David Guard MABECS Birmingham Postgraduate Taught Scholarships

Selection for the award will be based on academic merit and a 500-word essay summary on ‘What this scholarship means to you' to be submitted to MABECS.

Only under exceptional circumstances in which the University is unable to choose an awardee based solely on academic merit (for instance, if two candidates have identical grades) will applicants be asked to attend an interview.

In order to be eligible, candidates must:

• You should have an excellent academic background. Candidates should have or be expecting a 2.1 in a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Have received and accepted an offer for a full time postgraduate taught programme starting September 2026 at the University of Birmingham (Birmingham campus). The student must be entering the first year of a postgraduate taught programme.
• Meet the academic conditions of their offer to the programme.
• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.
• Start their studies at the University in September 2026 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).
• If a scholarship recipient decides to defer their programme start date to September 2026, they will no longer be eligible as the scholarship is only available for programmes starting in September 2026.
• Students seeking to study on a course solely delivered as a ‘distance learning' programme are not eligible for this scholarship.
• Successful recipients of the scholarships must have completed online university registration and be ‘Normally Registered' by 3 October 2026 (23:59 UK time/ GMT+1). If this is not the case, the university will withdraw the scholarship.
• Be registered with, and have their postgraduate study application attached to our local representatives MABECS.