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Government loans are available for postgraduate studies to put towards the cost of your master's degree.
These are non-repayable bursaries towards tuition fees of £3,000 for full-time taught postgraduate courses and £1,500 per year (for a maximum of two years) for part-time taught postgraduate courses.
The Birkbeck Hardship Fund can provide support towards unexpected costs that have been incurred as a result of an emergency or unforeseen change in your personal situation.
Three students with discretionary leave to remain, LLR or Asylum seeker status, and otherwise required to pay overseas fee rates, will be eligible to pay the ‘Home’ rate of tuition fees.
The Compass Project Fund will provide 20 asylum seekers, who are not eligible for student finance, with a scholarship to study a university-level programme at Birkbeck.
The Birkbeck Access to Digital Learning Fund helps Home students with the cost of essential IT resources.
If you need help with childcare costs, you may be eligible for support from the Government and/or from Birkbeck, depending on your mode of study and personal circumstances.
The Aziz Foundation offer full tuition fee scholarships to support British Muslims to study at master’s level.
Our Lifelong Learning Guarantee scheme provides practical support to help reduce the costs of education for those who are continuing their learning journey with Birkbeck.
This fund supports project-related expenses for taught master's students exploring environmental issues as part of their dissertation/independent research project.
We are pleased to offer five bursaries of £5,000 to students from diverse backgrounds wanting to study environment and sustainability.
This scholarship is part of a Birkbeck-wide initiative to encourage and support women’s participation in the sport industry.
The Bonnart Trust studentship is for part-time master’s students who work in the areas of social cohesion, conflict resolution and racial, ethnic and religious justice.
The Breakspear Scholarship offers a full fee waiver for a full-time, home, postgraduate student studying history.
This £1,000 scholarship is open to students studying French or French Studies.
We are offering fee waivers for part-time or full-time Home postgraduate taught students studying our MA History of Art.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholarship will support an emerging director from a disadvantaged socio-economic background or under-represented background.
The School of Historical Studies will award a limited number of bursaries to students embarking on the MRes in Philosophy.
Five scholarships are available for part-time postgraduate students studying in the School of Historical Studies, the School of Natural Sciences and School of Psychological Sciences.
The Sasakawa Postgraduate studentships is available to students studying a postgraduate taught or research degree with a focus on Japanese studies.
This fellowship offers £1,750 to an outstanding part-time or full-time Home postgraduate taught student studying the MA Creative Writing.
The bursary looks to support talented students who come from a low income background or demonstrate financial difficulty studying in the School of Psychological Studies.
Students studying the subject areas of Earth and planetary sciences can apply for financial assistance for non-fieldwork costs.
The School of Natural Sciences offers a bursary worth £5,000 to one Home Fees student studying for one of the school's master's degrees.
This fund could help students studying the subject areas of Earth and planetary sciences with fieldwork or travel to a conference or other academic-related travel costs.
