School of Divinity MLitt Scholarship
- Application period opens
- Thursday 13 November 2025
- Application period closes
- Thursday 5 March 2026
- Notification date
- The week commencing Monday 6 April 2026
- Entry
- 2026
The School of Divinity is offering a scholarship to an MLitt student, with the aim of widening access to students from groups traditionally excluded or under-represented in academia. All MLitt courses in the School of Divinity are eligible.
Applicants must either be applying for a full-time MLitt course due to start in September 2026, or currently undertaking an online MLitt course continuing beyond September 2026.
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, and/or to give other arguments in support of your application.
Value of award (per year)
Two awards are available - one Home (£5,000) and one Overseas (£10,000). Awards are paid towards tuition fees. Online or part-time students will receive the total value of the award over the duration of their degree (pro rata per year).
Duration of award
Duration of the course.
At what stage of my course application can I apply for this scholarship?
Please apply after you have submitted your application for a place at St Andrews. You do not need to wait until you have received an offer of a place before applying for the award.
Application restrictions
Study level
Available to students studying at:
Subjects
Available to students studying:
Domicile for fee status
Schools
Available to students in the following Schools and Departments:
Application assessment
Available to
Mode of study
Geographical criteria
Additional criteria
Applicants must either be applying for a full-time MLitt course due to start in September 2026, or be undertaking an online MLitt course continuing beyond September 2026.
How to apply
- Apply for your chosen course at the University St Andrews: Masters. Your course should meet the eligibility criteria for this scholarship (see above). 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 2026/7 as the academic year before searching in the catalogue.
Terms and conditions
Please read the University of St Andrews scholarships terms and conditions (opens in new tab)
If you apply to this scholarship, details from your course application may be passed to the selection panel solely for the purpose of merit-based assessment.
If applying to this scholarship, please be aware of the following requirements:
- Core personal details may be passed to the benefactors of your scholarship. Your name, the name of your town of origin, school/college and subject of study will be passed to the donor of the scholarship with your consent.
- Attendance at Development related scholarship events (including invitations to meet the donors) is strongly encouraged. You will be invited to these as appropriate by the Development Office.
- Submission of reports throughout the period of scholarship support. You are required to submit an Introductory Biography at the start of your award period and the Development Office will contact you towards the end of the academic session for a report on your time at St Andrews to share with the donors of your award. This will be an annual cycle for the duration of your award.
When will I know the outcome?
The outcome of your scholarship application will be available on the My Application portal in early April 2026. Follow the links to Scholarships and Funding and go to View or continue my funding applications to see your application status.
If you are successful, you will also receive an award letter.
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