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How to Apply

Nominations are sought for the Carnegie/Caledonian PhD Scholarships 2022-23. Carnegie awards only 12 to 15 Scholarships in the year and is extremely competitive. The University of Glasgow Scholarship process is quite robust but is highly successful. One of the candidates has also been awarded the Robertson Medal for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences for the most outstanding candidate of this year’s competition for a PhD Scholarship.

In addition to the University of Glasgow internal shortlisting process outlined in the link below, potential applicant and their nominating supervisor should familiarise themselves with the formal application process that the Carnegie Trust will require shortlisted candidates to complete and ensure that they have all the required additional documentation ready in good time - Please see The Carnegie Trust application process .

• An annual stipend (currently £17,904 for AY 2022-23, adjusted annually)
• Tuition fees at the UK Research and Innovation UKRI rate (nominating institutions are expected to waive the difference in fee rate and this must be agreed in advance with your Graduate School)
• Research allowance of up to £3000 (across the full duration of the scholarship) is available towards certain research costs
• You are not eligible to apply if you have already started a PhD or will be starting before academic year 2023-24.
• You must have or expected to have a first-class honours degree from one of the eligible host organisations in Scotland
• You are eligible to apply if your undergraduate degree is in a subject related to the academic field of your proposed doctoral research
• PhD Project Title (maximum 20 words) .
• PhD Research Proposal Summary (maximum 500 words)
• Degree transcript
• Supervisor Statement of Support (maximum 500 words)

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Fees and funding

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• Part-time students
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Funding your postgraduate study

If you require funding for your taught postgraduate programme, you should begin your research as soon as early as possible. The type of financial support you are entitled to will depend on your programme of study and your residency status.

Scottish students

Saas postgraduate funding.

The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) offer a universal student loan entitlement of £11,500 for all eligible taught postgraduate students*. This comprises of a tuition fee loan up to £7,000 and a non-income assessed living cost loan of £4,500.

For part-time students undertaking an eligible course, a tuition fee loan of up to £7,000 is available to to help pay for all or some of your tuition fees. 

Applications for the loan will be open from April and repayment is added to existing undergraduate loans.

For more information visit the SAAS website .

* For Erasmus Mundus Scottish students funded via SAAS PG Loans, the minimum requirement is 25% of the degree based in the UK.

PGT Excellence Scholarship

The University of Glasgow has a total of 20 PGT Excellence Awards available to UK students.

Scholarships are available to students entering any of the University’s colleges and are awarded as a tuition fee discount. 

To be eligible, applicants must: 

• demonstrate academic excellence and achieve grades equivalent to UK 1st Class Honours
• hold an offer of a place for a full-time postgraduate taught Masters programme
• be classed as Home or RUK student for fee purposes.
• Find out more about the PGT Excellence Scholarship

The University, government agencies, research councils, charitable trusts and external bodies offer a number of scholarships, studentships and loans to help you undertake a taught postgraduate qualification. You can find up-to-date information on what's available through our Scholarship Database.

• Search our scholarships database

Our Graduate Schools

Our Graduate School web pages also have a wealth of useful scholarship and financial information.

• College of Arts & Humanities Graduate School
• College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences Graduate School
• College of Science & Engineering Graduate School
• College of Social Sciences Graduate School

English, Welsh and Northern Irish students

Funding for english students.

If you are an English student looking to study taught postgraduate programme in Glasgow then you can apply for a student loan in exactly the same way as you would for an English University. Finance is provided by Student Finance England.

Postgraduate Masters Loan

If you’re starting a masters degree*, you could get a GOV.UK: Postgraduate Masters Loan of up to £10,609 to help with course fees and living costs.

* Erasmus Mundus students from England and Wales can receive loans as long as 50% of the degree is studied in the UK.  

Postgraduate Doctoral Loan

If you’re starting a doctoral degree on or after 1 August 2018, you could get a GOV.UK: Postgraduate Doctoral Loan of up to £25,000 to help with course fees and living costs.

The postgraduate loan is available for both full-time and part-time study postgraduate study if you meet the eligibility criteria outlined.

For more information visit:  GOV.UK: Funding for postgraduate study 

Funding for Northern Irish students

If you are a Northern Irish student looking to study a taught Masters programme* in Glasgow then you can apply for a student loan in exactly the same way as you would for a University in Northern Ireland.

Northern Irish students are able to apply for non-means-tested tuition fee loans of up to £5,500, to help with the costs of funding

For more information visit:  Student Finance NI: Postgraduate students

* does not apply to Erasmus Mundus programmes

Funding for Welsh Students

If you are a Welsh student looking to study a postgraduate programme in Glasgow then you can apply for a student loan in exactly the same way as you would for a Welsh University.

If you’re starting a masters degree*, you could get a Postgraduate Masters Loan of up to £10,280 to help with course fees and living costs.

* Erasmus Mundus students from England and Wales can receive loans as long as 50% of the degree is studied in the UK. 

If you’re starting a doctoral degree on or after 1 August 2018, you could get a Postgraduate   of up to £25,000 to help with course fees and living costs.

For more information visit: 

• Student Finance Wales: Doctoral Loan
• Student Finance Wales: Postgraduate students
• be classed as a Home or RUK student for fee purposes.
• Find out more: PGT Excellence Scholarship

Scholarship Database

• search our scholarships database
• College of Science & Engineering Graduate School

International/EU students

International/EU students should visit our pages for the latest financial information and scholarship opportunities.

Scholarships

Graduate teaching assistantships.

Some departments offer Graduate Teaching Assistantships to postgraduate research students, which involve conducting tutorials and undertaking other teaching-related duties for first and second-year undergraduate students. Many students find that being a Graduate Teaching Assistant is an excellent way of gaining valuable work experience, as well as a means of supplementing their income. You should enquire at the relevant graduate school office for information on opportunities available in your destination department.

• College of Arts Graduate School

Useful links

Information on sources of funding may be obtained from the following websites:

• Association of Commonwealth Universities
• Charities Aid Foundation
• Directory of Social Change
• British Council
• Graduate Prospects