About this Scholarship
Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is delighted to announce the Andrew Grant PG Scholarships to applicants for postgraduate (PG) programmes in 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.
Schools offer a rich and vibrant postgraduate community with a broad range of postgraduate programmes and academic research interests.
What It Covers
University is offering 13 scholarships, for the sum of £13,000 each. These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be automatically deducted from your tuition fee with any remaining funds being awarded towards living costs.
Eligibility Criteria
The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate taught Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2025.
Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.
Both taught Masters and Masters by Research programmes are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from UK/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time/online distance learning programmes.
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 2025 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 10th April 2025.
Scholarship applications from prospective students which are not supported by a fully completed PG programme application and not submitted by the deadlines above will not be considered for funding.
The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence. The selection panel will consider the quality of the Masters application, the quality of the scholarship personal statement, evidence of preparedness for study and demonstration of citizenship and community engagement.
Who Can Apply
All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award. University offer postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.
How to Apply
Scholarship applications from prospective students which are not supported by a fully completed PG programme application and not submitted by the deadlines above will not be considered for funding.
When you receive your UUN and EASE password, you can apply forscholarships. Do not wait to receive an offer before applying for a scholarship but the eligibility criteria for the relevant scholarship may ask that you have received an offer of admission by the closing date of the scholarship.
Once you have completed the registration process, you will then be logged into MyEd and will see the 'My Application' or 'Studies' tab containing the EUCLID channel, then click the 'Manage my application(s)' button to open the Applicant Hub.
It can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed to allow access to the scholarship application portal. If you have applied for admission to your programme very recently, your access may not yet be live.
Reference
Reference requirements vary between degree programmes: some programmes do not ask for any references, while others require either one or two references. Find the specific reference requirements for your chosen programme in degree finder.
- Your Personal Statement should include information relevant to your scholarship application and be between 200 and 500 words there is a limit of 3500 characterss. Some scholarships require specific evidence to be presented within the personal statement, please refer to the particular prouded for scholarships betre completing your statement at Scholarships and Student Funding Services.
Documents Required
- Online Application
- Official Transcripts
- Degree Certificate
- Reference
- Personal Statement
- Portfolio
- English Language Proficiency