PAIS Scholarships

PAIS is delighted to confirm that university will offer scholarships for students commencing MA study in Autumn 2025. The awards will automatically be deducted from the winners' tuition fees.

Please note that this is not a needs-based scholarship, so your financial situation will not be taken into account.

Source of Funding: Department funding

£10,000 awards for Overseas candidates.

The awards will automatically be deducted from the winners' tuition fees.

• Open to applicants on all PAIS Taught MA programmes, including the Double Degrees (Warwick year only).
• Candidates must apply to the university and have paid their application fee no later than 24 March 2025 if applying in Round 1 or 9 May 2025 if applying Round 2 .You must submit your application to the MA programme before submitting your scholarship application.
• The department offers two opportunities for applicants to apply for PAIS’ Masters scholarships. First round is for early applicants, second round is for those who choose to apply slightly later in the year. Those who have been unsuccessful in their application in the first round, will automatically be considered again in second round. University encourage all applicants for scholarships to submit their course application at least 1- 2 weeks ahead of the scholarship application deadline.
• Successful candidates must obtain an offer from the university before taking up the award.
• Candidates may apply concurrently to other funding sources; however, successful candidates who receive major tuition funding elsewhere will be disqualified.

Successful candidates must obtain an offer from the university before taking up the award.

Selection Criteria:

Each application will be judged on the following merits:

• Outstanding academic performance (70%)
• Outstanding case for support (30%)

The primary factor determining an application's success is the strength of the case for support. This case for support should demonstrate why you fit the above criteria as well as reflect your motivations for choosing to do a postgraduate degree in your specialisation. Your case for support should be no more than 600 words in length and should differ from the statement of purpose submitted with your application to the university.

The application form can be downloaded here. This should be completed and submitted via email to paispg@warwick.ac.uk no later than 31 March 2025 or 16 May 2025.

University aim to make a decision on applications within six weeks of the closing date. If you have not received the results of your application within seven weeks of the closing date, you may assume your application was not successful.

Reference

• One academic reference for postgraduate taught courses.
• Be sure to include an email address for your referee(s) as university will contact them for you. University typically ask for one academic reference for postgraduate taught courses. References will be verified so please ensure you provide an institutional email address when providing academic referee details. 

Documents Required

• Online Application
• Application Fee
• Academic Transcripts
• Personal Statement 
• Case for Support
• One Reference
• English Language Proficiency