The Desmond Tutu/Church of Scotland Masters Scholarship

The scholarship will be awarded to a new applicant who has applied for admission to a postgraduate taught Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2026.

Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

Both taught Masters and Masters by Research programmes are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from applicants from African countries wishing to study on a full-time postgraduate Masters programme in the School of Divinity.

Applicants must be affiliated with one of the following churches:

Synod of the Nile of the Evangelical Church of Egypt
Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Kenya
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian:

• General Synod
• Synod of Blantyre
• Synod of Livingstonia
• Nkhoma Synod

Igreja Evangelica de Cristo em Moçambique
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
Presbyterian Church of South Sudan
United Church of Zambia
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

The Scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit with candidates requiring an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree.