Selection criteria:We will consider your educational, personal and financial circumstances. You will need to demonstrate these in your application. Assessment of applications will be made in relation to the eligibility criteria.
Prospective students who are nationals of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Republic of Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe are eligible for this award.
Postgraduate
To be eligible to apply for the Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Scholarship, candidates must:
be a national of one of the Bartlett's approved list of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries (see Key Information above) and resident in an eligible SSA country
not hold British or dual British citizenship.
not have completed undergraduate or postgraduate studies outside of SSA
not have already received, or receive, any funding for a master's or equivalent qualification, at any university which is outside the above list of approved SSA countries at the time of applying (31 March 2027) up to 1 October 2028
have a UCL Offer of Admission to a Bartlett master's course for study in 2027-28. This offer must be either unconditional or conditional only on English language requirements.
Have an assessed household income of less?than £42,875
We especially encourage candidates who are:
a forced migrant
the first generation in their family to attend university at undergraduate level
the first generation in their family to attend university at postgraduate level.
Applicants may also be considered for the Bartlett Promise Prescot Scholarship if they meet all the above criteria and:
have a UCL Offer of Admission to study on the MSc Infrastructure Investment and Finance programme starting in the 2027-28 academic year.
identify as female.
Applicants who are eligible for the Bartlett Promise Prescot Scholarship should apply using the Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master's application form and will be considered for both scholarships.
