Regional Merit Based Scholarships

This Scholarship Programme, funded by the UCD School of Geography, supports academically exceptional students currently residing in India, China, or North America (the US and Canada). Recipients will act as ambassadors for their programme and the School during their studies and beyond graduation.

About the Scholarship

The Scholarship Programme aims to attract outstanding candidates to selected MSc and MA programmes within the School and to encourage early applications by offering recipients a scholarship award of up to 40% of tuition fees.

These scholarships are available exclusively to applicants residing in India, China or North America who are classified as non-EU for tuition fee purposes.

Scholarships are offered to self-funded candidates who have received an offer (firm or conditional) for an eligible full-time MSc or MA programme. Applicants must have completed the full application process and met all admission requirements. Scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of academic merit.

Applicants to the following programmes are eligible for the Scholarship:

• MA Critical Geographies (Full Time) – up to one scholarship available – to candidates from US and Canada
• MSc GIS and Remote Sensing (Full Time) – up to one scholarship available – to candidates from China and India
• MSc Urban Data Analytics (Full Time) – up to one scholarship available – to candidates from China and India