The Humanitarian Scholarship
The Humanitarian Scholarship
We are delighted to announce the launch of the University of Glasgow Humanitarian Scholarship, created to support Displaced and Conflict-Affected (DACA) applicants applying for Postgraduate Taught (PGT) programmes for 2026 entry.
This scholarship reflects our commitment as a University of Sanctuary to removing barriers to education for those impacted by war and displacement. Successful applicants will receive a full tuition fee waiver, a living stipend, accommodation and travel support, ensuring they have the resources needed to thrive academically and personally. Full eligibility criteria are listed below.
Through this initiative, we aim to provide meaningful opportunities for talented individuals whose education has been disrupted by conflict, enabling them to build a secure future and join our global #TeamUofG community.
The University is offering the Humanitarian Scholarship to 9 postgraduate taught applicants. Please note that you must have a programme application in progress before applying for this scholarship. If you have not yet started a programme application, please submit this first and then return to complete the scholarship application.
This scholarship is on available to applicants living out with the United Kingdom. If you have been displaced or conflicted effected and are currently residing in the United Kingdom, you may be eligible for you Sanctuary Scholarship. Details of this scholarship can be found here.
This scholarship is not available to PhD, PGdip, PDGE or part time programmes.
This scholarship can not be combined with any other University of Glasgow scholarship. In the event you are offered 2 scholarships, the lower value scholarship will be removed from your student account.
To be eligible applicants must:
- Have applied to study an eligible programme at the University of Glasgow for the 2026-27 academic session.
- Be domiciled in any country that is not the United Kingdom
- Have international or EU fee status
- Be classed as a highly qualified applicant, this is usually determined by an ability to demonstrate academic excellence and achieve grades equivalent to UK 1st Class Honours
- Be at serious risk due to armed conflict, and/or, have been displaced within your home country or forced to leave your home country within the last three years because of armed conflict, and have sought international protection outside the UK.
Number of Scholarships
9Eligible countries/regions
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo Democratic Republic of
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea North
- Korea South
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Eligible programmes
- AI in Education
- Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work Practice
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing
- Advanced Nursing Science
- Advanced Practice in Health Care
- Advanced Statistics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering & Management
- Ancient Cultures
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law
- Applied Conservation Science
- Applied Linguistics
- Applied Neuropsychology
- Archaeology
- Archives, Records, & Information Management
- Art History
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning
- Astrophysics
- Behavioural Science
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Biotechnology & Management
- Book & Paper Conservation
- Business Analytics
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology
- Cancer Research (with specialism)
- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease
- Chemistry
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
- Children's Literature & Literacies
- City Planning
- City Planning
- City Planning & Real Estate Development
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering & Management
- Classics & Ancient History
- Climate & Environmental Science
- Climate Law & Justice
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice
- Clinical Neuropsychology Practice
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Clinical Psychology
- Clinical Trials
- Comparative Literature
- Computational Geoscience
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Computing Science
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems
- Corporate & Financial Law
- Corporate Finance & Banking
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy
- Creative Sound Design & Audiovisual Media
- Creative Writing
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) (in conjunction with The Glasgow School of Art)
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance
- Data Science
- Digital Humanities
- Digital Society
- Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
- Early Modern History
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships
- Ecology & Environmental Biology
- Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)
- Economic Development (with Finance & Policy Pathways)
- Economics
- Economics
- Economics, International Banking & Finance
- Education, Public Policy & Equity
- Educational Studies
- Educational Studies
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing
- Endodontology
- English Language & Linguistics
- English Literature
- English Literature: American Modern Literature
- English Literature: Fantasy
- English Literature: Modernities - Literature, Culture, Theory
- Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus)
- Environment & Sustainable Development
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)
- Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus)
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance
- Film & Television Studies
- Film Curation
- Filmmaking & Media Arts
- Finance & Management
- Financial Economics
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Risk Management
- Financial Technology
- Food Security
- Gender History
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography
- Geomatics & Management
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences
- Geospatial Data Science & Modelling
- Global Communications
- Global Cultural Enterprise
- Global Development
- Global Economy
- Global Health Policy & Society
- Global History
- Global Mental Health
- Global Security
- Health Services Management
- Healthcare Chaplaincy
- History
- Human Computer Interaction
- Human Geography: Spaces, Politics, Ecologies
- Human Nutrition
- Human Rights
- Human Rights & International Politics
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease
- In Headship
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Industrial Biotechnology (with Industry Training)
- Infection Biology (with specialisms)
- Information Technology
- Integrative Neuroscience
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy
- International Accounting & Financial Management
- International Business
- International Commercial Law
- International Competition Law & Policy
- International Economic Law
- International Finance
- International Financial Analysis
- International Human Resource Management & Development
- International Law
- International Law & Security
- International Management & Design Innovation
- International Relations
- International Strategic Marketing
- Into Headship
- Investment Banking & Finance
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying
- Library & Information Studies
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)
- Management
- Management
- Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth
- Management with Human Resources
- Management with Marketing
- Marine & Coastal Management (Dumfries campus)
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering & Management
- Mechatronics
- MedTech Innovation
- Media Management
- Media, Communications & International Journalism
- Media, Culture & Society
- Medical Devices Engineering
- Medical Genetics & Genomics
- Medical Visualisation & Human Anatomy
- Medieval History
- Ministry, Theology & Practice
- Modern History
- Museum Education
- Museum Studies
- Music Industries
- Musicology
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Sciences
- Philosophy
- Philosophy (Conversion)
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology (Conversion)
- Physics Graduate Diploma
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy
- Political Communication
- Precision Medicine
- Product Design Engineering
- Psychological Science (conversion)
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of
- Psychological Studies (conversion)
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Public Policy & Management
- Quantitative Methods in Biodiversity, Conservation & Epidemiology
- Quantum Technology
- Real Estate
- Real Estate
- Religion & Global Challenges
- Robotics & AI
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
- Science Communications
- Scottish History
- Sensor & Imaging Systems
- Social Science Research Methods
- Sociology
- Software Development
- Space Science
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine
- Statistics
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Engineering
- Sustainability & Corporate Governance
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)
- Sustainable Water Environments
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Technology Law & Regulation
- Textile Conservation
- Theatre & Performance Practices
- Theatre Studies
- Theoretical Physics
- Tourism & Heritage (Dumfries campus)
- Translation & Intercultural Communication
- Urban Analytics
- Urban Studies
- Urban Transport
- War Studies
- Wealth Management & Private Equity
Value
- Full tuition fee waiver for the duration of study
- A stipend of £9,010 per year towards study/living costs
- University of Glasgow accommodation for the duration of study (Please note this scholarship will not fund private accommodation)
- Visa and Health Surcharge Costs
- Flight to Glasgow
How to apply
The applications for this scholarship are open. Please use the apply now link to open our application portal. You will need your student ID and application number in order to apply.
Applications for this scholarship will remain open until the 30th of April 2026, 23:00 GMT. No applications will be accepted after this date.