INTRODUCTION

The University of Manchester’s School of Engineering is proud to offer scholarship awards to academically excellent international students, commencing their postgraduate taught studies from September 2023.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for an Engineering the Future scholarship you must:

  • be a resident of a country within South Asia, South East Asia or Africa;
  • hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) for a master’s level (taught) full time course – commencing in September 2023 – within The Faculty of Science and Engineering. (You will also be considered if you held an offer as part of an earlier admissions round; should you win the award, your offer will be reinstated.);
  • have completed an English Language qualification to the required standard for the course;
  • be fully registered for your chosen course by the registration deadline;
  • hold a bachelor’s degree with a minimum classification of a good Upper Second class (2:1) (or international equivalent), or be on track to achieve this;  
  • be self-funding (for example, not sponsored) your course and classified as an international candidate for tuition fee purposes.

AWARDS

If you hold an offer from one of the following departments, you will be considered for the scholarships:

These awards require no additional application; all offer holders are considered based on academic merit. Shortlisted candidates may be contacted for further assessment in the form of a written statement.

Successful awardees will be announced by the end of 31 July 2023 and granted one of the following tuition fee discounts:

  • One full tuition fee waiver up to £33,500. This award is for the MSc Management of Projects suite of programmes. 
  • Four £10,000 partial tuition fee waivers.
  • Ten £6,000 partial tuition fee waivers.

Engineering the Future Scholarships can also be awarded in conjunction with other scholarships from the University.

HOW TO APPLY

Although you can apply for a postgraduate degree any time of year, we recommend you apply via the University’s online application system as early as possible in the academic year to give you the best chance of securing a place.

The full application process is available on the University’s website via the link below once you’ve decided which course you want to study, you’ll need to complete our online application form.

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Here’s a step-by-step guide on what you need to do after you’ve chosen your master’s course and how it works.

Step 1. Before you start your application

You’ll be asked to set up an account which means you can save your application and come back to it at a later date. If you need help you can also watch our videos on how to create an account and how to submit an application.

Make sure that you use a personal email address when you register and not a University of Manchester address. You’ll be asked to fill in some security questions, your answers will be used if you ever lose or change your password, so we know it’s you.

Step 2. Starting your application

Once you start your application, use the left-hand navigation to move through the form, you can ‘check your information’ at each stage, which will:

  • ask you to complete missing information or to correct formatting (such as dates);
  • mark the section as ‘complete’;
  • ask you to upload supporting documents, if needed.

Check closing dates

While lots of master’s courses do not have official closing dates, some do so you will need to check individual course pages for closing dates.

If you want to apply for funding, you need to check funding bodies’ closing dates. Most bodies usually expect you to have a provisional offer from the University before you apply for a studentship, scholarship or award.

Step 3. Supporting documents

If you cannot upload supporting documents, there is often a field for you to say why so you can still submit your application; we will then give you instructions on how to add documents via an online portal, these usually include:

  • evidence of qualifications (certificates or transcripts);
  • evidence of English language ability, if English is not your first language (some test results are only valid for two years, your test report will need to be valid on the start date of your course);    
  • a research proposal, always check the department website for instructions as these vary;
  • check the department website for additional requirements (for example, some courses ask for specific information in a personal statement);
  • you may need two references, they will be contacted and asked to submit a reference directly to us via our referee portal. We will let you know when they have done this. Make sure your referees are aware in advance as they play a vital part in the assessment of your application.