Scholarships at University of Edinburgh

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for a postgraduate scholarship to be awarded in 2019/20.

The award of £3,000 will support postgraduate students with a research focus on German literature, especially pre-1856, on any of the following Masters degree programmes:

• MScR German Studies (with a focus on literature)
• MSc Comparative Literature
• MSc Medieval Literatures and Cultures
• MSc Theatre and Performance Studies
• MSc Translation Studies

The scholarship is to be awarded in one year of study only, part-time students will only receive the scholarship in year one of their programme of study.

Applications for both the Scholarship and the MSc must be made by Monday, 17th June 2019.

Applications for the MSc can be made via the online postgraduate prospectus link given below.

Award

Conditions of the award:

• the value of the scholarship will be £3,000 payable for one year only during semester one of the academic year;
• an award may be withdrawn if a student fails to meet the academic standards set by the University of Edinburgh;
• students who leave a programme of study prematurely will be entitled to no further scholarship payments.

Eligibility

The award is open to Scottish domiciled applicants accepted onto one of the above Masters programmes, who have a good undergraduate honours degree (at least a 2.1 Honours degree or overseas equivalent) with a German component.

Only applications to year one of an MSc programme of study will be considered.