Masters Funding ‘23
UK Masters Scholarships for International Students from Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
The majority of our scholarships support Masters students at UK universities to students who fit the following eligibility criteria.
We do not accept individual applications for scholarships. Eligible applicants should instead apply to their university as normal, or directly to the chosen organisation and the Bseisu Foundation will liaise with the partnering body based on our existing scholarship programmes.
Eligibility criteria:
Candidates must permanently reside in and hold Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian or Jordanian Nationality.
Priority will be given to candidates applying for STEM subjects. Applicants will preferably have two year’s work experience relevant to their field of study.
Studying a master’s course at a UK university
Candidates must have already obtained admission for a undergraduate or masters course at a UK university. Please note, our scholarships do not cover Foundation years.
The Bseisu Foundation primarily supports postgraduate study through masters scholarships with a focus on STEM. Please find a list of our available scholarships here. However, if you are looking for funding but are not eligible for a Bseisu Award, you may find one of the scholarships below useful in your search.
Visit this website to look for postgraduate funding opportunities. It works as a search function and may be helpful in finding you a bursary opportunity, or shorter term funding like a one-off grant.
In addition, many universities provide scholarships or smaller bursaries/grants to international students. If you are interested in attending a specific university, make sure to look through the scholarship and funding pages on the university website as this list is not exhaustive and we have been unable to list every bursary or scholarship but have tried to give you a few ideas about available funding.
We hope the information we have collected is useful to you!! Universities are listed below in alphabetical order.
If you have any specific questions about our eligibility criteria or application process, please visit our FAQs page.
Chevening is a world-renowned UK Government funded organisation with the aim of developing global leaders. Chevening provides fully funded one year masters scholarships to international students from around the world to study at top UK universities.
The Bseisu-Chevening Award covers STEM scholars only. However, if you are not applying for a STEM course - a Chevening scholarship may still be available for you as Chevening itself covers a vast range of courses and has no restrictions on academic subjects.
The Said Foundation offers scholarships for one-year master’s degree courses in the UK.
There are no restrictions on academic subjects but candidates must demonstrate that their subject will enable them to contribute to the development of their home country.
Candidates must apply to one or more of the Said Foundation’s partner universities which can be found listed on their website.
British Council
HESPAL (Higher Education Scholarships for Palestinians)
HESPAL aims to create the next generation of senior academics who can maintain international quality standards at Palestinian universities and develop renewed and sustainable links between Palestinian and UK universities. The scheme will upgrade academic staff in Palestinian universities through a Masters or PhD Scholarship programme. The scholarship covers tuition fees and a monthly allowance to cover living expenses. Please click the link below for more information on what the scholarship covers, areas of study and eligibility. Applications for 2023/24 entry have now closed.
The British Council also has a great search function that you can use to look for study in the UK scholarships.
University of Bristol
Please find a full list of University of Bristol scholarships for international students here.
Future Leaders Postgraduate Scholarship
Four scholarships of £13,000 and eight scholarships of £6,500 per year are available. These awards must be used towards the cost of tuition fees for a one-year Management related master's programme in the Business School. For any student classed as an overseas student for fee purposes. Applications for 2023 closed on 24th April 2023.
Global Economics Postgraduate Scholarship
Four scholarships of £13,000 and eight scholarships of £6,500 per year are available. These awards must be used towards the cost of tuition fees for a one-year Accounting and Finance related master's programme in the Business School. For any student classed as an overseas student for fee purposes. Applications for 2023 closed on 24th April 2023.
Global Accounting and Finance Postgraduate Scholarship
Four scholarships of £13,000 and eight scholarships of £6,500 per year are available. These awards must be used towards the cost of tuition fees for a one-year Accounting and Finance related master's programme in the Business School. For any student classed as an overseas student for fee purposes. Applications for 2023 closed on 24th April 2023.
Funding for students from asylum-seeking and refugee communities. The scholarship offers support towards the costs of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Applications closed on 2nd April 2023.
Durham University
Please find a full list of postgraduate scholarships available at Durham University here.
Durham Palestine Educational Trust
Scholarships to support students from the West Bank or Gaza on a Taught Master's Degree or with IELTS fees. The Trust will offer four one-year taught Masters Degree Scholarships at Durham University, starting in October 2023. The Award will cover full tuition fees and applications close on 30th March 2023.
Imperial College London
Imperial has a long list of Postgraduate scholarships at different values with different eligibility criterias. Please find the full list of postgraduate scholarships here.
DeepMind Scholarship - Department of Computing
2 scholarships are available to overseas students in the Department of Computing, studying one of the following three degrees:
MSc Artificial Intelligence.
MSc in Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning).
MRes Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
The value of the awards are full tuition fees; stipend of £21,241 with an equipment grant of £1,700 and travel allowance of £2,200. To be eligible, candidates must either, or both: (i) identify as a woman; (ii) be of an underrepresented, minority ethnicity. The deadline for receiving this offer is Friday, 26th May, 2023. Please note that this deadline refers to when you must have an offer of admission to your chosen course.
The Postgraduate Sanctuary Scholarship provides a financial package for students from displaced communities applying for Master's study in autumn 2023 including tuition fees paid in full (Home or Overseas rate), a stipend for living costs equating to £19,000 per annum. Eligible scholars must fall into one of the following immigration status groups:
A refugee – a person who has been granted refugee status either in the UK or in another country.
A person who has been granted humanitarian protection or some other form of protective leave to remain in the UK (including a Ukrainian Family Scheme, Ukraine Extension Scheme or Ukrainian Sponsorship Scheme visa).
An asylum seeker – a person who has made a claim within the UK for refugee status.
Scholars must have applied for an eligible masters course by 26th May 2023 and hold an offer to study an eligible masters course by 16th June 2023.
University of Nottingham
Middle East and Turkey Postgraduate Excellence Award
The University of Nottingham is offering scholarships covering a contribution of between £4,000 to £8,000 towards full-time masters tuition fees for high-achieving international students (with overseas fee status) who live in the Middle East and Turkey. The deadline to apply has now passed.
University of Sussex
Please find a full list of postgraduate scholarships at the University of Sussex here.
This scholarship is offered to forced migrants or applicants granted a temporary form of leave only, to provide financial assistance in order to enable them to take up a place on a Masters degree at the University of Sussex. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have received an offer of a place to study a Masters degree at the University of Sussex. The Award will cover a full tuition fee waiver and a maintenance award. Application deadline is 15th May 2023.
UCL
Please use the UCL Scholarships finder for their full list of available scholarships here.
UCL Global Masters Scholarship
There are up to 75 scholarships available in 2023/24 with a value of £15,000. The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2yrs in length. In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year. This scholarship closed on 27th April 2023.
University of Warwick
Please find a full list of available scholarships at the University of Warwick using the search function here.
Excellence in STEM Scholarship
Funding for scholars studying the following subjects
MSc Predictive Modelling and Scientific Computing
MSc Diagnostics, Data and Digital Health (any pathway)
MSc Global Decarbonisation and Climate Change (any pathway)
Scholarship available to 1 overseas student for each course. Applicants must have submitted an application by 21 May 2023 and have firmly accepted an offer by 3 July 2023 to study one of the above postgraduate programmes at the University of Warwick.
Economics Excellence Scholarship
The Department of Economics will award one Master’s scholarship to an outstanding applicant who has firmly accepted their offer by the end of April on one of our one-year taught MSc courses. Eligible courses are:
MSc Economics
MSc Economic and International Financial Economics
MSc Behavioural and Economic Science (Economics Track)
The scholarship provides full fees and the application deadline for 2023 was at the end of April 2023.
Warwick Chemistry Overseas Taught Masters Scholarship
Up to two £12,500 bursary available for the most academically gifted overseas (non-Home fees) students studying MSc Taught Chemistry. You need to receive an offer of place on the course by 31 March 2023 to qualify.
Multiple scholarships are available to overseas students studying an MSc or MBA at Warwick Business School. Successful candidates could receive between 20%-50% as a fee reduction. For more information regarding eligible courses, application process and deadline, please visit the website using the WBS Scholarships link above.
Guaranteed for all students from Latin America, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Lebanon. Awarded as a 25% fee reduction. Students do not need to apply specifically for this bursary. It will be automatically applied to your offer by the Admissions team.