Postgraduate scholarships
At Glasgow Caledonian University, we believe education is for everyone – regardless of your financial circumstances.
For the opportunity to continue your studies and develop your ideas and innovations, we are committed to providing a range of enabling scholarships with benefits such as tuition fee support, help with travel and living costs, opportunities to work with those who inspire you and those who are inspired by you.
Explore Postgraduate Scholarships
GCU Postgraduate Ambassador Scholarship September 2026
A full tuition fee scholarship for postgraduate studies to fund those who share our mission for the Common Good and can demonstrate this. Applicants must have an Unconditional offer before applying and be commencing studies in September 2026 at GCU Glasgow or London campus
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Fee-paying students can receive a discount of 5% on fees over £5,000 if early payment date is met.
Learn moreNew to GCU Postgraduate
International students coming from India, Nigeria and Pakistan who study a full-time Taught Postgraduate course with Glasgow Caledonian University from academic year September 2025-2026 are eligible for a tuition fee discount.
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International students coming from Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam who study a full-time Taught Postgraduate course with GCU from academic year September 2025-2026 are eligible for a tuition fee discount.
Learn moreStudent Loyalty Discount
GCU offers a generous 30% loyalty discount for applicants who come back to study undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses in 2025/2026
Learn moreCarnegie Masters Grant
The Carnegie Masters Grant will help students from low-income Scottish households undertake master’s programmes of study at Scottish universities. It helps to cover the cost of tuition fees and, in some cases, will offer additional support for study costs
Learn moreGREAT Scholarships 2026
GREAT scholarships worth £10,000 towards tuition fees are available for students from Kenya & Malaysia commencing 1 year Postgraduate taught programme September 2026
Learn moreChancellor Yunus Scholarship
This scholarship offers 2 full-time students £7,000 of funding towards their tuition fees for the 2026-2027 Full-Time MSc Social Innovation programme
Learn moreThe Data Lab Scholarship
GCU have fully funded places from The Data Lab and Scottish Funding Council (SFC) for MSc Big Data Technologies,MSc in User Experience and Interaction Design (UXID) and MSc Applied Business Analytics for Home Fee paying students starting in September 2026.
Learn moreDavid MacLennan MATV Fiction Writing Scholarship
David MacLennan MA TV Fiction Writing Scholarship covering the programmes fees for the MA Television Fiction writing course totalling £10,200 towards tuition for an excellent applicant who show particular motivation and talent.
Learn moreBE-ST fully funded scholarships: built environment master's courses
Details of BE-ST offering fully funded scholarships to Scottish students joining selected master's courses below : MSc Environmental Management MSc International Construction Project Management MSc Quantity Surveying
Learn moreUK and Scottish postgraduate funding
If you start a full-time or part-time postgraduate course in the UK and you’re from England, Wales or Northern Ireland, you could be eligible for a postgraduate loan.
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