Below is a list of the scholarships available to you if you’re applying for postgraduate studies at Royal Holloway.
If you're applying for a research degree, there are specific scholarships available.
Alumni bursaries
Royal Holloway graduates who apply for a postgraduate course will automatically get a 15% discount on tuition fees for your first year of study. There’s no need to apply.
Royal Holloway Principal's Masters scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £4,000 for Home/EU/International students
Students studying a range of postgraduate programmes who have achieved or are expected to achieve a First Class degree. Read more here
Bedford Society scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £7,000 for Home/EU students
Masters student with, or expected to achieve, a First Class degree or equivalent. Any subject. Read more here
RHBNC Trust scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £7,000 for Home/EU students
Three awards available to new full-time Masters students with Home/EU fee status in any subject. Read more here
American Foundation of RHBNC International Excellence scholarship
Cash award of £6,500 for International students
For US citizens with, or expected to achieve, a First Class degree or equivalent studying any Masters degree. Read more here
Brian Harris scholarship
Full tuition fee reduction and £14,800 research, living and travel costs for UK students
Masters student living and educated in the UK studying for MA History degree, with or expected to achieve, a First Class degree. Read more here
David Cesarani, Kobler scholarship
£10,000 to cover tuition fees and a contribution towards living costs for Home/EU students
Masters students applying to study MA Holocaust Studies with, or expected to achieve a First Class degree or equivalent. Read more here
Willoughby Losner scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £7,700 for Home/EU students
Masters students applying to study MA Holocaust Studies with, or expected to achieve a First Class degree or equivalent. Read more here
Dinah and Jessica Nichols scholarship
£12,000 scholarship for Home/EU/International students
Masters students studying a degree within the Department of History with, or expected to achieve, a First Class degree or equivalent. Read more here
Herringham scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £7,700 for Home/EU/International students
Masters students applying for a degree within the Department of History with, or expected to achieve, a First Class degree or equivalent. Read more here
Dr Pirkko Koppinen scholarship
£12,000 to cover tuition fees and a contribution towards living costs for Home/EU students
Royal Holloway graduate or current student from English or History departments applying for MA Medieval Studies with, or expected to achieve, a 2:1 degree or equivalent. Read more here
Royal Holloway Law scholarships
Tuition fee reduction of £4,000 for Home/EU students
Five scholarships are available to a new full-time students with Home/EU fee status studying for a Masters degree within the School of Law. Read more here
The Gent Rust scholarships
Cash award of £5,625
These scholarships are open to new full-time students from UK, applying for one of the following programmes:
- MSc Electronic Engineering by Research
- MSc Information Security
- MSc Engineering Management
and expected to have achieved, or are on target to achieve, a First Class Honours degree or equivalent.
Read more here
Katayoon Behboodi scholarship
The scholarship is offered as a full tuition fee reduction
Students applying for the following degrees in- MSc Physics by Research, MSc Information Security, MSc Electronic Engineering by Research,MSc Mathematics for application, MSc Mathematics of Cryptograph and Communications, MSc Engineering Management, MSc Computer Science by Research and MSc Petroleum Geoscience. Read more here
Manju Mehrotra scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £10,000 available to students from India on specific degree programmes
Two scholarships are available to new taught Masters students from India with an offer to study in:
- MSc International Supply Chain Management
- MSc Engineering Management
- MSc Project Management
Read more here
Corky McGuinness award in Musicology
Tuition fee reduction of £4,000 for Home/EU/International students
This scholarship is available to a new full-time student studying for a MMus in Advanced Musical Studies degree. Read more here
Headley Trust scholarship award
£10,000 award for UK students, which can be used towards tuition fees and/or living costs.
One scholarship is available to a new full-time Masters student from the UK and studying MMus Advanced Musical Studies. Read more here
Computer Science scholarship
Tuition fee reduction of £2,000 (£4,000 for Indian nationals paying international fees) for International students
Masters students studying various Computer Science degrees, with a First Class degree or equivalent. Read more here
Hellenic Institute studentships and bursaries
Range of tuition fee reductions and research funding for Home/EU/International students
Students applying to degree programmes within the Hellenic Institute - MA History: Hellenic Studies and MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies. Read more here
The Peter Le Grys memorial prize
Up to £2,000 cash award
This prize is for a new full-time student studying MA in Crusader Studies. Read more here
Sport scholarships
World class, Elite, Performance and International scholarships which provide a range of cash awards plus free access to fitness facilities, osteopathy, physiotherapy and a parking permit for Home/EU/International students
Students who participate in a sport at national level or above, or have podium or Olympic/Paralympic potential. Read more here
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (external funding)
Full tuition fee reduction and cash award for one Commonwealth MA Politics of Development student
The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship is available to one student from an eligible Commonwealth country applying to study MA Politics of Development from 2020. The scholarship is jointly funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom and the university.
Please be aware that you must apply for your course and the scholarship separately. Find out more here.
Postgrad Solutions Study Bursary (external funding)
Cash award of £500 available across all subject areas for students from anywhere in the world.
Postgrad Solutions offers 15 bursaries worth £500 across a number of subject areas, as well as for general postgraduate study. Read more here
Saïd Foundation Scholarship (external funding)
Full scholarship for postgraduate students from Syria, Jordan, Lebanon or Palestine
The Saïd Foundation offers 30 scholarships to students studying for a one-year postgraduate course at one of its partner universities. Find out more here.
