SOAS Master’s Scholarships (International)

The SOAS Master’s Scholarship (International) is designed to recognise and award overseas applicants with outstanding academic performance.

SOAS is offering over 150 International Master’s Scholarships valued at £8,000 in the form of tuition fee waivers to new students beginning their studies in the 2026/27 academic year.

Eligibility criteria

• You must hold an offer for a full-time Postgraduate Taught (on campus) programme.

• You must be an overseas fee-paying student.

• You must hold a minimum UK upper second-class (2:1) or international equivalent.

• You must not be in receipt of any other SOAS scholarship or full-fee scholarship/sponsorship from any other source

• All joint partnership programmes are ineligible for this scholarship. 

Please note that if you have applied for a 2-year programme, the scholarship will be applied to the first year of tuition fees only.

Application deadlines

This scholarship is now open for 2026/2027. The deadline for each award round is:

• First round – 28 February 2026 GMT+11:59pm

• Second round – 30 April 2026 BST+11:59pm

• Third round – 30 June 2026 BST+11:59pm