UK/EU Postgraduate Scholarships & Funding

UK/EU Postgraduate Scholarships

Richmond wants to attract smart and motivated students from across Europe and the UK. We offer a generous scholarship for your entire programme duration at the college, if you are eligible. The Scholarship can be combined with Student Finance England Loans and other sources of personal funding.

Name	Amount	Qualifications
Alumni Master’s Scholarship	20%	Previously studied bachelor level programme at Richmond, including AIFS and other visitors
Chancellor’s Master’s Scholarship	15%	UK 2.1+ 3.3 GPA (or International Equivalant)
Presidential Master’s Scholarship	10%	UK 2.2 2.5 – 3.29 GPA

Chancellor’s and Presidential Postgraduate Scholarships are for Fall 19/Spring 20 & Fall 20/Spring 21 Academic Year entry only and may be subject to change in future intakes.

If you have studied outside a country not listed below, then the equivalency will be assessed by the Admissions Office.

Postgraduate scholarships may not be held in conjunction with any other form of financial or scholarship support from the University.

Examples of qualifications required by Country

Please see the table below to find out the qualification you need for one of our scholarships.

Country	Qualification Criteria	Chancellors Master’s Scholarships	Presidential Master’s Scholarships
Country	Qualification Criteria	15%	10%
UK	BA, BSc Degree	2.1	2.2
France	Grade de licence / Grade de licence professionnelle	13	11
Germany	Bachelor’s Degree, Fachhochschuldiplom / Diplom (FH)	1.6 – 2.5 (Gut)	2.6 – 3.5 (Befriedigend)
Greece	ΠΤΥΧΙΟ / ΔΙΠΛΩΜΑ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ (University Degree / Diploma)	7.0	6.0
Italy	Laurea – Degree	104	100
Poland	Licencjat / Inżynier (Bachelor degree)	4.5	4.0
Spain	Título Universitario Oficial de Licenciado en [subject area] (Licenciatura o Graduado)	7/10 or 2/4	6/10 or 1.5/4
Scholarships Award by Programme
MBA All Other Postgraduate Programmes MA Luxury Brand Management		£1,950.00 £1,200.00 £3,150.00	£1,300.00 £800.00 £2,100.00

The Sean Steadman Art Scholarship

Scholarship	Amount
The Sean Steadman Art Scholarship	USD $1,000

This is one scholarship available to applicants commencing study at Richmond from Fall 2020 from any of the four programmes below, with a minimum 3.0 CGPA.

All applicants for this scholarship should send a submission of 500-1000 words on ‘How the degree programme you are applying for will help you reach your career objectives’, before 16 July 2020, together with some images taken from your portfolio. The total sum amount of USD $1000 will be deducted from tuition fees (one payment only, not for each year of study) and can be used in conjunction with SFE funding.

BA Art History & Visual Culture
BA Film & Photography
MA Art History & Visual Culture
MA Visual Arts Management & Curating

Sean Steadman was a student at Richmond, graduating in 2014 with a BA in Art & Design and a year later with a postgraduate qualification in Art History & Visual Culture.

Please send us your submission with your application and entitle the document “The Sean Steadman Scholarship”. If you have already applied then please send us your submission via email to: admissions@richmond.ac.uk

Student Finance England (SFE) Postgraduate Loans

EU students starting university in 2020/21 academic year will have guaranteed home fee status and financial support for the duration of courses in England, the Universities Minister has announced today (28 May).

SFE Postgraduate Masters Loans are available for postgraduate degree award programmes at Richmond. If you start your programme in September, you can apply for a postgraduate loan amount that is up to a maximum of £10,609. Loans funds contribute towards tuition fees, study expenses or living costs (paid directly to the student).

How to apply

Applications for SFE postgraduate loans is available online at the Student Finance England website or you can download and print the application forms to send your completed loan application by post.

Eligibility

Applicants must be under 60 years old and not hold postgraduate qualifications (masters’ degree award
You can apply for a postgraduate loan even if you have an existing undergraduate loan
UK national resident in the England on the first day of your programme
EU/Swiss National resident for a period of three years on the first day of the postgraduate programme.
You will be required to repay your student loan if you don’t complete your course.
Further details about loan eligibility are available here

Repayment

6% of income over £21,000 per year. Interest is charged at the Retail Price Index*** (RPI) +3% = 6.1% as of 2018/19.
Your employer will deduct repayments when your salary reaches the minimum amount if you live and work the UK.
If you live outside the UK, or if you go abroad for more than three months after you finish or leave your course, you must inform the SLC to make arrangements to repay your postgraduate loan.
You must repay any undergraduate student loans you have at the same time.

Please contact us if you have any questions at admissions@richmond.ac.uk.

External Finance Providers

Future Finance