Postgraduate taught funding for international (including EU) students
We offer scholarships, bursaries and other funding to help you with tuition fees and living expenses.
Funding opportunities open and close all the time, so please check this page throughout the year.
These opportunities are open to students who pay tuition fees at the overseas rate. If you're unsure whether you're classed as a UK or international student for fee purposes, check your fee status.
If an organisation has offered to fund your studies, they must be an approved financial sponsor.
Funding for students with disabilities
If you have a mental health problem, long-term illness or any other disability, you may be eligible for additional financial support.
Funding opportunities
The following opportunities are currently open for applications.
ANID / Becas Chile
We offer a 25% tuition fee discount for Becas Chile-sponsored postgraduate students.
BAföG
German students may be able to obtain funding through BAföG for postgraduate courses that can usually be completed within one year, such as a one-year masters.
Commonwealth Scholarship
The University of York is a host university for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. Various opportunities are available throughout the year. The majority of awards are funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Global Opportunities Award
York is offering scholarships to American and Canadian graduate students joining the University of York.
Higher Education Scholarships for Palestinians (HESPAL)
The University of York is proud to be a part of the HESPAL Scholarship Scheme – a programme led by the British Council in partnership with UK universities, offering Masters scholarships to Palestinian academic staff to pursue their studies at UK universities .
International Masters Regional Scholarship
Our International Masters Regional Scholarship is here to support international postgraduate students to help them excel.
Jansons Scholarships
Jansons scholarship will help to finance studying abroad for certain postgraduate degrees.
John Monash Scholarship
The John Monash Scholarship provides yearly funding to outstanding postgraduate taught and research students from Australia.
Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund Lånekassen
The Ministry provides grants and loans for higher education study outside of the Nordic region.
Roberta Sykes scholarship
The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation provides supplementary financial assistance to Indigenous Postgraduate students who wish to undertake studies at recognised universities outside of Australia.
York Global Impact Masters Scholarship
York is offering scholarships to international postgraduate students to help them excel.
York Graduate Loyalty Discount
If you've previously studied at the University of York, you could be eligible for a tuition fee discount for postgraduate taught courses.
Departmental funding information
- Centre for Medieval Studies
- Centre for Modern Studies
- Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Economics and Related Studies
- Department of Education
- Department of English and Related Literature
- Department of Health Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of History of Art
- Department of Language and Linguistic Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Politics and International Relations
- Department of Sociology
- Hull York Medical School
- School for Business and Society
- School of Arts and Creative Technology
- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- York Law School
Other schemes and resources
- Prodigy Finance (prodigyfinance.com) Tuition fee loans available to most international students, subject to eligibility. Lending for over 60 approved Masters degrees at York. Lending levels based on predictive post-degree salary indicators (no guarantor or co-signer required) Prodigy Finance fully responsible for lending decisions. Rolling application, no deadline.
External opportunities are not vetted or endorsed by the University.
- British Council (study-uk.britishcouncil.org)
- Commonwealth Scholarships (cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk)
- Marshall Scholarships (marshallscholarship.org)
- Open Society Foundations (opensocietyfoundations.org)
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship (snowdontrust.org) Up to £30,000 of financial support for disabled students through masters programmes.
- USA Direct Loans for postgraduates
Previous opportunities
Many funding opportunities are renewed annually. Some of those listed below may reopen for applications later in the year.
- Beca Carlos Quijano
- COLFUTURO
- Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
- Chevening Scholarship
- China Scholarships Council Scholarship
- Equal Access Scholarship (postgraduate)
- GREAT Scholarship
- Marshall Scholarship
- Saïd Foundation Scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- Tan Kah Kee Scholarship
- The IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme