Ruth Glass Scholarship
The Ruth Glass scholarship is for UK home students applying to the Global Urbanism MASc at UCL Urban Laboratory.
Applications are open for the Ruth Glass scholarship 2026/27.
Eligibility criteria
The Ruth Glass scholarship is for UK home students applying to the Global Urbanism MASc at UCL East. It covers:
- One year of tuition fees (full-time study)
52-week living stipend
To apply for the Ruth Glass Scholarship, you must:
- Not have already completed a postgraduate degree.
- Have applied to the Global Urbanism MASc course.
- Qualify for UK home fee status. (Guidance on eligibility for home fee status)
- Submit your scholarship application by 23:59 BST on 1 June 2026.
Ruth Glass Scholarship
Apply for funded study on the Global Urbanism MASc and explore the challenges shaping cities today.
Apply nowThe Ruth Glass scholarship was a game-changer for my studies. It allowed me to fully commit to the Global Urbanism MASc course without the added pressure of having to work part-time, and the potential impact it would have had on managing my workload.
About Ruth Glass
The scholarship honours sociologist Ruth Glass. She advanced urban studies in the UK. At UCL, she founded the Centre for Urban Studies in 1958. Her work, London: Aspects of Change (1964), critically examined the city’s transformation. Glass addressed issues such as:
- High-density housing
- Immigration and racial discrimination
- Metropolitan governance
- Transport access
- Gentrification (a term Glass coined)
These themes remain central to UCL Urban Lab’s research and teaching since its founding in 2005.
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