Engineering International Scholarships: Eligibility, Deadline & How to Apply

The School of Engineering will offer Masters scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic session.

To ensure that the scholarship is awarded to students who appropriately represent the University, university will consider applicants that best reflect and increase the diversity of the student body. This is for pedagogical reasons as well as to enhance the overall experience of enrolling at a truly international and outward looking University. University believe that diverse backgrounds and cultures bring extraordinary value to everyone’s learning experience. University therefore encourage applications from students of all backgrounds but those from underrepresented nationalities are particularly welcome. University want to inspire those in under-represented groups and university encourage applications from those who identify with any other protected characteristics which are under-represented in the student body.

All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award.  University offer postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.

Eligible programmes are:

• MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering
• MSc Advanced Power Engineering (Scholarships will be awarded to successful candidates for the first year of study only)
• MSc Digital Design and Manufacture
• MSc Electronics
• MSc Electrical Power Engineering
• MSc Fire Engineering Science
• MSc Signal Processing and Communications
• MSc Sustainable Energy Systems

We are offering 3 scholarships, for the sum of £3000 each.  These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be: Automatically deducted from your tuition fee with any remaining funds being awarded towards living costs.

The scholarships will be awarded to overseas applicants who have been accepted for admission on a full-time basis for an eligible postgraduate taught Masters programme within the School of Engineering in 2025-26. Eligible

The scholarship deadline has now passed.

In order to gain access to the scholarship application system applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh.  Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and for access to be granted.

Once you have completed the registration process, you will then be logged into MyEd and will see the 'My Application' or 'Studies' tab containing the EUCLID channel, then click the 'Manage my application(s)' button to open the Applicant Hub.

The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd web based information portal at https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk

Further guidance on applying for scholarships as a registered student can be found here: Applying for a scholarship through MyEd

When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name and password. If you require assistance, please go to http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-systems/support-guidance

When you receive your UUN and EASE password, you can apply for scholarships. Do not wait to receive an offer before applying for a scholarship but the eligibility criteria for the relevant scholarship may ask that you have received an offer of admission by the closing date of the scholarship.

It can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed to allow access to the scholarship application portal. If you have applied for admission to your programme very recently, your access may not yet be live.

Upon completion of your Personal statement , clicking on the 'Submit Application' button will display an 'Application Submitted Successfully' message.

Reference

Reference requirements vary between degree programmes: some programmes do not ask for any references, while others require either one or two references. Find the specific reference requirements for your chosen programme in degree finder.

Personal Statement

• Your Personal Statement should include information relevant to your scholarship application and be between 200 and 500 words there is a limit of 3500 characterss. Some scholarships require specific evidence to be presented within the personal statement, please refer to the particular prouded for scholarships betre completing your statement at Scholarships and Student Funding Services.

The scholarships will be awarded to overseas applicants who have been accepted for admission on a full-time basis for an eligible postgraduate taught Masters programme within the School of Engineering in 2025-26. 

• Online Application
• Academic Transcripts
• Degree Certificate 
• Personal Statement
• One or Two References
• English Language Proficiency