Alumni Postgraduate Scholarships

he scholarship is open to any alumni, studying full-time or part-time for a postgraduate award, except those on apprenticeship programmes or integrated masters and paying regulated fees.

Who is eligible

This scholarship is available to University of Brighton academic award holders* who wish to study at postgraduate level at the university. Details of the fee reduction for 2025-26 are yet to be confirmed.

This scholarship is for students commencing their studies in the 2025–26 academic year.

Both full-time and part-time students are eligible for this scholarship.

The scholarship applies to postgraduate level study including Postgraduate Taught (PGT) courses and Postgraduate Research (PGR) including:

• Masters (MSc, MA, MBA, MPA, LLM)
• Masters of research (MRes)
• PGDip
• PGCert
• MPhil
• PhD
• Professional doctorate.

Exclusions

Students paying regulated fees for postgraduate courses i.e. the equivalent of £9,250 for full-time study, are not eligible for this scholarship e.g. PGCE, MEng, March, MPharm and Pre-Registration Health degrees etc.

Students studying individual or free-standing modules that are not being taken towards an overarching academic award are not eligible for this scholarship. This scholarship cannot be applied in combination with any other scholarship or discount.

Students who have any outstanding debt owed to the university will not be eligible for the scholarship. The university reserves the right to withdraw the scholarship if a student becomes indebted to the university whilst on the course for which they received the scholarship.