Marshall Scholarship

The selection criteria are divided into three equally weighted categories:

• Academic Merit
• Leadership Potential
• Ambassadorial Potential

Open to: Prospective postgraduate students (1 or 2 years) from the USA.

Criteria: Candidates must demonstrate academic merit, leadership potential and ambassadorial potential.

Exclusions: You must have an undergraduate degree from a college in the USA.

Who is Eligible?

To be eligible for a 2026 Marshall Scholarship, candidates must:

• Be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship)
• (By the time they take up their scholarship i.e. September 2026) hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States
• Have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 on their undergraduate degree at the time of application. We do not accept rounded GPA's.
• Have graduated from their first undergraduate college or university after April 2023.
• Not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree-equivalent qualification from a British University or GCSE or A Levels taken at school in the UK.