Scholarships at University of Edinburgh Business School

The Business School Positive Action for LGBTQ+ MSc Scholarship programme is based on merit and is available to applicants holding an offer for a taught Masters commencing in September 2025 at the Business School.

Scholarship Criteria

We are pleased to offer two Business School Positive Action for LGBTQ+ Scholarships to candidates who:

• Can demonstrate their commitment to the LGBTQ+ community through previous action and support either within the business setting specifically, or in a wider sense through LGBTQ+ action.

• Continue to aspire to make a difference for the LGBTQ+ community through their future personal and career goals.

• Can demonstrate strong academic performance.

Eligibility

You can apply for the scholarship once you have received an offer (conditional or unconditional) to join one of the eligible programmes and have either firmly accepted the offer or are intending to do so.

The scholarship selection panel will only be able to consider your scholarship application if you hold an active offer throughout your scholarship application process (meaning if your offer is declined at any point up until the scholarship decision deadline you will no longer be eligible). You can only apply to the scholarship once per admissions cycle.

Candidates will not be eligible for this scholarship if they:

• Are fully sponsored by an employer.

• Are in receipt of a full scholarship.

• Have already accepted another scholarship from the University of Edinburgh.

• Submit a scholarship application prior to having secured an offer for the study programme.

Eligible programmes are:

• Accounting and Financial Management MSc

• Banking Innovation and Risk Analytics MSc

• Business Analytics MSc

• Climate Change Finance and Investment MSc

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation MSc

• Finance and Investment MSc

• Finance, Technology and Policy MSc

• Global Strategy and Sustainability MSc

• Human Resource Management MSc

• International Human Resource Management MSc

• Management MSc

• Marketing MSc

Conditions

• The scholarship will be paid directly towards your tuition fees.

• Scholarships have to be accepted by the deadline defined in the scholarship award letter.

• If you do not accept and pay the required Masters programme deposit within the given time frame then you will forfeit your scholarship offer as well as your programme offer. The Business School will then re-allocate this scholarship.

• Any scholarship is automatically withdrawn if you decline your programme offer or fail to meet the conditions set out in your programme offer letter.

• If you receive a scholarship, you will be expected to participate occasionally as an ambassador for the Business School during and after your programme.

• Only one University of Edinburgh scholarship can be accepted.