Postgraduate taught funding for UK (home) students

We offer scholarships, bursaries and other funding to help you with tuition fees and living expenses.

Opportunities for 2023/24 entry will continue to be updated, so please check this page throughout the year.

UK Government loans

You may be entitled to a Masters loan to help fund your studies.

Funding for students with disabilities

If you have a mental health problem, long-term illness or any other disability, you may be eligible for additional financial support.

Opportunities for 2023/24 entry

Contact us

If you have questions relating to any of our funding opportunities, please see the contact details on the specific scholarship or bursary page.

Aziz Foundation scholarships

We are delighted to be partnering with the Aziz Foundation to offer postgraduate scholarships to support British Muslims study at York.

  • Funding: 100% tuition fee coverage at Home rate
  • Application deadline: Friday 30 June 2023, 12pm BST
  • Open to: UK (home) students

Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust postgraduate bursaries

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust offer bursaries to people in financial need and who have a parent or spouse or are employed themselves as a commercial traveller, pharmacist or grocer.

  • Funding: Up to £5,000 per year
  • Application deadline: Friday 1 September 2023, 5pm BST
  • Open to: UK (home) students

Snowdon Masters Scholarship

The Snowdon Trust Masters Scholarship has been designed to identify and accelerate exceptional disabled students through higher education, creating the influencers of the future.

  • Funding: up to £30,000
  • Application deadline: Friday 31 March 2023, 12pm BST
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students

Tom and Eileen House Scholarship

Thanks to the generous support of alumnus Richard House, we can help ensure that the opportunity to study for a Masters degree is open to all.

  • Funding: £5,000 or £1,000
  • Application deadline: Wednesday 31 May 2023, 5pm BST
  • Open to: UK (home) students

York Graduate Loyalty Discount

If you've previously studied at the University of York, you could be eligible for a tuition fee discount for postgraduate taught courses.

  • Funding: Ten per cent tuition fee discount
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students

Departmental opportunities

Many of our departments and centres offer additional opportunities and specialised guidance on funding your studies.

Other schemes and resources

External opportunities are not vetted or endorsed by the University.

Opportunities from last year

We update many of our opportunities annually, so some of those listed below may soon become available again for applications.

There are no scholarships or funding opportunities to show here right now. You may still be able to find a funding option that you are eligible for on our postgraduate taught funding pages.

Contact us

If you have questions relating to any of our funding opportunities, please see the contact details on the specific scholarship or bursary page.