SOAS Master’s Scholarships (International) 2026

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

SOAS is offering 160 International Master’s Scholarships valued at £8,000 in the form of tuition fee waivers.

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.

How to apply

Applicants can apply for this scholarship via the online form. You should save a copy of your application form for your records. If you wish to print a copy of the application form please do so before clicking SUBMIT.

If you applied as part of the earlier rounds of the SOAS Master’s Scholarship (International) and were not successful, you will automatically be considered for subsequent rounds of funding. Please do not submit more than one scholarship application. 

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

Important Information

You can apply for multiple scholarships and discounts, but only one can be accepted and applied to your tuition fees. Scholarships and discounts (e.g. alumni, family, or partnership discount) cannot be combined, so if you’re successful in more than one, you will need to choose the option with the highest value.

Notification of results

Successful applicants with an offer to study at SOAS will be notified within 10 working days of each deadline. This means that for the first round of scholarships successful applicants will be notified by Friday 13 March 2026. 

If you are successful and allocated the SOAS Master’s Scholarship (International), you will be required to pay the CAS deposit of £4,000 as part of the conditions to accept the award. Please note that the CAS deposit is only refundable in a limited set of circumstances. 

It is important to be mindful of this if you are accepting the International Postgraduate Scholarship with a conditional offer.