The University of Glasgow is offering the prestigious Global Leadership Scholarship 2026/2027 for international students who wish to pursue a postgraduate taught Master’s degree in the United Kingdom. This scholarship provides a £10,000 tuition fee discount for eligible students from around the world.
Students with excellent academic performance and leadership potential are encouraged to apply for this highly competitive scholarship opportunity.
Global Leadership Scholarship Summary
| Scholarship Name | Global Leadership Scholarship 2026/2027 |
| University | University of Glasgow |
| Degree Level | Master’s |
| Scholarship Type | Tuition Fee Discount |
| Scholarship Value | £10,000 |
| Study Country | United Kingdom |
| Eligible Nationalities | All Nationalities |
| Study Mode | Full-Time |
| Duration | 1 Year |
| Number of Scholarships | 281 |
| Application Deadline | Summer 2026 (Exact date to be announced) |
Global Leadership Scholarship Benefits
Selected applicants will receive:
- £10,000 tuition fee reduction
- Opportunity to study at a top UK university
- Access to world-class education and research facilities
- International networking opportunities
- Career development and leadership exposure
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for the Global Leadership Scholarship, applicants must:
- Hold an offer for a full-time 1-year Master’s programme starting in September 2026
- Demonstrate excellent academic performance equivalent to a UK First Class Honours degree
- Have International or EU fee status
- Meet the admission requirements of the selected programme
Important Notes
- Diploma and certificate programmes are NOT eligible
- Only in-person full-time Master’s programmes are accepted
- Some MPhil programmes such as Book & Paper Conservation and Textile Conservation are eligible
Available Study Fields
Students can apply for a wide range of Master’s programmes including:
- AI in Education
- Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work Practice
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Advanced Imaging & Sensing
- Advanced Nursing Science
- Advanced Practice in Health Care
- Advanced Statistics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering & Management
- Ancient Cultures
- Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law
- Applied Conservation Science
- Applied Linguistics
- Applied Neuropsychology
- Archaeology
- Archives, Records, & Information Management
- Art History
- Art History: Dress & Textile Histories
- Art History: Technical Art History, Making & Meaning
- Astrophysics
- Behavioural Science
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Biotechnology & Management
- Book & Paper Conservation
- Business Analytics
- Cancer Research & Precision Oncology
- Cancer Research (with specialism)
- Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease
- Chemistry
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
- Children's Literature & Literacies
- City Planning
- City Planning & Real Estate Development
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering & Management
- Classics & Ancient History
- Climate & Environmental Science
- Climate Law & Justice
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Clinical Neuropsychology Knowledge & Practice
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Clinical Trials
- Comparative Literature
- Computational Geoscience
- Computational Geoscience (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Computer Systems Engineering (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Computing Science
- Conservation Management of African Ecosystems
- Corporate & Financial Law
- Corporate Finance & Banking
- Creative Industries & Cultural Policy
- Creative Sound Design & Audiovisual Media
- Creative Writing
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics
- Data Analytics for Economics & Finance
- Data Science
- Data Science for Ecology & Epidemiology
- Digital Humanities
- Digital Society
- Early Modern History
- Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships
- Ecology & Environmental Biology
- Ecology & Environmental Monitoring (Dumfries Campus)
- Economic Development
- Economics
- Economics, International Banking & Finance
- Education, Public Policy & Equity
- Educational Studies
- Educational Studies
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering & Management (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing
- Endodontology
- English Language & Linguistics
- English Literature
- English Literature: American Modern Literature
- English Literature: Fantasy
- English Literature: Modernities – Literature, Culture, Theory
- Enhanced Practice in Education (Dumfries campus)
- Environment & Sustainable Development
- Environment, Culture & Communication (Dumfries campus)
- Environmental Risk Management (Dumfries campus)
- Environmental Science (Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School)
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Resistance
- Film & Television Studies
- Film Curation
- Filmmaking & Media Arts
- Finance & Management
- Financial Economics
- Financial Engineering
- Financial Risk Management
- Financial Technology
- Food Security
- Gender History
- Geoinformation Technology & Cartography
- Geomatics & Management
- Geospatial & Mapping Sciences
- Geospatial Data Science & AI
- Global Communications
- Global Cultural Enterprise
- Global Development
- Global Economy
- Global Health Policy & Society
- Global History
- Global Mental Health
- Global Security
- Health Services Management
- History
- Human Computer Interaction
- Human Geography: Critical Research Encounters
- Human Nutrition
- Human Rights
- Human Rights & International Politics
- Immunology & Inflammatory Disease
- Inclusive Education: Research, Policy & Practice
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Industrial Biotechnology (with Industry Training)
- Infection Biology (with specialisms)
- Information Technology
- Integrative Neuroscience
- Intellectual Property & the Digital Economy
- International Accounting & Financial Management
- International Business
- International Commercial Law
- International Competition Law & Policy
- International Economic Law
- International Finance
- International Financial Analysis
- International Human Resource Management & Development
- International Law
- International Law & Security
- International Management & Design Innovation
- International Relations
- International Relations (Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School)
- International Strategic Marketing
- Investment Banking & Finance
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Land & Hydrographic Surveying with Work Placement
- Law
- Library & Information Studies
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)
- Management
- Management
- Management & Sustainable Tourism (Dumfries campus)
- Management with Enterprise & Business Growth
- Management with Human Resources
- Management with Marketing
- Marine & Coastal Management (Dumfries campus)
- Material Culture & Artefact Studies
- Mathematics / Applied Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering & Management
- Mechatronics
- MedTech Innovation
- Media Management
- Media, Communications & International Journalism
- Media, Culture & Society
- Medical Devices Engineering
- Medical Genetics & Genomics
- Medieval History
- Ministry, Theology & Practice
- Modern History
- Museum Education
- Museum Studies
- Music Industries
- Musicology
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Nuclear & Environmental Physics
- Oral Sciences
- Philosophy
- Philosophy (Conversion)
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology
- Philosophy of Mind & Psychology (Conversion)
- Philosophy: Knowledge & Society
- Playwriting & Dramaturgy
- Political Communication
- Precision Medicine
- Psychological Science (conversion)
- Psychological Science, Research Methods of
- Psychological Studies (conversion)
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Public Policy & Management
- Quantum Technology
- Real Estate
- Religion & Global Challenges
- Reparatory Justice
- Robotics & AI
- Robotics & AI (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
- Science Communications
- Scottish History
- Sensor & Imaging Systems
- Social Science Research Methods
- Sociology
- Software Development
- Space Science
- Speech, Language & Sociolinguistics
- Sport & Exercise Science & Medicine
- Statistics
- Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Engineering
- Structural Engineering (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Sustainability & Corporate Governance
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Energy (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- Sustainable Tourism & Global Challenges (Dumfries campus)
- Sustainable Water Environments
- Sustainable Water Environments (Universitas Gadjah Mada dual degree)
- TESOL: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Technology Law & Regulation
- Textile Conservation
- Theatre & Performance Practices
- Theatre Studies
- Theoretical Physics
- Tourism & Heritage (Dumfries campus)
- Translation & Intercultural Communication
- Urban & Regional Planning (Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School)
- Urban Analytics
- Urban Transport
- War Studies
- Wealth Management & Private Equity
Eligible Countries
The scholarship is open to students from almost all countries including:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo Democratic Republic of
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea North
- Korea South
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How to Apply Global Leadership Scholarship
Applicants must first apply for an eligible Master’s programme at the University of Glasgow. After receiving an admission offer, students can submit the Global Leadership Scholarship application using their:
- Student ID
- Application Number
Applications will open closer to Summer 2026.
Required Documents
Applicants may need:
- Academic transcripts
- Degree certificates
- Passport copy
- CV/Resume
- Personal statement
- English language proficiency documents
- Reference letters
Why Choose the University of Glasgow?
The University of Glasgow is one of the UK’s leading universities, known for:
- High-quality education
- International student community
- Research excellence
- Strong graduate employability
- Modern campus facilities
It is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world.
FAQ – Global Leadership Scholarship 2026/2027
01. Is the Global Leadership Scholarship fully funded?
The Global Leadership Scholarship provides a £10,000 tuition fee discount, but it does not fully cover living expenses or accommodation costs.
02. Who can apply for this scholarship?
International and EU students who receive an offer for an eligible 1-year Master’s programme can apply.
03. What is the scholarship value?
Selected students will receive £10,000 toward tuition fees.
04. Can Sri Lankan students apply?
Yes. Students from Sri Lanka are eligible to apply.
05. What degree level is supported?
The scholarship is available only for postgraduate taught Master’s degrees.
06. Do I need IELTS for Global Leadership Scholarship?
English language requirements depend on the chosen programme. Most courses may require IELTS or an equivalent English qualification.
07. When is the application deadline?
The official deadline has not yet been announced. Applications are expected to open in Summer 2026.
08. How many Global Leadership Scholarship are available?
A total of 281 scholarships will be awarded.
09. Can I apply without university admission?
No. Applicants must first secure admission to an eligible Master’s programme.
10. Where can I get more information?
Visit the official University of Glasgow scholarship page or contact: scholarships@glasgow.ac.uk