Postgraduate Scholarships: Bangor Business School

Anniversary Scholarships: PhD
Gold and Silver Scholarships
UK/EU Full Tuition Fee Scholarships
Loyalty Discounts
International Student Scholarships

Anniversary Scholarships: PhD

Bangor Business School is offering 1 PhD studentship and 1 PhD bursary. The studentship is valued at £13,000 (2010/11) and the bursary is valued at £7,000 (2010/11).

Details of research areas, application process and deadline
Details of funding levels

Gold and Silver Scholarships

Bangor Business School operates two scholarship schemes, which provide financial support for full-time students on all MSc, MA and MBA programmes (find out more about our postgraduate programmes):

BBS Gold Scholarship £5,000 per annum,
BBS Silver Scholarship £2,000 per annum.

The number of Gold and Silver Scholarship awards vary from year to year, but normally a small number of Gold Scholarships and a larger number of Silver Scholarships are available. All students are entitled to apply for both types of Scholarships, however students will only receive one award. We do not consider country of origin when determining the recipients of Scholarship awards.

To be eligible to apply for a Scholarship, you must be applying for or have already been offered a place on one of the following taught postgraduate degree programmes:

MA / MSc Banking and Finance
MA / MSc Finance
MA/ MSc Management and Finance
MA/MSc Islamic Banking and Finance
MA/MSc Business with Consumer Psychology
MSc International Banking and Development Finance
MSc Accounting and Finance
MA Business and Marketing
MA Banking and Law
MBA Marketing
MBA Banking and Finance
MBA Management
MBA Banking and Law
MBA Law and Management

All applicants will be advised by email of the outcome of their application for entry onto an academic programme. Applicants who have been made an offer of entry will receive the Scholarship Application Pack from the Bangor Business School in that same email message. Those who have not provided an email address on the application form will be contacted by letter. The Scholarship Application Pack will include:

details of the gold and silver scholarship scheme
details of how to apply
a scholarship application form

Applicants are required to give details of their academic achievements, personal achievements and give their reasons for applying for a scholarship from the Bangor Business School. Scholarships will be awarded on the strength of applications received. Whilst academic achievement is a key criterion a broad view of each candidate's academic, work experience and life achievements will be considered.

There are two deadlines for application:

Interim deadline: 1 March
Final deadline: 1 June

Applications received by the 1st March will be considered in the first round of awards. Successful candidates will be informed of the outcome by the 31st March. Any candidates who have not been successful in the first round, will be submitted for further consideration after the final deadline of 1st June.

Applications received between the 1st March and 1st June will be considered for scholarship after the 1st June deadline. Successful candidates will be informed of the outcome by the 15th June.

Download the application form

UK / EU Full Tuition Fee Scholarships

2009/2010 award: £5,000

This scholarship scheme provides financial support, equivalent to the tuition fee for UK / EU students, to highly qualified students on selected MSc and MA programmes at Bangor Business School.
To be eligible to be considered for a UK / EU Full Tuition Fee Scholarship, you must satisfy each of the following criteria:

be classified as a UK / EU student for tuition-fee status purposes
be awarded a BA/BSc degree within the three years prior to September 2008, with a classification of 2.1 or above (or equivalent from a non-UK university).
enrol as a full-time student
have been offered a place on one of the following Bangor Business School taught postgraduate degree programmes:
- MSc Accounting and Finance
- MA / MSc Banking and Finance
- MA / MSc Management and Finance
- MA Business and Marketing
- MA / MSc Finance
- MSc International Banking and Development Finance
- MA / MSc Islamic Banking and Finance

The number of scholarship awards varies from year to year, but it is anticipated that between five and ten awards will be made this year.

There are two deadlines for application:

Interim deadline: 1 March
Final deadline: 1 June

Download the application form

This scholarship does not apply to any other Masters degrees offered wholly or jointly by Bangor Business School that appear in our brochures and on our webpages.

Loyalty fee reductions for Bangor graduates

If you're a Bangor University Alumni (either recent graduate or studied with us many years ago) then you're also eligible for a discount on your fees should you choose to study for your postgraduate qualification with the Bangor Business School. If you're an International applicant we'll give you an automatic discount of £1500 on your fees and a £1000 reduction on your fees if you're resident within the EU.

International Student Scholarship

Applicants wishing to apply for Undergraduate and Postgraduate taught programmes may be eligible for the ‘International Scholarship’ This is awarded as a tuition fee reduction of up to £1500 for each academic year of study and is given on the basis of academic excellence. There are a number of scholarships available for the 2008/09 academic year.

The University also offers a Research International Scholarship of up to £1500 reduction in fees.

Further details of both schemes are found on the International Students webpages

Other useful information

In addition to the scholarships and fee reduction options outlined above you may also find the following information useful with regards funding your studies with us;

You may be eligble for a Postgraduate Access Bursary if as an undergraduate you were in receipt of an Assembly Learning Grant , an Opportunity Bursary, a Foyer Bursary or a Care Leavers Grant.

Further details are found on the Postgraduate Student Finance webpages