The Kenneth Denbigh Scholarship

Scholarships are available for prospective students commencing the MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering programme in 2025-2026.

All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award.  University offer postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.

We are offering 5 scholarships, for the sum of £1000 each.  These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be:

Paid as a stipend in October/November 2025 by the School of Engineering.

These scholarships are available to applicants of any nationality. Applicants must have been accepted for admissions on a full-time basis for the MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering programme within the School of Engineering in 2025-2026.

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and the benefits to the student. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain the international equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

• Indian Applicants
  • The minimum score you should have achieved is 60% or more /GPA of 8 on a 10 point scale in your Bachelor's study.
  • If you are studying at an Institute of Eminence or an Institute of National Importance you should achieve 55% or more / GPA of 7.0 on a 10 point scale. 

These scholarships are available to applicants of any nationality. 

In order to gain access to the scholarship application system applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh.  Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and for access to be granted.

The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd web based information portal at https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk

When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name and password. If you require assistance, please go to http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-systems/support-guidance

Further guidance on applying for scholarships as a registered student can be found here: Applying for a scholarship through MyEd

Scholarships System FAQs for Applicants (511.17 KB / PDF)

When you receive your UUN and EASE password, you can apply for scholarships. Do not wait to receive an offer before applying for a scholarship but the eligibility criteria for the relevant scholarship may ask that you have received an offer of admission by the closing date of the scholarship.

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.

It can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed to allow access to the scholarship application portal. If you have applied for admission to your programme very recently, your access may not yet be live.

Upon completion of your Personal statement , clicking on the 'Submit Application' button will display an 'Application Submitted Successfully' message.

Reference

Reference requirements vary between degree programmes: some programmes do not ask for any references, while others require either one or two references. Find the specific reference requirements for your chosen programme in degree finder.

Personal Statement

• Your Personal Statement should include information relevant to your scholarship application and be between 200 and 500 words there is a limit of 3500 characterss. Some scholarships require specific evidence to be presented within the personal statement, please refer to the particular prouded for scholarships betre completing your statement at Scholarships and Student Funding Services.

Documents Required

• Online Application Form
• Academic Transcripts
• Personal Statement
• Degree Certificate
• References
• English Language Proficiency