2017 - 2018 Tuition Fee Discounts Available for Postgraduate Study The University of Edinburgh offers two tuition fee discount schemes open to both home and overseas students and applies to the self-funding element of the postgraduate tuition fee. Graduate Discount Scheme 10% discount in postgraduate fees for all alumni who have graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University of Edinburgh (conditions apply) Alumni (Visiting Undergraduate) Discount Scheme 10% discount in postgraduate tuition fees for all students who have previously matriculated on a ‘visiting programme’ as a non-graduating undergraduate student and completed a minimum of one semester of study at the University of Edinburgh (conditions apply) Full details and online application available at: www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/discounts Contents On the cover: “The University houses some of the most vibrant biosciences research centres in the world. With all the network of experienced and world class researchers, it was just the perfect place to be moulded into a highly skilled investigator. It has also helped me to establish a wonderful social network for the development of my career.” Alewo Idoko-Akoh, PhD Infection and Immunity Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship 02 • 10 Key Funding Tips 14 • Sources of Funding for 59 • Further Information Postgraduates from 59 • Opening a bank account Overseas 04 • What will it cost? 60 • Useful publications 14 • Scholarships provided by 04 • 61 • Useful contacts Fees the University of Edinburgh 05 • Accommodation 20 • Scholarships provided by UK Government Agencies 62 • Index of Funding for Postgraduate Study 06 • Sources of Funding for 23 • Other sources of funding Postgraduates from the United Kingdom and other 26 • Sources of Funding for countries of the European Distance Learning Students Union 06 • Scholarships provided by the University of Edinburgh 28 • College and School 06 • Scholarships provided by Scholarships and Funding UK Research Councils Opportunities 28 • 11 • Other sources of Funding College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science 42 • College of Science and Engineering 54 • College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine If you require this document in an alternative format e.g. large print please contact Scholarships and Student Funding Services e-mail: [email protected] or Tel: 0131 651 4067. All information is correct at the time of print and is subject to change without prior notice. 02 03 10 Key Funding Tips MAY 2017 Start your search for Study your funding source Don’t underestimate the Ask for references well in funding early All funding agencies will have their own criteria for importance of your personal advance of the deadline date Give yourself plenty of time to deciding how their resources should be allocated. statement Most externally funded awards will require So it is worth spending time on familiarising yourself gather information, references It is likely that you will be required to submit you to submit one or two references in with these and making sure your application clearly and other material – and don’t a personal statement in which you should support of your application. I suggest that addresses the particular requirements of your targeted leave the preparation of your set out your achievements and goals, you ask for these references well in advance source of support. If you are applying for a University application until the last few as well as indicating how the award will of the funding deadline date and that you of Edinburgh award, then you must obviously intend to weeks before the deadline. Many benefit you in your studies. This statement provide some basic details to your referee study at the University and not at any other institution. awards require you to have been will be read closely by panel members and on the kind of information that would be offered a place at the University can differentiate you from the many other useful to include. Please remember that a before your application can applicants. Take your time writing this and reference from an academic who knows you be considered. If you intend make sure that your statement reflects you and your abilities well is much better than a to apply for funding, whether Pay attention to the presentation of and your accomplishments as clearly as reference from a senior Professor who may awarded by the University or your application possible. not know you as well. from an external source, you should therefore apply for Remember that your scholarship application admission to the University represents the entire and only picture the selection earlier than most students to committee will have of you. If you are required to secure your offer of a place complete a paper application, always type or print Pay attention to Make sure that your funding application your details neatly in black ink when completing your before making your application funding application materials reach the correct office for a funding award. application form. Avoid coloured paper, elaborate fonts and glossy covers as it is likely that your closing deadlines Before you send your scholarship application it is advisable to make a copy of your application and all supporting application materials will be photocopied first before Applications submitted after the documentation. This will be a huge help in the rare forwarding to panel members for their consideration. closing deadline are usually not occasion that your application goes missing as having considered. Remember that the copies will make it much easier to resend your application whole scholarships process is to the funding body should this become necessary. very competitive and there will Explore your study options Complete the application form always be considerably more applications received from Most scholarship applications will ask candidates in full to state the programme of study or research similarly qualified candidates topic which they intend to pursue. If you are Spend time on completing your application and than the amount of funding successful in receiving a scholarship the offer avoid any ambiguities. If you feel a question does available. Equally, do not leave Check and check again! of the award will probably be conditional on not apply to you, then you should make that your application until the You should have invested a reasonable amount of you enrolling on the programme/research area clear on your application. Never leave a question week before the deadline. If time investigating the funding source, checking your stated on your scholarship application. Before blank. Remember that every question is there for you do, you risk having your eligibility, completing the application, and gathering you submit your application for a scholarship a reason and the panel could look unfavourably – application turned down if there all the required documentation that you need to submit you should explore all the options and ensure even suspiciously – at any application that has not are inadequacies which the with your application. Spend that little bit of extra that you select the right programme for you been completed in full. Be honest and use the University could have helped time before submitting your application checking your from the outset and that you satisfy the entrance application form to explain any gaps or delays in you to resolve if you had given spelling and ensuring that what you have said is in fact requirements for that particular programme. your previous studies. yourself sufficient time. what you meant to say. Robert Lawrie Director, Scholarships & Student Administration 04 05 Accommodation Accommodation for postgraduate students is all self- opportunities to live in a truly international environment catered and can be found across a range of convenient with, at its centre, eight kitchens in one open-plan locations within easy reach of most key University space with shared cooking and dining at its heart; all buildings and Edinburgh’s city centre. Up-to-date supported by residents’ lounges offering quiet or more information can be found on the Accommodation, active space options, a micro-lab and study room, TV/ What will it cost? Catering and Events website at www.accom.ed.ac.uk meeting room and soundproof music rooms. University accommodation offers: Costs • comprehensive community and welfare networks Rents for University accommodation typically include from our Residence Life team comprehensive community and welfare networks from • mixed gender residences, though some flats are our Residence Life team, utility costs, internet services, single gender personal contents insurance and some cleaning • laundry facilities services. Some rooms have shared bathroom facilities • secure cycle storage and some are en-suite. Rents for single rooms during • data network services in each bedroom for access the 2016-2017 academic year, based on a typical 51- The University of Edinburgh is working with the Scottish Tuition fees to e-mail and the internet week lease, are in the range of £100–£168 per week. Government to try to protect the fee status of EU students enrolling in the 2017/18 academic year for the Guarantees and deadlines Residence Life In common with other universities in the United duration of their course. There is, however, a risk that We guarantee offers of accommodation to all new, Our properties are managed by professional Wardens, Kingdom (UK), there are different levels of tuition EU students enrolling in the 2017/18 academic year single postgraduate research students (UK, EU or supported by specially trained Resident Assistants fees for students whose status is ‘home’ (UK/EU) or may become subject to international tuition fees for any International). who are usually students living on site, so are readily ‘overseas’. A student’s fee status as home or overseas years of study which follow the UK exit from the EU. In available to address any welfare or community issues. is determined in accordance with the Education (Fees) those circumstances we are committed to working with While we currently guarantee offers to all new, single They also organise and host a wide range of social and (Scotland) Regulations 2011.