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.
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.