John L Paterson Scholarship

John L Paterson Postgraduate Design Scholarship

The School of Design, Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is delighted to announce the John L Paterson PG Design Scholarship. This is open to applicants for the PG taught programmes: MA Design for Change and MA Craft. The ECA offers a rich and vibrant postgraduate community with a broad range of postgraduate programmes and academic research interests.

One scholarship of £8,000 tenable for one academic year and will be deducted from your tuition fee with any remaining funds being awarded towards living costs.

Please note: if successful in obtaining full funding from any other University of Edinburgh or Research Council funding sources, recipients must relinquish their John L Paterson PG Design Scholarship.

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

Applications for full-time study only will be considered.

Please note: Applicants to other Postgraduate Masters programmes and Postgraduate Research programmes are not eligible for the John L Paterson PG Design Scholarship.

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.

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 3^rd 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 award is available to applicants with UK/Overseas status who apply for admission to the postgraduate taught MA Design for Change or MA Craft programmes commencing in the 2025-2026 academic year.

All scholarship applicants will be contacted with the outcome by the end of June 2025.

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.

Personal Statement

• 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
• Portfolio
• Personal Statement
• English Language Proficiency