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.

The Sean Steadman Art Scholarship

This is one scholarship available to applicants commencing study at Richmond from January 2021 as well as current students at Richmond 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 Friday 27 November 2020, ideally together with some images taken from your portfolio (if relevant). The total sum amount of USD $1,000 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 Film: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sean Steadman was a student at Richmond, graduating in 2014 with a BA in Art & Design and then went into the MA programme in Art History & Visual Culture.

Please send us your submission with your application and entitle the document “The Sean Steadman Scholarship” 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