MSc Application

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)

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.