UK and International Scholarships

One full scholarship for each MSc course for a student who is a resident citizen of a Sub-Saharan African Scottish Government International Development partner country (Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia) or a Sub-Saharan African country listed as low income country by the World Bank 

Eligible Countries:

Up to four scholarships for each MSc course where the College will pay 75% of your tuition fees each year for students who are resident citizens of any country listed as low or lower middle income by the World Bank 

Eligible Countries:

A small number of scholarships where the College will pay 50% of your tuition fees each year for students who are resident in the UK or any other country not eligible for the 100% or 75% Scholarships

To apply applicants must:

• Be self-funding (support from friends and relatives is acceptable)
• Be a resident citizen in a qualifying country
• For the 100% and 75% scholarships - applicants should not have previously studied, worked or resided in a World Bank high or upper middle income country (though applicants who have are welcome to apply for the 50% scholarships)
• Have been accepted onto the MSc Internal Medicine or MSc Critical Care. Applicants must have firm status at the time of submission and have paid the University deposit. RCPE will not reimburse scholarship winners the deposit paid to the University for the MSc Internal Medicine.
• Available to new applicants or Y2 & Y3 students enrolled already in MSc Internal Medicine or MSc Critical Care. 

World Bank Country Classification

A full list of World Bank country income classification can be found at Countries | Data (worldbank.org)

We will use information you supply in the University MSc application process and supplement this with your responses to the following questions:

• Please tell us how your attainment of this MSc will benefit your clinical practice, the patients you work with and your home location (250 words max)

• Please tell us why you are interested in this specific programme (250 words max)

• Please explain why you should be considered for a RCPE Scholarship including information about your career to date and any financial limitations you may have (250 words max)

Each question will be anonymously scored by four assessors. Where the scores are tied, the College reserves the right to make the final decision. Priority will be given to those who are in their first 10 years post-qualifying of their profession.

Applications are now closed for 2024. Please refer back to this page in January 2025 for information on applying next year.

If you have any queries about the scholarship application process please contact Kili James ( k.james@rcpe.ac.uk ) 

MSc Internal Medicine Scholarship Recipients

MSc Critical Care Scholarship Recipients 

The College reserves the right to adjust award of scholarships if we do not receive applications from suitably qualified candidates for all scholarships listed.

The scholarships will be paid directly to the University of Edinburgh Tuition Fees department, at the start of each academic year. Applicants must have firm status by the time of submission and have paid the University deposit if required. RCPE will not reimburse scholarship winners any deposit paid to the University. Recipients of all scholarships are expected to obtain passes at Masters level (50%) each year in order to qualify for the next year of funding. Students who pass at 50% or higher and wish to defer for a year before resuming their studies will be able to defer the subsequent years of the scholarship at the College’s discretion. Alternatively, they may conclude their studies with the Certificate (after one year) or Diploma (after 2 years).

Students who are funded at any point of the course by a sponsor (i.e. have their tuition fees paid by an employer, industry or government sponsor, charity or third-party organisation) are not eligible to apply.  Scholarship recipients must advise the College if at any time they obtain funding from another source and stop being self-funding. In such cases the College scholarship will be offered to another student, who is self-funding.

All scholarship recipients will only be eligible to receive one scholarship. Recipients are ineligible to apply for the scholarship if they undertake the alternate MSc programme.

Scholarship recipients will be required to submit an end-of-programme report at the conclusion of their studies.

We will publish limited details of scholarship recipients (name, country, photograph, brief biography) online on either or both of the College or the University of Edinburgh websites, and possibly also on printed materials. If selected, we will seek your permission to do this.