Cranfield Excellence Merit Scholarships

Who is eligible?

• Available to eligible applicants who hold an offer for one of our full-time postgraduate taught MSc degree programmes, through Cranfield School of Management for 2026/2027 entry.
• Home fee offer holders must possess a minimum of a UK lower second-class honours degree or international equivalent.
• If you are currently studying towards your qualification, a Cranfield Merit Scholarship will be specified following the confirmation of your undergraduate results scholarship and will be subject to meeting the entry requirements of the course.
• Applicants to the full-time MBA programme are not eligible for these particular scholarships, however there is a large range of scholarship and funding opportunities available.

Scholarship value

1/ Overseas fee payer applicants with a UK first class (honours) undergraduate degree or international equivalent will be awarded a £10,000 Cranfield Merit Scholarship.

2/ Overseas fee payer applicants with any of the following will be awarded a £10,000 Cranfield Merit Scholarship.

An existing UK Master's degree or international equivalent.
A UK Doctoral qualification or international equivalent.
A UK Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or international equivalent.

3/ Overseas fee payer applicants with an UK upper second-class (honours) undergraduate degree or international equivalent will be awarded a £6,000 Cranfield Merit Scholarship.

4/ All UK Home fees applicants will be awarded a 20% Cranfield Merit Scholarship.