Edinburgh Global Online Distance Learning Master's Scholarship

The University of Edinburgh will offer 6 Master's scholarships for eligible distance learning Master's programmes offered by the University.

Scholarships will be available for students pursuing one of the following distance learning programmes:

College of Humanities and Social Science

• MSc Creative Writing
• LLM Information Technology Law
• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law
• LLM Intellectual Property Law
• LLM International Commercial Law and Practive
• LLM Law
• LLM Medical Law and Ethics
• MSc Global Challenges
• MSc E-Learning (including PG Certificate and PG Diploma)
• MSc History (Online Distance Learning)
• MSc Landscape, Environment & History
• MSc Mental Health and Well-being of Children, Young People and Families

College of Science and Engineering

• MSc Next Generation Drug Discovery
• MSc Research-Informed Science Education

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

• ChM General Surgery
• MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
• MSc Clinical Education
• MSc Clinical Trials
• MSc Equine Science
• MSc Global Health and Infectious Diseases
• MSc Global Health: Non Communicable Diseases
• MSc Imaging
• MSc Internal Medicine
• MSc International Animal Health
• MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law
• MSc Neuroimaging for Research
• MSc One Health
• MSc Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• MSc Clinical Management of Pain
• MSc Surgical Sciences
• MSc Translational Medicine
• MVetSci Conservation Medicine

Each scholarship will have a total value of £5,000 which will be deducted from the tuition fee for the entire part-time programme of study.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission onto the above eligible distance learning Master's programmes at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem Rep, Côte d'Ivoire , Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Kenya, Dem Rep of Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.

Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.

Applying

Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application.

The closing date for applications for these scholarships is 30 May 2014.

When completing the personal statement of the scholarship application form, please indicate why Distance Learning suits your particular circumstances making reference to both online learning and distance learning.

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