Scholarship

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is delighted to announce the Andrew Grant PG Scholarships to applicants for postgraduate (PG) programmes in our five Schools: School of Art; School of Design; ESALA (Architecture and Landscape Architecture); History of Art; and the Reid School of Music.

Andrew Grant, born 1830 in Leith, was an established international businessman, liberal politician, landowner and an alumnus of the University of Edinburgh. Between 1907 and 1909, he gifted £10,000 towards the construction of the new Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and left around £350,000 to The Andrew Grant Bequest, to benefit students of the college which it continues to do.

Our Schools offer a rich and vibrant postgraduate community with a broad range of postgraduate programmes and academic research interests.

Scholarship award:

We are offering 10 scholarships, for the sum of £ £9,500 each, 2 awards per ECA School.

Duration:

This funding is for 1 year full-time PhD study.

Important Dates

March, 2020.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2020.

Both taught Masters and Masters by Research programmes are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from UK/EU/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time/online distance learning programmes.

Part-time students and students on PG programmes longer than one year may apply but must be aware that this funding is for one year only, therefore, students are advised to budget accordingly.

Master of Architecture (MArch) applicants and MPhil applicants are not eligible to apply. Students who are already on programme are not eligible to apply.

If wishing to commence a new PG programme of study in September 2020 you must ensure that you have fully completed and submitted your PG programme application for admission using the University’s online system by no later than 24 February 2020.

How to Apply

Applications for this scholarship are no longer being accepted for 2020-2021 as the 2nd of March deadline has now passed.

Selection Procedure

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

The ECA Selection Panel will meet in April 2020 to review the scholarship applications. All scholarship applicants will be contacted with the outcome by late May 2020. The successful applicants will be announced on the ECA website at the start of the 2020-21 academic year.

Please note: The Andrew Grant PG Scholarship cannot be held alongside any other ECA scholarship funding. But can be held alongside external funding, including Government funded Postgraduate Loans (SAAS or PGL).

Last Date

The last date for application is March, 2020.

Contact Details

Please contact the ECA Postgraduate Office if you have any questions about the application process.

For PG Masters by Research programmes please contact [email protected]

For PG Taught Masters programmes please contact [email protected]

For any further details, the applying candidates can refer to official notification using the following link https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/postgraduate/international/humanities/edinburgh-college-of-art/andrew-grant

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