School of Divinity MLitt Scholarship

For entry in September 2027, one award of £10,000 toward tuition fees is available. Any of the School of Divinity MLitt programmes are eligible. 

How to apply

This scholarship is available for application through the Scholarships and Funding catalogue.

Apply for your chosen course at the University St Andrews: Masters.  After submitting your course application, you must allow up to two working days to receive login details for the My Application portal.

When you have received your login details, apply for the scholarship by logging into My Application, follow the links to Scholarships and Funding and then search for School of Divinity MLitt Scholarship in the Scholarships and funding catalogue. Select 2027/8 as the academic year before searching in the catalogue.

Scholarship application form guidance

Key dates

Application period opens Monday 14 September 2026

Application period closes Thursday 4 February 2027

Notification date will be the week commencing Monday 8 March 2027

Additional criteria

In making decisions about the award of the scholarship, we will give consideration to a variety of criteria, including, but not limited to the following:

• We may give preference to applicants from Developing economies as defined by the United Nations ( Table C of this document).
• We may give preference to applicants who self-identify as members of excluded or under-represented minorities.
• We may give preference to applicants who are historically underrepresented in Divinity (students from ethnic minorities, students with disabilities, students who are the first in their family to attend university).
• We may give preference to applicants from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
• We may give preference to applicants with a household income of less than £34,000.

In the application you may want to say how your application relates to these criteria, or to give other arguments in support of your application.