Depending on your personal circumstances and qualifications, you might be able to obtain a personal scholarship awarded by your country of provenance, a charity organisation (for example, the Royal Society), or a generous donor.
In some cases these sources of funding will ask you for an acceptance letter or a detailed programme of study. The School can provide assistance in these cases by completing the application process before funding is awarded (that means the School will recommend that you are offered a place without funding after successfully going through the process detailed in the application procedure section).
When allowed by the external funder's conditions, potential supervisors in the School may also help students prepare suitable applications for areas of research within the supervisor's expertise.
Financially independent students or students who are funded by their families are subject to the same entry standards described in the application procedure section.