Master’s Scholarships

The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) is offering a number of scholarships to support students with the financial commitments of postgraduate study. These scholarships include the IoPPN School of Academic Psychiatry Scholarships, the IoPPN School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences Scholarships, the IoPPN School of Neuroscience Scholarships and the IoPPN Dean’s Scholarships. (Please refer to the eligibility section below to determine which scholarship schemes you can apply to). The scholarships are available for all full-time Home and international fee status students undertaking an eligible Postgraduate Taught (PGCert, PGDip or MSc) course at the IoPPN, starting in Sept 2025.

If you are unsuccessful in obtaining a scholarship, this does not affect the outcome of your postgraduate programme application in any way.

(Please note, we no longer offer the IoPPN Clinician Investigator scholarship).

Scholarships are being offered at a value of £5,000 each.

The scholarships are paid towards the fees via an internal transfer within the university. The scholarship holder will still need to meet the difference in fees personally or from another award. Please note, you will not be able to hold an IoPPN Postgraduate Taught Scholarship alongside any other internal or external scholarship which covers tuition fees (e.g., Chevening Scholarships).

These awards are open to Home and International (including EU) applicants. Applicants must fulfil all of the following requirements:

• Have applied to one of the full-time Postgraduate Taught programmes at the IoPPN (*see the full list of eligible courses below) and be due to commence their programme in September 2025 (please note scholarships cannot be deferred to 2026 or later entry). Your scholarship application will be considered together with your programme application, but you do not need to have received an offer from a programme to apply for a scholarship.
• Fulfil the relevant academic and English proficiency entry requirements for the Postgraduate Taught programme, set by King’s College London.
• As the award provides partial funding only, applicants must be able to confirm that they have/are seeking the means to support any outstanding fees/costs not covered by this scheme i.e., through other funding awards or self-funding.
• You must not already hold a Master’s, or equivalent postgraduate qualification. Students who already hold a Master’s degree or higher are not eligible for this funding but students who have undertaken prior postgraduate study such as PG Diplomas or PG Certificates or clinical/medical qualifications are eligible.

You must submit an online admissions application for one of the IoPPN Postgraduate Taught programmes (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/how-to-apply). Once you have applied for your chosen programme, please complete the scholarship application form. (If you are not able to access this form, please email ioppn.pgtscholarships@kcl.ac.uk and a Word document version of the form will be sent to you).

Your scholarship application will be considered together with your programme application, but you do not need to have received an offer from a programme to apply for a scholarship.

If you are applying to more than one MSc programme, please complete a separate scholarship application form for each programme.

The deadline for the scholarship applications for academic year 2025/2026 is Friday, 21st February 2025 (17:00 UK time).

You must ensure that your application is ‘complete’ in order to be considered for funding. To be deemed ‘complete’, it must contain all the relevant supporting documentation required by the programme applied to, such as references, transcripts, and English language scores (if available). However, you do not need to have received an offer from your chosen programme to apply for a scholarship.

You may apply to, and hold, other scholarship schemes at King’s but you will not be able to hold more than one IoPPN scholarship. (If you are offered more than one IoPPN scholarship, you will be allowed to select which award you would like to hold). Please note, you will not be able to hold an IoPPN Postgraduate Taught Scholarship alongside any other internal or external scholarship which covers tuition fees (e.g., Chevening Scholarships).

Scholarship application form

Successful applicants may be asked to contribute to a recruitment and/or careers-related activities after they have graduated. These activities may include recording or writing a testimonial about their experiences as a postgraduate student at the IoPPN, attending an online or in person careers-related event to talk about their career after graduating, and/or share their student experience at an online or in person open day or offer holder event for prospective students.

You will be assessed on the strength of your application to your chosen Postgraduate Taught programme and your IoPPN Scholarship Application Form including:

• Academic qualifications and merit.
• Relevant clinical and/or work experience.
• Personal Statement (you should explain why the programme of study to which you have applied is appropriate for you and your intended progression at the end of the course - you may use the same personal statement as the one used to apply to your chosen Postgraduate Taught programme)

The deadline for applications is Friday, 23rd February 2024.

Successful applicants will be notified of the decision on their scholarship application by Friday, 15th March 2024. Please note, successful applicants for this scholarship who are holding a programme offer at this time must pay a deposit to accept their programme offer within the deadline stated by King’s Admissions. (The deposit deadline varies according to when the programme offer is made and must be paid by the specified deadline regardless of whether a decision has been made on the scholarships).

Deposits are not required until a decision has been made on the scholarships. (The earliest deadline for deposit payment is 20th March 2024). If you have already paid your deposit, you will still be considered for a scholarship.

(Please do not contact us to ask about the outcome of scholarship before 15 March 2024).

Courses eligible for the IoPPN School of Academic Psychiatry Scholarships: