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About the scholarship
The University of Glasgow Global Leadership Scholarship is a £10,000 tuition fee waiver for one year, offered to international students starting a one-year taught Master’s programme in September 2027. For the 2027/28 session there are 350 scholarships, confirmed on the university’s own page. It is a partial award: it covers tuition only, not living costs, and it cannot be combined with other university or external discounts — the one exception is the Alumni Discount.
There is no fixed deadline. The award runs on a rolling basis: decisions come within 6 weeks of your programme offer or scholarship application, whichever is later, and the closing date is confirmed in due course, usually in late August. That means the useful deadline is your own: get the Master’s offer first, then apply for the scholarship promptly, because the award is made while places remain.
Eligibility
- Hold an offer for a full-time, one-year, in-person taught Master’s programme starting in September 2027.
- International or EU fee status.
- Academic results equivalent to a UK First-Class Honours degree.
- Be from a country or region on the university’s published eligible list — a long list that includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil and many others.
- Diplomas and certificates are not eligible — only one-year full-time in-person Master’s programmes qualify, with a first-year-only exception for the Book and Paper Conservation and Textile Conservation MPhils.
Benefits
- £10,000 tuition fee waiver for one year.
- 350 scholarships for the 2027/28 session.
- Decisions within 6 weeks of your programme offer or scholarship application, whichever is later.
- Can be held alongside the Alumni Discount (the only combinable discount).
Documents to prepare
- The official page lists no separate document checklist for the scholarship itself — it is not published in the official notification.
- The Master’s programme application (a precondition) requires the usual items per third-party sources: degree certificate and transcripts, English-language test proof, CV, personal statement and references. Treat these as programme-application documents, not scholarship documents.
- The scholarship portal asks for the student ID and application number issued with your offer.
How to apply
- First apply for an eligible taught Master’s programme through the university’s postgraduate portal and secure an offer.
- Then apply for the scholarship through the university’s online scholarship portal — the official page says the 2027/28 round "will open shortly" and invites applicants to register interest for a notification. The portal asks for the student ID and application number issued with the offer.
- Successful applicants are notified within about six weeks of the offer or scholarship submission, whichever is later.
FAQs
No exact date is published. The award runs on a rolling basis, decisions come within 6 weeks of your programme offer or scholarship application (whichever is later), and the closing date is confirmed in due course, usually in late August. Apply as soon as you hold an offer.
£10,000 as a tuition fee waiver for one year only. It is partial funding — it covers tuition, not living costs — and it cannot be combined with other university or external discounts, except the Alumni Discount.
350 for the 2027/28 session, per the university’s own page. The 2026/27 cycle had 281 awards — use the figure matching the cycle you are applying for.
Students who hold an offer for a full-time, one-year, in-person taught Master’s programme starting in September 2027, with International or EU fee status, academic results equivalent to a UK First-Class Honours degree, and nationality from a country or region on the university’s published eligible list (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Ghana and Brazil).
Not according to the university’s own pages. Some third-party pages describe it as automatic, but the university runs an online scholarship portal and the 2027/28 round opens shortly — this article follows the portal-based route: secure the Master’s offer first, then apply through the scholarship portal.
Full-time, one-year, in-person taught Master’s programmes starting in September 2027. Diplomas and certificates do not qualify. The only exception is the first year of the Book and Paper Conservation and Textile Conservation MPhils.
No — it cannot be combined with other university or external discounts. The only exception is the Alumni Discount.
No. The 2026/27 cycle is closed and the university’s page now describes the 2027/2028 session for September 2027 entry, which is why this article is titled for 2027.
Verified 28 Oct 2026 against the University of Glasgow's own scholarship page (gla.ac.uk/scholarships/globalleadershipscholarship/, checked live 28 Oct 2026 — now describes the 2027/2028 session, September 2027 entry) and corroborated by Bright Scholarship plus multiple third-party summaries agreeing on GBP 10,000, rolling basis and the First-Class-equivalent requirement: award GBP 10,000 tuition fee waiver for one year only; 350 scholarships for the 2027/28 session (281 for 2026/27 — use the cycle-matched figure); partial funding, tuition only, not living costs, cannot be combined with other university or external discounts except the Alumni Discount; eligibility — hold an offer for a full-time, one-year, in-person taught Master's starting September 2027, International or EU fee status, academic results equivalent to a UK First-Class Honours degree, nationality on the published eligible-country list (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil); diplomas and certificates not eligible; only one-year full-time in-person Master's qualify, with a first-year-only exception for the Book and Paper Conservation and Textile Conservation MPhils; deadline — no exact date published, rolling, decisions within 6 weeks of the programme offer or scholarship application (whichever is later), closing date "confirmed in due course, usually in late August"; process — apply for an eligible taught Master's through the postgraduate portal, secure an offer, then apply through the university's online scholarship portal (2027/28 round "will open shortly"; register interest for a notification; portal asks for student ID and application number); documents — no separate scholarship document checklist is published in the official notification; the Master's application requires degree certificate/transcripts, English test proof, CV, personal statement and references per third-party sources. CONFLICTS: (1) The queue title "2026" is stale — the 2026/27 cycle is closed and the official page has moved to 2027/28, so the article is retitled to 2027. (2) Some third-party pages describe the award as automatic on offer; the university's own scholarship portal indicates a separate application, and the article follows the portal-based route. (3) Third-party summaries of the 2026/27 cycle also reported no fixed deadline, consistent with the rolling basis.
