Fees and funding
Apply for bursaries, loans, scholarships and funding to support your studies.
Undergraduate funding
As well as student loans to cover fees and maintenance, UK/EU students may also be entitled to a University bursary or scholarship.
Read more about student finance options.
Taught master's funding
As well as the postgraduate loan scheme offered by the UK government to eligible UK/EU students, we offer a range of awards for both home/EU and international students at taught master's level.
Applicants to HCRI who apply for School master's-level funding will automatically be considered for HCRI bursaries.
Explore funding opportunities for master's study.
This scholarship is open to applicants who hold an offer from Manchester for taught master's courses.
The University of Manchester's Equity and Merit Scholarships are for international students from Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania, who have the potential to make a significant contribution to sustainable development in their home countries.
The awards are intended for those who couldn't afford to study in Manchester without a scholarship. We offer two types of scholarship:
- full-time, on-campus master’s (one-year duration);
- part-time distance learning master’s (three to five years' duration).
The scholarships cover full tuition fees, and for students who will be studying in Manchester, the award includes return international airfares, living expenses and visas. The courses that are applicable are:
- Global Health MSc (Distance Learning);
- Humanitarianism and Conflict Response MA;
- International Disaster Management MSc.
Find out more about how to apply.
Deadline: Wednesday, 31 July 11.59pm (UK/BST).
HCRI is offering one full-fee bursary (set at home fees) to current University of Manchester undergraduate students or Project Trust Returned Volunteers who can demonstrate a strong interest in volunteering.
Today, we are seeing an increase in humanitarian crises driven by climate change and conflict.
That’s why now, more than ever, it’s important that we have people with the skills, voice, and academic evidence to address these problems and take action and influence change going forward.
The bursary is aimed at those who want to apply their insight and first-hand experience of volunteering with relevant organisations and networks to their studies at HCRI.
Through application and interview, students should be able to show how volunteering has influenced or is relevant to studying at HCRI and their vision of helping others through their future careers.
The two masters programmes which are multidisciplinary and open to applicants from any discipline are:
- MA Humanitarianism and Conflict Response;
- MSc International Disaster Management.
Amount: £13,500 (one-year, full home fee)
Eligibility criteria
- Applicants may be of any nationality.
- Students who have already accepted full scholarships or bursaries for September 2024 entry are ineligible to apply.
- The bursary is only available to current University of Manchester undergraduate students.
How to apply
- Please read the terms and conditions below to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria.
- You should first apply for a place on your chosen course using the standard application form.
- Please provide a supporting statement with your reasons for applying and what you would bring to the programme as a student [500 words] and how your volunteering experience would support your postgraduate studies at HCRI [250 words], by email to hcri@manchester.ac.uk. Please include your full name and application ID number.
- Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to an online interview.
Conditions of any HCRI Bursary Award
As a Bursary Award Holder, we request that you agree to the following.
- Have your profile (name, programme of study, photograph, and biography) made available on the HCRI webpage and other University communication channels.
- Provide several short blog entries during your course.
- Engage with requests for video testimonials during your course which will be included on the HCRI website via HCRI’s YouTube channel, and possibly other University communication channels.
- Write a testimonial at the end of your course.
- Provide an alumni update once you have graduated from your course.
- Take part in other communication and marketing opportunities that may arise throughout your time on the course.
Postgraduate research funding
While you can apply for a PhD place at any time, if you wish to apply for funding for the upcoming academic year, you must have submitted your PhD and funding applications by early February.
See postgraduate research funding for annual deadlines.
Funding is available from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for students to pursue postgraduate study through a master's (one year) leading into a PhD (three years).
This is referred to as a 1+3 programme.
It requires a project proposal as part of the application.
Information is available on the North-West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership.
Applicants to HCRI are considered under the ‘Development and Humanitarianism in an Unequal World’ pathway of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Applying for an ESRC studentship requires you to complete a separate application to your main University application.
Ideally, you should have or be expecting a Distinction at master's level.
Find out more at Development and Humanitarianism pathway.
HCRI offers two studentships for the PhD in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response, with stipends at UK Research Council rates. One of these may cover international fees.
Funding is also available through the School of Arts Languages and Culture Studentships and The University of Manchester’s Presidential Doctoral Competition.
If you are an alumnus of The University of Manchester, you are also eligible for the Research Impact Scholarships.
Further details of all the funding including how to apply, eligibility criteria and application deadlines can be found at postgraduate research funding.
If you are an international applicant, it is worth seeing what your own home country research councils offer or investigating Commonwealth Scholarship awards.
Other funding
For current students, we also have bursaries available to cover some of the costs of our undergraduate and postgraduate research field trips up to £500 per student.
These trips are to locations such as Uganda, Northern Ireland and India.