General scholarships
Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man can get a scholarship covering fees for their Honours year of study.
Value
£9,535
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland
Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
This scholarship provides a £1,000 cash award per year (for Years 1–3) for eligible students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
Value
£3,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland
The EU Undergraduate Scholarship provides fee discounts and costs for EU students studying at the University of Stirling.
Value
£5,000 fee discount every year, plus Honours year scholarship
Number of awards
Unlimited
Fee status
International (including EU)
International Undergraduate Scholarship
Our International Undergraduate Scholarship offers eligible students £2,000 per year (£8,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£8,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
GEMS International Undergraduate Scholarship
Our GEMS International Undergraduate Scholarship offers eligible students £2,000 each year (£8,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£8,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate Transnational Education (TNE) Partner Transfer Scholarship
A 20% tuition fee waiver for Transnational Education (TNE) students who transfer from an official TNE partner of the University to study at Stirling for a year or more at an undergraduate level.
Value
20% tuition fee waiver
Number of awards
Unlimited
Fee status
International (including EU)
Financial support for 16 to 25 year olds in Scotland who face barriers to higher education.
Value
Up to £4,250 per year
Number of awards
10
Fee status
Scotland
Our Undergraduate USA Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate Canada Scholarship
Our Undergraduate Canada Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate South Africa Scholarship
Our Undergraduate South Africa Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate Zimbabwe Scholarship
Our Undergraduate Zimbabwe Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate United Arab Emirates (UAE) Scholarship
Our Undergraduate United Arab Emirates Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate Malaysia Scholarship
Our Undergraduate Malaysia Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate Hong Kong Scholarship
Our Undergraduate Hong Kong Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Undergraduate Norway Scholarship
Our Undergraduate Norway Scholarship offers eligible students £5,000 per year (£20,000 over four years) towards the payment of annual fees.
Value
£20,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
The Stirling Welcome Scholarship provides a £1,000 cash award to all undergraduate students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland who enrol as a student on a course delivered at the University's Stirling campus.
Value
£1,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland
Postgraduate Merit Scholarship
We are offering all UK or Republic of Ireland students with a first-class Honours degree (or equivalent) a £2,000 scholarship to study full-time on any taught Masters course. The award is offered on a pro-rata basis for students who are studying part time.
Value
£2,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland, Scotland
The EU Postgraduate Scholarship provides a fee discount for EU students studying at the University of Stirling.
Value
£5,000 tuition fee discount
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
We are offering fully funded places on a selection of on-campus Masters courses in partnership with The Data Lab and the Scottish Funding Council.
Value
Full cost of tuition fee
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
Scotland
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships
Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for candidates from developing Commonwealth countries, looking to study selected postgraduate Masters courses.
Value
See details
Number of awards
8
Fee status
International (including EU)
This scholarship provides a discount for the first year of a full-time or part-time Masters degree for students who have completed their undergraduate degree at the University of Stirling.
Value
15% fee waiver
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland, International (including EU), Scotland
A scholarship is available to a student from China studying any postgraduate taught degree at the University of Stirling.
Value
£10,000
Number of awards
1
Fee status
International (including EU)
Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarship
The Society offers two one-year scholarships available for postgraduate study in the USA (usually at masters’ level).
Value
$35,000
Number of awards
2
Fee status
Scotland
Postgraduate East Asia Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students who are living in mainland China, Hong Kong
Value
£7,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
A scholarship is available to a student from Mexico studying any postgraduate taught degree at the University of Stirling.
Value
£10,000
Number of awards
1
Fee status
International (including EU)
Postgraduate Ghana Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students living in Ghana.
Value
£4,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Postgraduate India Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students living in India.
Value
£4,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Postgraduate Kenya Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students living in Kenya.
Value
£4,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Postgraduate Nigeria Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students living in Nigeria.
Value
£4,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Postgraduate Pakistan Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, on-campus, self-funding students living in Pakistan.
Value
£4,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Singapore Institute of Management Postgraduate Scholarship
This scholarship is for the first year of a full-time Masters degree, and is available to international students who have graduated from our partner, Singapore Institute of Management, with a University of Stirling undergraduate degree.
Value
20% tuition fee waiver
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Lingnan University Postgraduate Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded for the first year of a full-time Masters degree and is available to international students who have graduated from our Hong Kong partner, Lingnan University, with a University of Stirling undergraduate degree.
Value
20% tuition fee waiver
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Chevening Scholarships is the UK government's scholarships programme for international students studying Masters degrees.
Value
See details
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
The Fulbright University of Stirling Award
The University of Stirling and the Fulbright Commission offers funding for postgraduate studies in health, wellbeing or sports science.
Value
Full tuition fee waiver plus living costs
Number of awards
1
Fee status
International (including EU)
Postgraduate Taught International Partnerships Scholarship
A tuition fee waiver on any full-time on-campus postgraduate taught course at the University of Stirling for eligible international students.
Value
20% tuition fee waiver
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
The Aziz Scholarships Programme offers 100% tuition fee scholarships to support British Muslims to study for a Masters at partnered UK universities.
Value
100% tuition fee
Number of awards
9
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland
Be the Difference Postgraduate International Scholarship
£7000 tuition fee waiver for the first year of a Masters degree and is open to full-time self-funding students who are classed as international for tuition fee purposes starting in September 2025 or January 2026.
Value
£7,000
Number of awards
September 2025 and January 2026: 100 awards
Fee status
International (including EU)
Commonwealth Masters Scholarships
The agency-nominated Master’s programme is one of three Master’s programmes offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
Value
See details
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships are for applicants from least developed countries and fragile states looking for full-time doctoral study at a UK university.
Value
See details
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
International (including EU)
INTO Stirling Progression Scholarships
As part of our commitment to attracting the very best students to join our diverse international community, we are delighted to offer the INTO Stirling Progression Scholarships.
Value
Up to £4,000
Number of awards
Awarded to all eligible students
Fee status
International (including EU)
Institute for Advanced Studies Studentships
We're investing in the next generation of world-class researchers.
Value
See details
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland, International (including EU), Scotland
The Reid Family Scholarship (Widening Participation)
We support Scottish students from Widening Participation backgrounds to help with the financial pressures of living costs and tuition fees so you can achieve your full potential.
Value
£8,500-£21,525
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
Scotland
ESRC-funded studentship opportunities: Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science's Scottish Doctoral Training Partnership provides studentship awards each year to students to allow them to do a funded PhD in the social sciences.
Value
Full fees and stipend of £18,622
Number of awards
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland, International (including EU), Scotland
Stirlingshire Educational Trust
Grants available to persons who have been resident in Stirlingshire, either currently or in the past, for a period of at least 5 consecutive years or have been born there.
Value
£100-£500
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
Scotland
Sanctuary scholarships are awarded to postgraduate, access and undergraduate students who are in the UK and have applied for asylum or are staying in the UK as refugees or on humanitarian grounds.
Value
Tuition fees plus costs up to £3,000
Number of awards
Multiple
Fee status
England, Wales, NI, Republic of Ireland, Scotland