Fully Funded Postgraduate Places

Please note: this is information for reference only. We'll post information funding on Masters courses for the 2020-21 academic year when it becomes available.

Key Facts

The University of Stirling are offering fully funded places on a selection of Masters courses in partnership with The Data Lab and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre.

Background information

For the 2019-20 academic year, the University of Stirling, in partnership with The Data Lab and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, offered up to 42 fully funded places on a select range of Masters courses.

All of the cutting-edge courses supported by this funding have been selected because they prepare graduates with all the skills needed for a career in Scotland's key up-and-coming industries.

We'll post information funding on Masters courses for the 2020-21 academic year when it becomes available.

Eligibility and availability

The places are open for applicants domiciled in Scotland and the European Union.

You are eligible to apply for a funded place if you are:

a permanent resident of Scotland for at least three years prior to the start of the programme (i.e. living in Scotland for a purpose other than studying) or
an EU national (with the exception of England, Northern Ireland, Wales) residing in your own country for three years prior to the start of the programme or
an EU national (with the exception of England, Northern Ireland, Wales) exercising your right of free movement anywhere in the UK or the EU and permanently domiciled in the EU for three years prior to the start of the programme or
a non-UK and non-EU applicant with indefinite leave to remain in the UK and permanently domiciled in Scotland for a purpose other than education for three years prior to the start of the programme

You are not eligible if you are:

a Scottish applicant not permanently resident of Scotland for three years prior to the start of the programme
a UK applicant not permanently resident in Scotland for three years prior to the start of the programme (e.g. resided in Scotland solely for the purpose of education)
an EU applicant not permanently resident in the EU for three years prior to the start of the programme
a non-UK and non-EU applicant with indefinite leave to remain in the UK and permanently domiciled outside Scotland
a non-UK and non-EU applicant with a limited leave to remain

How do I apply?

You don't need to apply as long as you have applied for one of the listed postgraduate courses.

Eligible applicants who hold an accepted offer of admission for the listed courses will be considered automatically. There is no separate application process but you should be aware that number of awards is limited and waitlists are likely to be operated.

Successful candidates will be notified via email by the University's Admissions Office.

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