholars will also receive on-going academic and career support during their study.

Eligibility criteria for September 2022¹

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in The Bartlett, to pursue postgraduate master’s studies at The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment.

Candidates must:

be UK domiciled with home fee status or be a forced migrant (as defined by UCL)
have an offer of admission to a Bartlett master’s programme for study in 2022/23 and
must not have completed a master’s at UCL or anywhere else previously ²

Candidates must also meet at least one of the additional criteria:

be in financial need as assessed by UCL³
be from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background ⁴
be from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community ⁵
have a disability ⁵
be a care leaver ⁵
have care responsibilities
be first generation in family to attend university at undergraduate level
be first generation in family to attend university at postgraduate level

¹Eligibility criteria for 2023/24 and beyond may differ
² This includes integrated masters degrees or degrees sometimes known as 'undergraduate masters'
³With an assessed household income of less than £42,875
⁴ We define BAME as those of a non-white heritage and individuals of mixed-heritage who self-identify as coming from a BAME background
⁵Underrepresented groups in Higher Education

Find out more about the Bartlett Promise Master's Scholarship

The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship

This scholarship is open to applicants who are nationals of a Bartlett approved list of Sub-Saharan African countries pursuing a Bartlett master’s programme.

Full overseas tuition fees, an allowance to cover living and study expenses (£15,364) for the normal duration of the programme at UCL, a flight to/from the UK, UK Study Visa costs, English language assessment costs, health test costs, master’s programme application fee costs and the NHS health supplement charge in the UK. All Promise scholars will also receive on-going academic and career support during their study.

Eligibility criteria for September 2022¹

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in The Bartlett, to pursue postgraduate studies at The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. For The Bartlett Promise Sub Saharan African scholarship.

Candidates must:

be a national of one of The Bartlett’s approved list¹ of Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries and resident in an eligible SSA country
must not hold a British or dual British citizenship
have an offer of admission to a Bartlett master’s programme for study in 2022/23 which is either unconditional or conditional only on English language assessment
be in financial need as assessed by UCL²

In addition to these, candidates should ideally also meet at least one of the additional criteria:

be a forced migrant³
be the first generation in the family to attend university at undergraduate level
be the first generation in family to attend university at postgraduate level

¹Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
²Assessed household income of less than £42,875
³Refugee, asylum seeker or those who have been granted a temporary form of leave as the result of an asylum or human rights application (e.g., limited leave to remain, discretionary leave to remain, humanitarian protection, UASC leave).

Find out more about The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship

Applications open 1 February for:

Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship

Full tuition fees plus an annual allowance to cover living and study expenses (£17,631), for the normal duration of the programme at UCL. All Promise scholars will also receive on-going academic and career support during their study. We will consider your educational, personal and financial circumstances. You will need to demonstrate these in your application. Assessment of applications will be made in relation to the eligibility criteria.

Eligibility criteria for September 2022

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in The Bartlett, to pursue postgraduate research studies at The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment.

Candidates must:

be UK domiciled with home fee status or a forced migrant (as defined by UCL) 1 have an offer of admission to a Bartlett PhD programme for study in 2022/23 and must not have completed a PhD at UCL or anywhere else previously

1 Refugee, asylum seeker or those who have been granted a temporary form of leave as the result of an asylum or human rights application (e.g. limited leave to remain, discretionary leave to remain, humanitarian protection, UASC leave).
2 With an assessed household income of less than £42,875
3 We define BAME as those of a non-white heritage and individuals of mixed-heritage who self-identify as coming from a BAME background
4 Underrepresented groups in Higher Education

be in financial need as assessed by UCL 2 be from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background 3 be from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community 4 have a disability 4 be a care leaver 4 have care responsibilities be first generation in family to attend university at undergraduate level be first generation in family to attend university at postgraduate level

Find out more about The Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship

Applications are now closed for:

GREAT Scholarships for a Sustainable Future

UCL's GREAT Scholarships for a Sustainable Future are funded by British Council and UCL. The aim is to widen access to climate change courses and create a cohort of spokespeople for positive change.

One £10,000 (1 year) scholarship is available for a citizen of Egypt holding an offer on any Masters programme within The UCL Bartlett School of Environment Energy & Resources (BSEER), to which the UCL Institute for Envrionmental Design and Engineering belongs.

Find out more about the GREAT Scholarship

Other funding

There are a range of other scholarships, loans and other funding opportunities available to help prospective students with their studies.