UCL East London Scholarship is back for 2024

The East London Scholarship scheme is open to UK-based students interested in studying full or part-time taught postgraduate degree programmes in areas as diverse as digital innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, urbanism, health, finance, history and the creative industries.

Eligibility is based on financial need as well as specific evidence of having lived or studied in one of the four London boroughs neighbouring our UCL East campus. Applicants must be applying for or already hold an offer for one of the eligible Master's programmes. 

London Boroughs covered by the scheme

• Hackney
• Newham
• Tower Hamlets
• Waltham Forest

The deadline for applications is 5pm BST on Thursday 20 June 2024 with successful applicants for September 2024 informed by mid-late July. 

Aims of the UCL East London Scholarship scheme 

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world attracting research investment and applications from students from across London, the UK and the globe. It is also the winner of The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2024. 

UCL’s new campus in Stratford brings together diverse disciplines to collaborate with communities, businesses and organisations in east London to tackle the biggest challenges facing people and the planet, themes that shape our UCL Grand Challenges research strategy. 

The UCL East London Scholarship scheme is one of a range of initiatives helping to ensure that our research and teaching is embedded in and relevant to the communities we serve, with activity starting locally to impact globally.  

The UCL community is determined to be relevant and accessible in a fast-growing, richly diverse and exciting part of our capital city, which is home to our new UCL East campus and our existing UCL School of Management. The UCL East London Scholarship is one of a range of opportunities we are providing in collaboration with and exclusively for east Londoners, from our developing UCL East schools programme through to our research and community collaborations supporting innovation, enterprise, the creative industries, learning and skills development.

We are grateful to all our partners and to our UCL community at large for helping us to spread the word about this opportunity. Together we will ensure that our new UCL East London Scholarship helps to create London’s next generation of brave, disruptive thinkers.

Find out more and how to apply 

Interested applicants are advised to check full details of eligibility and how to apply for a UCL East London Scholarship, as well as supporting information, on the UCL Scholarship and Funding section of the UCL website. 

Talk to us informally about the UCL East London Scholarship 

If you would like to know more about the UCL East London Scholarship scheme, either as a prospective applicant or with a view to helping to promote it in your area or organisation, you can talk informally with one of our team by emailing Anne Preston via ucleast@ucl.ac.uk, titling your email ‘UCL East London Scholarship’.

Alternatively, you can register for one of our monthly live online information sessions and ask questions in person.

For prospective applicants, these informal chats will not in any way influence the assessment process, so please feel free to discuss any aspect of the Scholarship or the application process. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Support the UCL East London Scholarship

If you are interested in supporting the UCL East London Scholarship, please contact Nick Marsden, Associate Director of Development (UCL Faculties) for an informal conversation via n.marsden@ucl.ac.uk or visit the UCL philanthropic support for scholarships web page to find out more.