Saints Sport St Leonard’s Masters Scholarships 2019 entry Sports scholarships

Saints Sport St Leonard’s College Masters Scholarships support exceptional athletes from around the world to achieve sporting and academic excellence whilst studying at the of .

Eligibility How to apply Sports scholarships are open to international To apply for a sports scholarship, please send a applicants on full-time one-year MSc, MLitt and MRes sporting CV/résumé (including information on postgraduate taught Masters degree programmes, previous clubs/ and main sporting across all subjects and all Schools. achievements), along with a current highlights reel to: Gary Brankin Additional criteria Sports Development Manager Applicants must meet the entry requirements for E: [email protected] their programme and should be competing at a high level within their sport – usually NCAA, national or When to apply international standard. You should apply for a place at the University of St Andrews as early as possible in order to meet the Sports scholarships are not available for Masters scholarship deadline. However, you do not need to degrees by research, doctoral degrees, postgraduate wait until you have received an offer of a place before certificates/diplomas, or distance learning programmes. applying for a sports scholarship. Applications for sports scholarships must be submitted no later than Friday 15th March 2019.

Sports scholarships will be awarded only to who matriculate to an eligible degree programme.

What does it cover? Value of the awards (per year) Saints Sport package We offer various sports scholarships for international As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive applicants on full-time postgraduate taught Masters range of support to help you maximise your programmes. The range of support varies from a athletic and academic potential, including access to contribution towards the cost of tuition fees, to a professional coaching and first-class training facilities: reduction in tuition fees from the international to the • Strength and Conditioning support UK-level fees for your programme. • Free physiotherapy and sports massage • Complementary Sports Club membership Tuition fees vary depending on your chosen • Complementary Fitness+ facility membership programme and your assessed fee status: • Pre-season and mid-season camps www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding • Representative costs (SSS, BUCS, national squads) • Targeted financial support • Specialist skills training • Video analysis • Performance Excellence guidance and mentoring • Saints Sport branded clothing What you can study Why St Andrews?

Taught programmes With over six centuries of heritage, world-class teaching and facilities that are both historic and state-of-the-art, For the full list of programmes and course St Andrews offers you an outstanding education. A Masters at St Andrews is more than just an additional stage in information please visit: your education, it prepares you for your next step and makes you stand out from the crowd. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/go/masters Teaching quality in both their academic and sporting endeavours. Subject areas include: All our postgraduate students benefit from the Our commitment to excellence is realised through • Art History award-winning teaching for which St Andrews is our Performance Sport programme, which recognises • Biology famous. The small class sizes mean you have close twelve key sports, and ensures our top teams and links to leading academics in your field and access athletes reach their full potential. • Chemistry to the best facilities on offer. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport • Classics • Comparative Literature Community Undergraduates: 7,220 Postgraduates: 1,760 • Computer Science Having the University and town fully integrated means that St Andrews offers you a really strong Town population (inc. students): 20,000 • Divinity sense of community. Our compact size, coupled • Earth and Environmental Sciences with our increasingly popular Postgraduate As of October 2018 • Economics and Finance Society offers you the chance to be part of 29% something special. UK • English 900 • English Language Teaching International outlook 42% International Masters • Film Studies Our students come from all over the world, and students • Geography and Sustainable Development the international outlook this gives St Andrews is something we believe strongly in. There are • History over 140 countries and territories represented in • our student body, so you know your programme 29% • Legal and Constitutional Studies will have people from a range of backgrounds, EU whatever you choose to study. Your future • Management Doing a Masters at St Andrews is not just about gaining • Mathematics and Statistics A sporting education an outstanding education, but also preparing for • Medieval Studies The synergies between both sporting pursuit and where you go next. Our extracurricular activities, skills development programmes and Careers Centre will help • Medicine educational achievement can be traced back to the fifteenth century when golf was first played prepare you for your future, whatever direction you • Modern Languages in St Andrews and ’s first university was want to go in. • Museum and Gallery Studies founded in 1413. Today the University continues to • Oil and Gas Studies make sport central to the student experience, and You will find out more about all our Masters programmes we pride ourselves on our students’ ability to excel online at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/go/masters • • Physics and Astronomy • Psychology and Neuroscience • Social Anthropology

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Application Some programmes may require different documents. For taught programmes, applications are made For information on this and application deadlines, directly using our online form: please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply/ www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply postgraduate/taught

Entry requirements English language requirements Entry requirements differ across our Masters Students whose first language is not English may be programmes; applicants should check the full required to take a Secure English Language Test (SELT). requirements for their programme online: For more details please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/go/masters www.st-andrews.ac.uk/elt/entry/postgraduate

Supporting documents • CV / résumé • A sample of academic written work (if applicable) • Two original signed academic references • Academic transcripts and degree certificates • Evidence of English language proficiency • Personal statement (if applicable)

St Leonard’s College Postgraduate Study Centre Studying at St Andrews

MLitt/MSc St Leonard’s College The one-year MLitt and MSc programmes are our As a Masters student at the University of most popular Masters options. The is St Andrews you will be part of a growing, vibrant, a degree in the arts and humanities subject areas. The and intellectually stimulating postgraduate Master of Science degrees are often in the sciences community. St Leonard’s College aims to provide or have practical business applications such as in opportunities for Masters and doctoral students computing, economics, finance and management. to come together, socially and intellectually, and These taught programmes extend over two semesters make new connections, and promotes a culture of of teaching, followed by a dissertation or project, scholarship, creativity and discovery. usually submitted in August. This is a common pathway for students to progress to a research degree Accommodation or employment. There are a range of University accommodation options for you to choose from. Masters students from MRes outside the EU will be guaranteed accommodation. The Master of Research is a one-year degree www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/accommodation normally taken as research training for doctoral study, but has a significant taught element in addition to a substantial dissertation. Admissions, University of St Andrews Saints Sport, University of St Andrews St Katharine’s West, 16 The Scores, Sports Centre, St Leonards Road, St Andrews, , KY16 9AX, Scotland, UK St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DY, Scotland, UK

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