BEST Scholarship
BEST Scholarship
The BEST (BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust) scholarships offer financial assistance to eligible applicants who are looking to undertake postgraduate study in the USA or Canada. They are funded by the BEST Scholarship Trust which is an independent trust administered by BUNAC on behalf of the BEST trustees.
A number of scholarships are awarded each year from a fund of £60,000 allocated for the BEST Scholarships. Included in this, are the sums of £4,000 available as the Christopher J. Harbour Memorial Scholarship to a candidate looking to do sports-related studies and £2,000 as the John S. Ball Award to a candidate looking to pursue a teaching or geography-related career. The individual amounts awarded vary but a typical award is in the region of £5,000 - £15,000. At the judging stage, preference is given to those whose proposed course of study in North America is likely to do most to further transatlantic understanding and/or to those who are required to go to the US or Canada to do a specific course.
Please visit BEST (BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust) scholarship for more details.
BUNAC’s Intern UK programme allows students and recent graduates to undertake an internship in the UK for up to six months to gain valuable career experience and add international flair to their resume. If you currently offer an internship programme to the UK and are in need of Tier 5 sponsorship, please contact partners@bunac.org to discuss the application process.
Candidates must:
- Be a UK passport holder
- Be currently, engaged in or have completed a full-time tertiary level course at a university in the United Kingdom
- Have already applied for, but not yet started, a post-graduate course in the USA or Canada. The postgraduate qualification must be awarded by a US or Canadian institution
- Not be permanent employees of BUNAC or USIT
Eligible countries/regions
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
Eligible programmes
- Accountancy & Finance[BAcc]
- Accounting & Mathematics[BSc]
- Accounting & Statistics[BSc]
- Aeronautical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Aeronautical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)[BEng/MEng]
- Aerospace Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Aerospace Systems[BEng/MEng]
- Anatomy[BSc/MSci]
- Ancient History[MA]
- Archaeology[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Astronomy[BSc/MSci]
- Biochemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Biomedical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with KMITL)[BEng/MEng]
- Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)[BEng/MEng]
- Business & Management[BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Business Economics[MA(SocSci)]
- Celtic Civilisation[MA]
- Celtic Studies[MA]
- Central & East European Studies[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Chemical Physics[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry (in partnership with BUCT)[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Childhood Practice[BA]
- Civil Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Civil Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Civil Engineering with Architecture[BEng/MEng]
- Classics (Classical Civilisation)[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Common Law[LLB]
- Common Law (graduate entry)[LLB]
- Community Development[BA]
- Comparative Literature[MA]
- Computing Science[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)/MSci]
- Computing Science (in partnership with BUiD)[BSc/MSci]
- Computing Science (in partnership with SIT)
- Creative Arts & Industries[MA]
- Dentistry[BDS]
- Design & Technology Education[MDTechEd]
- Digital Media & Information Studies[MA]
- Economic & Social History[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Economics[BAcc/BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Education with Primary Teaching Qualification[MEduc]
- Electronic & Software Engineering[BSc/BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)[BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Communications (in partnership with UESTC)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Information Engineering (in partnership with UESTC)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Microelectronics (in partnership with UESTC)
- Electronics with Music[BEng/MEng]
- English Language & Linguistics[MA]
- English Literature[MA/LLB]
- Environmental Geoscience[BSc]
- Environmental Science & Sustainability (Dumfries campus)[BSc]
- Film & Television Studies[MA]
- Finance[BFin]
- Finance & Mathematics[BSc]
- Finance & Statistics[BSc]
- French[MA]
- Gaelic[MA]
- Genetics[BSc/MSci]
- Geography[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Geology[BSc]
- German[MA]
- Global Sustainable Development (Dumfries campus)[MA]
- Greek[MA]
- History[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- History of Art[MA]
- Human Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Immunology[BSc/MSci]
- International Relations[MA(SocSci)]
- Italian[MA]
- Latin[MA]
- Law
- Marine & Freshwater Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Materials Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Mathematics
- Mathematics & Statistics (in partnership with ZUEL)[BSc]
- Mechanical Design Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics[BEng/MEng]
- Mechatronics[BEng/MEng]
- Medicine[MBChB]
- Microbiology[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology)[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science)[BSc/MSci]
- Music[BMus]
- Music[MA]
- Neuroscience[BSc/MSci]
- Nursing[BN]
- Nursing (jointly offered with SIT)
- Pharmacology[BSc/MSci]
- Philosophy[BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Physics / Theoretical Physics[BSc/MSci]
- Physics with Astrophysics[BSc/MSci]
- Physiology & Sports Science[BSc/MSci]
- Politics[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Portuguese[MA]
- Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries campus)[MA]
- Product Design Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Psychology[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Quantitative Methods[MA(SocSci)]
- Robotics & Artificial Intelligence[BEng/MEng]
- Russian[MA]
- Scots Law[LLB]
- Scots Law (graduate entry)[LLB]
- Scottish History[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Scottish Literature[MA]
- Singapore programmes
- Social & Public Policy[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Sociology[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Software Engineering[BSc/MSci]
- Software Engineering (Graduate Apprenticeship)[BSc]
- Software Engineering (in partnership with BUiD)[BSc/MSci]
- Software Engineering (in partnership with KMITL)[BSc/MSci]
- Spanish[MA]
- Sport & Exercise Science[BSc/MSci]
- Statistics[BSc/MSci]
- Statistics (Double Degree with the University of Bologna)[BSc/LSc]
- Statistics (in partnership with ZUEL)[BSc]
- Teaching
- Theatre Studies[MA]
- Theology & Religious Studies[BD/MA]
- UESTC programmes
- Veterinary Biosciences[BSc/MSci]
- Veterinary Medicine & Surgery[BVMS]
- Zoology[BSc/MSci]
Value
£5,000 - £15,000
How to apply
The closing date for applications is 17th March 2022. An online application must be received in addition to one academic and one personal reference posted to BUNAC directly by the referees.
For more information contact: scholarships@bunac.org.uk