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Summary

Dean’s Scholarship

Are you a home fee paying student who achieved (or is on track to achieve) a First Class undergraduate degree?  Are you looking to undertake postgraduate study in the Arts & Humanities Faculty or the Social Sciences and Health Faculty in 2024? The Dean's Scholarship may be for you.

The majority of taught master’s programmes in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences & Health (except all Law programmes and all PGCE programmes) are eligible for consideration.

Amount £1,500 for the academic year paid directly against tuition fees
Year of Entry Applicants for programmes commencing in September / October 2024
Number of awards available N/A
Level of study Postgraduate
Mode of study Full-time
Programmes All postgraduate taught master’s programmes in the faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences & Health (except Law programmes and all PGCE programmes)
Duration One year (full-time)

Eligibility

To be eligible an applicant:

  • must have a valid offer or place for a full-time postgraduate taught master's programme in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities or the Faculty of Social Sciences & Health;

  • must be classified as a Home student for tuition fee purposes; and

  • must have achieved a First Class undergraduate degree

  • To receive the Dean’s Scholarship, the recipient must be self-funding their tuition fees by at least 50% of the full tuition fee prior to the application of Dean’s Scholarship, and any other Durham awards.

  • If an applicant has a tuition fees sponsor(s), paying more than 50% of their tuition fee, the Dean’s Scholarship will not be awarded (or will be withdrawn).

  • Student Loans and family contributions are considered to be forms of self funding

How to apply

  1. Apply for a course

    As long as you apply for a postgraduate taught master’s programme in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities or Social Sciences & Health (excluding Law programmes and all PGCE programmes) that begins in September/October 2024 and achieve a First Class undergraduate degree you will be eligible for the scholarship

     

    You can make an academic application here: Applicant Portal

     

    Your scholarship will be awarded automatically, there is no application process, however if you believe you are eligible and you have not received notification of an award by September 2024 please contact us providing evidence of your First Class undergraduate degree and details of your postgraduate programme of study.

     

    Please submit your evidence and requested information to scholarships.advice@durham.ac.uk

     

  2. If you have already applied for a course

    If you have already applied or been offered a place on a relevant postgraduate taught master’s programme and are eligible for this scholarship we will contact you to confirm your scholarship.

Please note

Durham University makes every effort to ensure that the information published or contained on its website is accurate. However, the University cannot guarantee the information may not subsequently be altered owing to circumstances beyond the University's reasonable control. Such circumstances include (but are not limited to) changes in Government policy or change of law. Whilst any changes will be incorporated into the University's website any person wishing to clarify the details of a particular scholarship/s should contact the University at scholarships.advice@durham.ac.uk.

 

 

Get in touch

If you have any questions about whether you are eligible for a scholarship or the application process, get in touch with our Scholarships and Student Funding Office:

Scholarships and Student Funding Office

Durham University

Palatine Centre

Stockton Road

DH1 3LE, UK

 

Telephone: 01668 268913