StudyDesk Scholarships
About these scholarships
For September 2027 entry, Queen Mary University of London lists four international scholarships in its official scholarship database. At undergraduate level, the Global Talent Scholarship is worth £5,000 per academic year — up to £20,000 over a standard four-year degree — and is awarded automatically to eligible offer holders.
At postgraduate taught level, three tuition-fee awards are confirmed: the Global Excellence Scholarship (£8,000), the Global Talent Scholarship (£6,000) and the Global Merit Scholarship (£5,000). All are tuition-fee deductions, not full scholarships, and one scholarship application form considers you for all three postgraduate awards. Queen Mary also lists Global Excellence and Global Talent awards of £5,000–£7,000 for January 2027 postgraduate entry.
Eligibility
- Global Talent – Undergraduate (September 2027): hold an offer for an eligible full-time undergraduate programme starting September 2027, have confirmed overseas fee status, be fully self-funded, and exceed your course offer (for example, an AAB offer requires AAA at A-level, or 36 IB points with HL 665) — or hold the overseas equivalent.
- Global Excellence – Postgraduate Taught (September 2027): achieve (or be on course to achieve) a first-class honours bachelor’s degree or overseas equivalent, hold an offer for an eligible full-time master’s programme starting September 2027, and have overseas fee status confirmed by Queen Mary.
- Global Talent / Global Merit – Postgraduate Taught (September 2027): the university’s scholarship database lists these at £6,000 and £5,000 respectively for postgraduate taught offer holders joining in September 2027; detailed grade thresholds beyond “high achieving” are not published in the official listings.
- Applicants must remain overseas for fee purposes for the whole programme, must not hold any other University scholarship or a full-fee scholarship from another source, and must be able to finance the remainder of tuition fees and living costs.
- Excluded from the schemes are advanced (year-two) entry, foundation and pre-master’s programmes, distance learning, MRes, PG Diploma/Certificate courses, study-abroad/exchange programmes, and named programmes including medicine, dentistry and certain MSc/apprenticeship courses.
Benefits
- £5,000 per year, up to £20,000 for undergraduate Global Talent scholars, deducted directly from tuition fees each year — renewable annually provided you achieve at least a 65% average.
- £8,000 tuition-fee deduction for Global Excellence postgraduate scholars, applied when you enrol.
- £6,000 tuition-fee deduction for Global Talent postgraduate scholars and £5,000 for Global Merit postgraduate scholars.
- Unlimited awards for both the undergraduate Global Talent scheme and the Global Excellence postgraduate scheme (the latter until April 2027), open to students of all nationalities.
- One application covers all three postgraduate awards — you complete a single scholarship form and Queen Mary considers you for Global Talent, Global Merit and Global Excellence together.
- The undergraduate award requires no separate application: eligible students are assessed automatically and notified via their applicant portal when their status becomes unconditional firm.
Documents required
Queen Mary has not published a separate documents checklist for these scholarships. You will need the standard documents for your course application (academic transcripts, English-language evidence where required, and a passport for fee-status assessment); the postgraduate scholarship form is emailed to you after you receive a course offer. Contact globalengagement@qmul.ac.uk for scheme-specific queries.
How to apply
- Apply for your course: submit an application for an eligible full-time Queen Mary undergraduate or master’s programme for September 2027 entry (undergraduate applicants go through UCAS).
- Receive your offer: undergraduate candidates who exceed their offer grades are assessed automatically — there is no scholarship form to complete.
- Complete the scholarship form (postgraduate): once you hold a master’s offer, Queen Mary emails you the scholarship application form when applications open in October 2026. One form covers Global Talent, Global Merit and Global Excellence.
- Awards are allocated on a rolling basis: apply early, since funding is distributed until places run out (Global Excellence postgraduate awards continue until April 2027).
- Confirm at enrolment: the scholarship is confirmed when your admissions status becomes ‘unconditional firm’ and you enrol; the award is then deducted directly from your tuition fees.
FAQs
No. These are partial tuition-fee reductions (£5,000–£8,000 for postgraduate awards, and up to £20,000 over an undergraduate degree). You must be fully self-funded and able to pay the remaining tuition fees and living costs.
No. There is no application, registration process, or scholarship deadline for the undergraduate award — eligible international students are assessed automatically based on their final results and notified through their applicant portal.
The official page for Global Excellence requires a first-class honours degree or overseas equivalent. For Global Talent and Global Merit at postgraduate level, Queen Mary only states “high achieving” — exact thresholds are not published, and the Admissions Office makes the final decision on overseas equivalences.
No. One scholarship application form — emailed to you after you receive a master’s offer — considers you for Global Talent, Global Merit and Global Excellence together. Applications open in October 2026.
No. You must not be in receipt of any other University scholarship, tuition-fee discount (including the alumni or partner-university discounts) or a full-fee scholarship from another source.
The undergraduate Global Talent award renews annually at £5,000 per year provided you maintain at least a 65% average. The postgraduate awards are one-off tuition-fee deductions. None of the awards can be deferred to a later year.
Verified 17 Oct 2026 via official QMUL scholarship pages (Global Talent Undergraduate Sept 2027: £5,000/yr up to £20,000, automatic assessment, unlimited awards; Global Excellence PGT Sept 2027: £8,000, rolling allocation until April 2027, applications open Oct 2026, one form covers all three PGT awards) and the QMUL scholarship database (Global Merit PGT Sept 2027 £5,000; Global Talent PGT Sept 2027 £6,000).
