School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Scholarships are open to our international students.

The University will offer PhD scholarships for students starting their PhD research at the University in the 2025-2026 academic session.

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures will offer one award for research in any romance literature, language or dialect.

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for a postgraduate scholarship to be awarded in 2026-2027.

These awards will be available to postgraduate students who are accepted onto the full-time MSc Creative Writing programme.

We are offering a small number of scholarships for entry in September 2026.

For entry in September 2025 or January 2026, we hope to offer one student on a Korean Studies PhD programme a prize of up to £5,000.

Application for PhD European Research Studentship: The Finances of the Caliphate. Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity (CALIPHAL FINANCES).