Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship

The Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship

The Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship programme is based on merit and is available to applicants holding an offer for a taught Masters commencing in September 2025 at the Business School.

Eligible programmes are:

• Accounting and Financial Management MSc
• Banking Innovation and Risk Analytics MSc
• Business Analytics MSc
• Climate Change Finance and Investment MSc
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation MSc
• Finance and Investment MSc
• Finance, Technology and Policy MSc
• Global Strategy and Sustainability MSc
• Human Resource Management MSc
• International Human Resource Management MSc
• Management MSc
• Marketing MSc

Awards of £7,500 and £10,000

Eligibility: All offer holders

School is pleased to offer The Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarships to candidates who:

• Can demonstrate strong academic performance
• Have the potential to contribute and enrich all aspects of the Masters programme and the diverse academic and cultural profile of the Masters class
• Show excellent professional and personal skills evidenced through work experience and/or extracurricular activities.

You can apply for the scholarship once you have received an offer (conditional or unconditional) to join one of the eligible programmes and have either firmly accepted the offer or are intending to do so.

The scholarship selection panel will only be able to consider your scholarship application if you hold an active offer throughout your scholarship application process (meaning if your offer is declined at any point up until the scholarship decision deadline you will no longer be eligible). You can only apply to the scholarship once per admissions cycle.

Candidates will not be eligible for this scholarship if they:

• Are fully sponsored by an employer.
• Are in receipt of a full scholarship.
• Have already accepted another scholarship from the University of Edinburgh.
• Submit a scholarship application prior to having secured an offer for the study programme.

All offer holders

You can apply for the scholarship once you have received an offer (conditional or unconditional) to join one of the eligible programmes and have either firmly accepted the offer or are intending to do so.

Following receipt of an offer of a place on one of Masters programmes, you can submit an application through the University Scholarship Application system.

The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd, web-based information portal.

Once you have completed the registration process, you will then be logged into MyEd and will see the 'My Application' or 'Studies' tab containing the EUCLID channel, then click the 'Manage my application(s)' button to open the Applicant Hub.

When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name and password. If you require any help, please see the Applying for a scholarship through MyEd pages, University Systems support and guidance pages as well as Scholarships System FAQs for Applicants.

Please note it can take up to 10 working days following the submission of a study application for access to be granted.

Transcripts

• You should upload a degree certificate and an academic transcript for each degree you hold. If you haven’t yet graduated, you may be asked to upload an interim transcript for any degrees that you are currently studying.
• Upload the full transcript which shows all the grades achieved for each semester/year
• Should be uploaded in page order (such as semester 1, 2, 3 or year 1, 2, 3).
• Upload the back page of the transcript, as this very often contains the University grading scale which school require.
• Degree certificate: If required, please provide a certified English translation.If required, please provide a certified English translation. This is not required for current students.

Reference

• One academic or professional reference letter.
• You require one academic or professional reference to complete your application. If you graduated less than two years ago, this should be an academic reference. If you graduated more than two years ago, this should be a professional reference from your current or most recent employer.
• For this programme, only one reference is required. It should be:
  • Recent
  • Dated
  • In English
  • On letter-headed paper
• If submitted directly by the referee, it should be sent from the email address of the referee's institution.

Personal Statement

• This should be approximately 500 words in length.
• School will be looking for evidence in your personal statement that you have thought carefully about what you can bring to the programme and what impact you feel it will have on your future career. Therefore, please ensure that you address the following issues in your statement to help university select the students who will benefit most from the programme:
  • What skills, qualities and experiences have prepared you to undertake this programme?
  • What value do you think you can add to the learning community as part of an internationally diverse group?
  • What impact do you hope to make in your future career, and how will this programme contribute to your aspirations?

Documents Required

• Online Application 
• Application Fee
• Official Transcripts
• Degree Certificate
• One Reference 
• Personal Statement
• English Language Proficiency