Funding for taught postgraduate programmes
School of Modern Languages MLitt Scholarship
This scholarship is offered to support the best qualifying applicant in their ambitions to undertake postgraduate study in the School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews. The award will cover the tuition costs for a home fee status applicant to study either the MLitt Modern Languages or MLitt Comparative Literature.
Eligibility
All home fee status applicants who accept a place on either MLitt programme will be considered automatically for the scholarship. Note that preference will be given to applicants intending to pursue PhD-level study with the School of Modern Languages afterwards.
How to apply
The deadline for applications is 30th June 2023.
Applicants should have or expect to obtain at least an upper 2.i degree in Modern Languages or Comparative Literature. Additionally, applicants should submit:
- a curriculum vitae
- a 1-page personal statement that mentions your potential area of doctoral research
- a sample of your own, single-authored written work (c. 2,000 words)
- academic transcripts and degree certificates
- two academic references.
Malcolm Humble Scholarship
This £4,500 scholarship (covering fees first with the remainder paid towards maintenance) has been made available by the generosity of the late Dr Malcolm Humble’s family in his memory. Dr Humble served as an academic member of staff in the Department of German and this funding aims to support the best qualifying applicant from a UK higher education institution to the MLitt German and Comparative Literature joint programme with the University of Bonn.
Eligibility
UK HEI students enrolled on the MLitt German and Comparative Literature joint programme with the University of Bonn are eligible for this award.
How to apply
The closing date for applications to the MLitt in German & Comparative Literature has now passed, a new date will be announced in 2023.