The Global Masters Fund 2025/26 offers up to 20 awards, each worth £1,000 to international students pursuing postgraduate taught programmes.
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The Global Masters Fund 2025/26 offers up to 20 awards, each worth £1,000 (applied as a tuition fee waiver), to international students pursuing postgraduate taught programmes at the University of Hull starting in September 2025, January 2026 and May 2026.
The awards aim to empower global changemakers, forward-thinkers, innovators, and advocates in health, arts, science, and leadership.
The awards are designed to celebrate exceptional students across four categories:
£1,000 tuition fee waiver
International postgraduate taught students
Nationals from eligible countries
This award is for applicants who are interested in studying a full-time, postgraduate taught programme (1 year) starting in September 2025, January 2026 and May 2026 (excluding PGCert and PGDip)
The Global Masters Fund 2025/26 is open to international students from countries which are classed as upper-middle or high income countries by the World Bank. This includes countries across the Americas, Europe, the Gulf, and Central, East and South East Asia.
Please note, postgraduate applicants can only hold one financial award from the University of Hull. Therefore, applicants already benefiting from one of the University's automatic international studentships (Africa Studentship, Asia Studentship, Middle East and North Africa Studentship or Latin America Studentship) are not eligible to apply.
It is applicable to self-funded students who are not receiving financial sponsorship from a government or commercial sponsorship body.
If you have been awarded a scholarship, you will be notified in writing. Students must respond to the initial email within 72 hours of being awarded the scholarship and the student must pay the deposit (£4,000) within three weeks of the scholarship announcement. If a response and the deposit have not been received, the award may be given to another applicant.
Applications must be submitted ahead of the following deadlines:
To be considered, applicants must:
This is your chance to unlock opportunities and shape your future with the University of Hull. Will you be one of our 2025/26 changemakers?
Please note that while we aim to allocate five awards per category, the final distribution may vary based on the quality of applications received.