University of Glasgow International Leadership Scholarship

The University of Glasgow offers the International Leadership Scholarship to international students who are starting a postgraduate taught Masters program in any discipline for the academic session 2024-25. This scholarship is awarded as a tuition fee discount. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and achieve grades equivalent to UK 1st Class Honours. Additionally, candidates must hold an offer of a place for a postgraduate taught program for September 2024 and have international fee status.

All postgraduate taught Masters programs are eligible for the University of Glasgow International Leadership Scholarship. These scholarships provide an opportunity for students to pursue their postgraduate studies in various fields and gain valuable knowledge and skills. The university offers a wide range of postgraduate, and research programs across various disciplines, providing students with a world-class education and a unique cultural experience in one of the UK’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities.

The University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. With a rich history and a strong reputation for academic excellence, the university attracts a diverse student body of over 20,000 students, including over 3,000 international students from more than 140 countries. Ranked 67th in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the University of Glasgow is a member of the Russell Group, a coalition of the UK’s top research universities. International students can also apply for Scotland’s Saltire Scholarship funded by the Scottish government.

Scholarship Details

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be an international students from the eligible list of countries
• Applicant must demonstrate academic excellence and achieve grades equivalent to UK 1st Class Honours.
• Applicant must have an international fee status.

Scholarship Benefits

Scholarship value for the program is £10,000.

Eligible Programs

• Adult Education, Community Development & Youth Work (CLD Standards Council Accredited)[MEd/PgDip]
• Advanced Functional Materials[MSc]
• Advanced Imaging & Sensing[MSc]
• Advanced Nursing Science[MSc]
• Advanced Practice in Health Care[MSc(MedSci)]
• Advanced Statistics[MRes]
• Aerospace Engineering[MSc]
• Aerospace Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Ancient Cultures[MSc]
• Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law[MSc]
• Applied Linguistics[MSc]
• Applied Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
• Archaeology[MSc]
• Art History[MLitt]
• Art History: Collecting & Provenance in an International Context[MSc]
• Art History: Dress & Textile Histories[MLitt]
• Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning[MLitt]
• Astrophysics[MSc]
• Behavioural Science[MSc]
• Bioinformatics[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Biomedical Engineering[MSc]
• Biomedical Sciences[MRes]
• Biomedical Sciences[MSc]
• Biotechnology[MSc]
• Biotechnology & Management[MSc/PgDip]
• Brain Sciences[MSc]
• Cancer Research & Precision Oncology[MSc]
• Cardiovascular Sciences[MSc(MedSci)]
• Celtic Studies[MSc]
• Chemical Biology[MSc]
• Chemistry[MSc]
• Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[MSc]
• Children’s Literature & Literacies[MEd]
• City Planning[MSc]
• City Planning & Real Estate Development[MSc]
• Civil Engineering[MSc]
• Civil Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Classics & Ancient History[MSc]
• Clinical Neuropsychology[MSc(MedSci)/PgDip]
• Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice[MSc(MedSci)]
• Clinical Pharmacology[MSc(MedSci)]
• Comparative Literature[MLitt]
• Computational Geoscience[MSc]
• Computer Systems Engineering[MSc]
• Computing Science[MSc]
• Conflict Archaeology & Heritage[MSc/PgDip]
• Conservation Management of African Ecosystems[MSc]
• Corporate & Financial Law[LLM]
• Corporate Governance & Accountability[MSc]
• Creative Industries & Cultural Policy[MSc]
• Creative Writing[MLitt]
• Criminology[MRes]
• Criminology & Criminal Justice[MSc]
• Critical Care[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Data Analytics[MSc]
• Data Analytics for Economics & Finance[MSc]
• Data Science[MSc]
• Digital Cancer Technologies[MSc]
• Digital Society[MSc]
• Early Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
• Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships[MSc]
• Ecology & Environmental Biology[MRes]
• Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
• Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways)[MSc]
• Economics[MRes]
• Economics, International Banking & Finance[MSc]
• Education for Sustainable Futures in Adult, Community & Youth Contexts[MSc]
• Education, Public Policy & Equity[MSc]
• Educational Studies[MEd]
• Educational Studies[MSc]
• Electronics & Electrical Engineering[MSc]
• Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing[MSc]
• English Language & Linguistics[MSc]
• English Literature[MLitt]
• English Literature: American Modern Literature[MLitt]
• English Literature: Fantasy[MLitt]
• English Literature: Modernities – Literature, Culture, Theory[MLitt]
• Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Environment & Sustainable Development[MSc]
• Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)[MLitt]
• Environmental Futures: Sustainable Systems[MSc]
• Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance[MSc]
• Film & Television Studies[MLitt]
• Film Curation[MSc]
• Filmmaking & Media Arts[MSc]
• Finance & Management[MSc]
• Financial Economics[MSc]
• Financial Modelling & Investment[MSc]
• Financial Risk Management[MSc]
• Financial Technology[MSc]
• Food Security[MSc]
• Gender History[MSc/PgDip]
• Genetic & Genomic Counselling (with Work Placement)[MSc(MedSci)]
• Geoinformation Technology & Cartography[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Geomatics & Management[MSc]
• Geospatial & Mapping Sciences[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Geospatial Data Science & Modelling[MSc]
• Global Economy[MSc]
• Global Health[MSc/MRes]
• Global History[MSc]
• Global Mental Health[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Global Migrations & Social Justice[MSc]
• Global Security[MSc]
• Health Services Management[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• History[MSc/PgDip]
• Housing Studies[MSc/PgDip]
• Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies[MRes]
• Human Nutrition[MSc(MedSci)]
• Human Rights[LLM]
• Human Rights & International Politics[MSc]
• Immunology & Inflammatory Disease[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice[MEd]
• Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis[MRes]
• Infection Biology (with specialisms)[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Information Management & Preservation[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Information Technology[MSc]
• Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy[LLM]
• International & Comparative Education[MSc]
• International Accounting & Financial Management[MAcc]
• International Business[MSc]
• International Commercial Law[LLM]
• International Competition Law & Policy[LLM]
• International Corporate Finance & Banking[MSc]
• International Economic Law[LLM]
• International Finance[MFin]
• International Financial Analysis[MSc]
• International Human Resource Management & Development[MSc]
• International Law[LLM]
• International Law & Security[LLM]
• International Management & Design Innovation[MSc]
• International Relations[MSc]
• International Relations[MRes]
• International Strategic Marketing[MSc]
• Investment Banking & Finance[MSc]
• Land & Hydrographic Surveying[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement[MSc]
• Language & Literacy Education (Dumfries Campus)[MSc]
• Law[LLM]
• MBA (Master of Business Administration)[MBA]
• Management[MRes]
• Management[MSc]
• Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Management with Enterprise & Business Growth[MSc]
• Management with Human Resources[MSc]
• Master of Global Business[MGB]
• Material Culture & Artefact Studies[MSc/PgDip]
• Mathematics / Applied Mathematics[MSc]
• Mechanical Engineering[MSc]
• Mechanical Engineering & Management[MSc]
• Mechatronics[MSc]
• Media Management[MSc]
• Media, Communications & International Journalism[MSc]
• Media, Culture & Society[MSc]
• Medical Devices Engineering[MSc]
• Medical Genetics & Genomics[MSc(MedSci)]
• Medical Physics[MSc]
• Medieval History[MSc/PgDip]
• Modern History[MSc/PgDip]
• Museum Education[MSc]
• Museum Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Music Industries[MSc]
• Musicology[MMus]
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology[MSc]
• Nuclear & Environmental Physics[MSc]
• Oral Sciences[MSc]
• Philosophy[MSc]
• Philosophy (Conversion)[MSc]
• Philosophy of Mind & Psychology[MSc]
• Playwriting & Dramaturgy[MLitt]
• Political Communication[MSc/PgDip]
• Precision Medicine (with specialisms)[MSc]
• Psychological Science (conversion)[MSc]
• Psychological Science, Research Methods of[MSc]
• Psychological Studies (conversion)[MSc]
• Public Health[MPH/PgDip/PgCert]
• Public Policy & Management[MSc]
• Public Policy Research[MRes]
• Quantitative Finance[MSc]
• Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology[MSc]
• Quantum Technology[MSc]
• Real Estate[MSc]
• Religion & Global Challenges[MSc]
• Reparatory Justice[MSc/MA]
• Robotics & AI[MSc]
• Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MSc]
• Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies[MRes]
• Science Communications[MSc]
• Scottish History[MSc/PgDip]
• Sensor & Imaging Systems[MSc]
• Sociology[MSc]
• Sociology & Research Methods[MRes]
• Software Development[MSc]
• Sound Design & Audiovisual Practice[MSc]
• Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics[MSc]
• Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine[MSc]
• Statistics[MSc]
• Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine[MSc]
• Structural Engineering[MSc]
• Sustainable Energy[MSc]
• Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)[MSc]
• Sustainable Water Environments[MSc]
• TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MEd]
• TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages[MSc]
• Textile Conservation[MPhil]
• Theatre & Performance Practices[MLitt]
• Theatre Studies[MLitt]
• Theoretical Physics[MSc]
• Translation Studies[MSc/PgDip/PgCert]
• Urban Analytics[MSc]
• Urban Research[MRes]
• Urban Transport[MSc]
• War Studies[MSc]

Eligible Countries

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belize
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo
• Congo Democratic Republic of
• Costa Rica
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Falkland Islands
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Korea North
• Korea South
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestine
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United States of America
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Deadline

There are many application rounds per year for postgraduate taught programs. See from the list of postgraduate taught programs to see the application deadline for the specific program you are looking for.

How to Apply

Visit the official link of the scholarship link for the application details.