Scholarships Merit-based
The University of Edinburgh

Ailie Donald Scholarship

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Multiple disciplines
Disciplines
Various benefits
Grant
United Kingdom
Location
03 Jun 2026
Application deadline

About

The University of Edinburgh can support you financially if you are admitted to one of its study programmes as an international student.

The University of Edinburgh awards scholarships, bursaries, tuition fee reductions and discounts that help you cover existing tuition and living costs. 

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

One

Grant

100% Tuition fee waiver

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

The Ailie Donald Scholarship is awarded for postgraduate Masters students.

Benefits

They are offering one scholarship, to cover the UK tuition fee level for MSc study. Applicants due to pay international tuition fees will be liable for the difference between the UK rate of fee and the international tuition fee.  This award will be tenable for one academic year. 

This award will be tenable for 2025-2026 academic year and will be automatically deducted from your tuition fee.

All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of their postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award.  

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission on one of the following programmes of study, within the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

  • MSc English Language
  • MSc by Research English Language
  • MSc Linguistics
  • MSc by Research Linguistics
  • Preference will be given to applicants for the MSc by Research programmes and graduates of the University of Edinburgh.
  • Candidates must have, or expect to obtain a First Class Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Multiple disciplines

Locations

United Kingdom

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

Bachelor

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

03 Jun 2026

In order to gain access to the scholarship application system, applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh.  

Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and for access to be granted.

The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd our web based information portal at https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk

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