Graduate Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

To be awarded a scholarship, you must fulfil the following criteria:

• Have achieved a BCU undergraduate degree, postgraduate degree or PGCE (BA, BSc, BMus, LLB, MA, MSc, MMus, LLM, PGCE)
• Be enrolling onto an eligible full-time or part-time Master’s (including MRes) or PhD course for the first time in the 2026/27 academic year (see exclusions below)
• Be a UK, EU or international self-funded student (including those who are in receipt of a postgraduate student loan).

The Scholarship is also open to:

Apprenticeship students who fulfil the criteria above.

Students who joined BCU in their third year after gaining a HND (and have therefore been awarded a BCU undergraduate degree.

Students graduating with a Dual Award that includes a full BCU award.

The Scholarship is not available to ERASMUS students currently studying at BCU.

If you are eligible for the Graduate Scholarship and a second BCU scholarship, we will automatically award you the larger of the two.

Courses exempt from the Scholarship

The Scholarship is not open to students wishing to enrol on courses that are not full Master’s or PhD programmes, including Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, PGCE courses, PgCert courses, PgDip courses and Graduate Diplomas.

The Scholarship is also not available for students enrolling on franchise or validated courses delivered at or through partner colleges.