Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Applications are now open for the 2024 Masters Compare £5,000 Scholarship! This scholarship provides an exciting opportunity to help you continue your postgraduate studies and start a masters course.
The Masters Compare Scholarship drawn in 2023 was awarded to Daria. She is a full-time student studying an LLM at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Masters Compare Scholarship can be a life changing experience for the winner. The lucky student that was drawn in 2021 – Marjana – enrolled at Imperial College Business School to study an MSc in Business.
Throughout her course, Marjana shared her experiences as a student with us, from winning the scholarship, studying during lockdown, looking for a job and how she achieved her ideal role in FMCG.
Marjana successfully completed her degree and is starting work as a Key Account Manager at P&G.
You can now participate in the next annual Masters Compare scholarship which will be awarded in the autumn 2024.
Entering the scholarship is easy. Simply register to receive our regular mailings and when you are ready follow the steps to supply a 200 word personal statement explaining why you want to study your master’s degree. You can register any time to our websites Masters Compare and Postgraduate Studentships.
You can use the scholarship alongside other funding. It does not effect the UK Government Postgraduate Loans scheme or any other bursary or merit scholarship you may be entitled to receive from your university.
The scholarship is awarded to a student with an unconditional offer to study a full 180 credit masters degree course at a UK University. Students currently awaiting the results of their undergraduate degree can apply as well.
You can apply if you have a conditional offer issued by a university that will be upgraded to unconditional on completion of additional qualifications. Think Postgrad Ltd will confirm your admission status prior to the payment of the scholarship.
You need to have subscribed to receive our regular email newsletters. You can do this from either Masters Compare or Postgraduate Studentships. Once you are registered we will send you a Welcome email containing a link to the scholarship form. Prepare your 200-word statement in advance and load it into the form when you are ready to apply.
You can sign up to receive our regular email communications at any time, but the deadline to participate in the scholarship and to submit your 200 word personal statement will be Friday 23 August 2024 at 5pm UK time.
The award will be chosen by a judging panel, based only on the entry. Remember the statement is to show the panel why you want to study a master’s degree.
If you are looking for tips on the content of your statement then please read the blog posts and articles that Marjana submitted to us. She explains her journey to study a masters degree and how she prepared for her future though hard work and dedication.
The closing date to submit your 200-word personal statement is Friday 23 August 2024 at 5pm (UK time).
The judging panel will review all the applications received and make a decision in October 2024.
The winner will be contacted and asked to submit their documentation to confirm their eligibility. This includes proof of enrolment at a UK university, which the winner must provide by the end of October 2024.
That’s OK – you can still participate in the scholarship competition. The Masters Compare postgraduate scholarship is open to UK, EU and international students who are starting the first year of a master’s degree course in September or October 2024 at any UK university.
Only entries received by registered subscribers with the completed 200-word personal statement will be considered by the judging panel. The full Terms and Conditions are listed below.
If you are selected to be awarded the scholarship, you agree to provide written content for up to three articles about your experience of looking for and studying a master’s degree course, including your photograph, for internal and external promotion, including but not limited to websites, social media, advertising and events.
The Masters Compare postgraduate scholarship is open to UK, EU and international students who are starting the first year of a masters course in September or October 2024 at any UK university.
You can only enter the scholarship if you have subscribed to receive our regular email newsletter.
To be eligible for consideration of the Masters Compare postgraduate scholarship, the student:
To be eligible or the scholarship you must have enrolled, and be able to provide proof of enrolment, onto a full masters degree by the end of October 2024 at any UK university.
A completed masters degree will have a typical minimum allocation of 180 credits, at least 150 of which must be at FHEQ/ FQHEIS Level 7, according to the common features set by the QAA*
*The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is the independent body that checks on standards and quality in UK higher education.
Your masters degree course can be offered in any subject for study Full-Time, Part-Time, Online or by Blended Learning at a university located in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The course will be recruiting for admission in the autumn term, commencing in September or October 2024.
Think Postgrad Ltd will confirm the eligibility of the student selected, as well as the details of their university offer before making any payment.
The closing date to be considered for the scholarship is 5.00pm Friday 23 August 2024 (UK time).
If you are selected to be awarded the scholarship, you agree to participate in publicity for the scholarship. This will include providing written content for up to three articles about your experience of looking for and studying a master’s degree course, including your photograph, for internal and external promotion, including but not limited to websites, social media, advertising and events.
The scholarship will be allocated by the judging panel during October 2024. The selection criteria will be based solely on the details of the 200-word personal statement submitted by the applicant.
All reasonable attempts will be made to reach the selected winner via the email address provided with your application. If we cannot reach you by the contact details supplied, Think Postgrad reserve the right to withdraw the offer and select another entrant.
The applicant awarded the scholarship will be required to provide proof of enrolment on a masters course. This proof MUST show that you are fully enrolled onto a masters at a UK university. If you are unable to provide proof of enrolment you will become ineligible to win, and another entrant will be selected in your place.
Applicants personal data will be used in accordance with data protection legislation in the UK.
The winner will be announced in the Masters Compare email newsletter.
Due to the number of applications received, we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you have not been contacted by 31 October 2024 you have not been successful.
The decision of the judging panel is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
You are not eligible to enter if you are continuing an existing masters course.
You are not eligible to enter if you are continuing an existing PhD course.
Only one entry for the scholarship is acceptable
Your 200-word personal statement must be your own submission, and not supplied from a third party.
We reserve the right to withdraw a scholarship from anyone who is found to have misled Think Postgrad about any aspect of their eligibility and to seek payment for the full scholarship.
If a student changes to a programme of study outside the criteria under the eligibility section above, the scholarship will be withdrawn.
If you have any questions please email answers@thinkpostgrad.com
Alternatively, if you agree to meet our full terms and conditions, please register for the chance to be awarded £5,000. Good luck!
