India Merit Scholarship

Information about our India Merit Scholarship.

The University of Edinburgh has a strong history of global partnership, community, and exchange. We uphold a tradition of celebrating diversity and embracing international students, who enrich the student body and the extraordinary educational experience we offer. 

The Scholarship Award 

The University is offering an international scholarship for the most academically gifted Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Masters students applying from India. These awards, which cover £5,000 towards tuition fees for PGT Masters students studying on campus during the 2025/26 academic year, will be tenable for the first year of study only.

Eligibility Criteria 

The India Merit Scholarship will be awarded to any successful applicant who:  

  • Firmly accepts an unconditional offer to join any of the University’s full-time, on-campus PGT Masters programmes. If you are required to pay a programme deposit for your Masters programme, and you do not accept and pay the required deposit within the given time frame, then you will forfeit your scholarship offer as well as your programme offer
  • Is domiciled in India at the time of application  
  • Has international fee status:
  • Is either fully or partially self-funded  
  • Has achieved an undergraduate degree studied and awarded in India at the minimum level outlined in Tables 1 and 2 below. This excludes graduates with dentistry, medicine and veterinary medicine degrees awarded in India, who will all be eligible for the Scholarship. Please note that eligibility criteria will be assessed solely on your primary grading scale. Where a GPA is provided, students will be assessed by the GPA as the primary grade, even when a percentage is also provided.
Table 1: Awarding minimum for University of Edinburgh programmes, excluding those Edinburgh University Business School programme
Grading scale Award minimum UoE India Universities list*
4-point GPA 3.6 3.2
7-point CGPA 6.3 5.6
8-point CGPA 7.1 6.4
10-point CGPA 9.0 8.0
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*A list of UoE Indian Universities can be found at:

Table 2: Awarding minimum for the following programmes in the Edinburgh University Business School: Full-time MBA; MSc Accounting & Financial Management; MSc Banking Innovation & Risk Analytics; MSc Business Analytics; MSc Climate Change Finance & Investment; MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation; MSc Finance & Investment; MSc Finance, Technology & Policy; MSc Global Strategy & Sustainability; MSc Human Resource Management; MSc International Human Resource Management; MSc Management; MSc Marketing

Grading scale Award minimum UoE India Universities list*
4-point GPA 3.8 3.4
7-point CGPA 6.6 5.9
8-point CGPA 7.5 6.7
10-point CGPA 9.5 8.5
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*A list of UoE Indian Universities can be found at:

You will not be eligible for this scholarship if:  

  • You are fully sponsored by your employer  
  • You are already in receipt of a full scholarship or are awarded one at a later date
  • You have already accepted any other University of Edinburgh scholarship. If you are subsequently offered and accept another University of Edinburgh scholarship, you must let us know by contacting: 
  • You are studying for an online degree
  • You are currently already studying for a postgraduate Masters degree at the University of Edinburgh within the 2024-25 academic year

You can read the full Terms and Conditions for the India Merit Scholarship here:

Application Process

These scholarships are awarded to any student who has accepted an unconditional offer on a PGT Masters programme and meets the eligibility criteria outlined above. For entry into the 2025/26 academic year, the Scholarship will be awarded to every eligible unconditional offer holder who achieves the listed grades in Tables 1 and 2. No separate application is necessary, and the Scholarship will be automatically applied to your student tuition fee balance.

Please note that your CAS will show the full tuition fees for your programme of study. However, it will also note that you are the recipient of a scholarship, to the value of £5,000 that will be deducted from the full tuition fees when you enrol at the University.  As this information will be included on your CAS, you do not need to include a letter confirming the India Merit Scholarship with your visa application.  More information about applying for a visa can be found on our website at:

Notification

The University of Edinburgh will inform successful scholarship applicants after they have received an unconditional offer for an on-campus, full-time PGT Masters programme once the necessary administration has been completed.  Notification times may vary, and take longer during busy periods. 

Contact Information

Any queries about the scholarships should be directed to:

FAQs

Please make sure that you have accepted your offer via the Applicant Hub, and have provided any information and documents that have been requested.  You should also make sure that you have paid any deposit noted in your offer letter, by the relevant deadline. The £5,000 will be deducted from your student tuition fee balance once you have enrolled at the University. 


Your CAS will show the full tuition fees for your programme of study. However, it will also note that you are the recipient of a scholarship, to the value of £5,000 that will be deducted from the full student tuition fees when you enrol at the University.  As this information will be included on your CAS, you do not need to include a letter confirming the India Merit Scholarship with your visa application.  More information about applying for a visa can be found on our website at:


If you have a full tuition fee scholarship from an external third party, you will not be eligible for the India Merit Scholarship.  

You may still be eligible for this scholarship if your other funding does not cover all your tuition fees, and the combined total of all the awards does not surpass the full tuition fee for the academic year.  Please see the India Merit Scholarship Terms and Conditions for more information 


The India Merit Scholarship is a £5,000 tuition fee reduction. It is not transferable as a cash award, or in any other format.  If you have an external scholarship which covers your tuition fees, you are not eligible for this funding. 


No – the India Merit Scholarship can not be held with another University of Edinburgh scholarship.  If you are offered multiple awards from the University, you must select which one you wish to accept.  You must inform us by email if you are in receipt of any other UoE scholarship or bursary, or if you are later successful in gaining another scholarship from the University.


You can accept your offer using the Applicant Hub, with more information available at:


It is not possible to defer the India Merit Scholarship - it is only available to students starting their studies in the 2025/26 academic cycle, so if you defer your place the Scholarship will be withdrawn.


There is no right to appeal if you have not been awarded the scholarship.  Any disputes related to the scholarship will be handled via the University’s complaints process, details of which can be accessed at:


You do not need to apply for the India Merit Scholarship – you will be considered and assessed for eligibility by our admissions teams, as your application for the programme is reviewed.  We will inform successful scholarship applicants after they have received an unconditional offer for an on-campus, full-time Postgraduate Taught programme, and once the necessary administration has been completed. Notification times may vary, and take longer during busy periods.


We are sorry to advise that if you have not been contacted directly by the University, you are not eligible for the India Merit Scholarship.  We know this will be disappointing news, however hope that you are still able to consider studying at the University of Edinburgh. You can find more information on other Scholarships at:


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