2014 SOAS Master’s Scholarship for Law and Social Sciences Students

SOAS, University London, invites application from Law

and Social science students who are interested in

undertaking their master’s degree in UK. Applicants

must possess or expect to be awarded a First Class

Honours Degree or equivalent. Students with a non-UK

degree to be adjudged in the top rank by their referees

and transcript.

There are seven SOAS Master’s scholarships available in

the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences.

Worth of Award

Each scholarship is valued at £15,957 in total. Fees

will be deducted from this amount and the

remainder will be used toward maintenance.

Eligible Programmes

full-time taught masters programmes in the

department of Development Studies (1 scholarship)

full-time taught masters programmes in the

department of Economics (1 scholarship)

full-time taught masters programmes in the

department of Law (1 scholarship)

full-time taught masters programmes in the

department of Politics and International Studies (1

scholarship)

full-time taught masters programmes in the

department of Financial & Management Studies (1

scholarship)

full-time taught masters programmes in the Centre

for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD – 1

scholarship)

full-time taught masters programmes in the the

Centre for Gender Studies (CGS – 1 scholarship)

part-time programmes are not eligible.

Eligibility

Applicants must possess or expect to be awarded a

First Class Honours Degree or equivalent. Students

with a non-UK degree to be adjudged in the top

rank by their referees and transcript.

This scholarship is open to UK/EU and overseas

applicants.

Applicants must have an offer of admission to

pursue one of the eligible full-time masters

programmes at SOAS by the scholarship application

deadline.

Applicants must meet the English language

condition of their offer of admission to study at

SOAS as soon as possible but no later than 1 June

2014. If your offer is conditional on English, please

arrange your English test and ensure you meet the

English requirements as soon as possible.

The scholarship cannot be held along with any

other major scholarship or studentship.

How to Apply

You must follow two steps:

STEP 1: You must apply for this scholarship via the

on-line scholarship application form (see link

below).

STEP 2: In addition to the online scholarship

application, applicants must ALSO submit a

COMPLETE on-line application for admission.

A complete application for admission includes

transcripts, an explanation of the grading system for

any degrees obtained outside of the UK, two

references, CV and a personal statement. The panel

will be considering your scholarship application

TOGETHER with your on-line application for

admission.

Please note that complete applications for

admission can take up to 4 weeks to be considered

by the Department, although this duration can vary

depending on the time of the year. You should be

prepared to wait up to 6 weeks in busy periods.

Selection Criteria

Candidates will be assessed on academic merit by

an Advisory Panel consisting of at least three

academic members of the Faculty.

The assessment of your application will be based

on the information provided in your scholarship

application and in your on-line admission

application for admission. Selectors will be looking

at the degree results and also at academic

references, statement and other relevant

information.

Deadline : Scholarship applications must be received no

later than 17:00 (UK Local time) on March 20, 2014.

You have questions? Email: scholarships@soas.ac.uk

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