Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Applications are now open for the 2025 Masters Compare £5,000 Scholarship! This scholarship provides an exciting opportunity to help you continue your postgraduate studies and start a masters course.
The Masters Compare Scholarship drawn in 2024 was awarded to Prashant. He is a full-time student studying an MSc in Computer Science at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).
The Masters Compare Scholarship can be a life changing experience for the candidate. One of our previous winners Marjana shared her experiences as a student with us, from winning the scholarship, studying during lockdown, looking for a job and how she achieved her ideal role in FMCG. Marjana successfully completed her degree and works for P&G as a Key Account Manager.
You can now participate in the next annual Masters Compare scholarship which will be awarded in the autumn 2025.
Entering the scholarship is easy. Simply register to receive our regular mailings and when you are ready, follow the steps to supply a personal statement up to 200 words explaining why you want to study your master’s degree.
You can register any time to our websites Masters Compare and Postgraduate Studentships.
You can use the scholarship alongside funding from the UK Government Postgraduate Loans scheme or any other bursary or merit scholarship you may be entitled to receive from your university. The scholarship is awarded on merit and it is not means tested.
The scholarship is awarded to a student with an unconditional offer to study a full 180 credit masters degree course at a UK university. Students currently awaiting the results of their undergraduate degree can apply as well.
If you have received a conditional offer from a UK university that is OK, but remember it is your responsibility to meet the university admissions requirements. Think Postgrad Ltd will confirm your admission status prior to the payment of the scholarship.
We ask each applicant to complete a personal statement. This is to show the judges that you are a dedicated student. It should demonstrate knowledge of your study subject and clear evidence of how you will use your masters degree to further your career ambitions.
The judges also look for candidates that participate in study related activities, and they post about them on social media. This shows that the candidate will be confident explaining about masters study to future students.
The judges will review all the applications and shortlist the candidates using the personal statement to decide between the students.
If you are looking for tips on the content of your statement then please read the blog posts and articles that the winners submitted to us. This article from Daria explains the legal challenges of using AI in your studies. And this post from Thalia explains her favourite tools for keeping organised for study while she working part-time.
You need to subscribe to our regular email newsletters. You can do this from either Masters Compare or Postgraduate Studentships. Once you are registered we will send you a welcome email containing details of the next steps.
When you are ready to apply, prepare up to 200 words for your personal statement and load it into the form on the Masters Compare website.
You can sign up to receive our regular email communications at any time, but the deadline to participate in the scholarship and to submit your personal statement will be Friday 22nd August 2025 at 5pm UK time.
The closing date to submit your 200-word personal statement is Friday 22nd August 2025 at 5pm (UK time).
The judging panel will review all the applications received and make a decision in October 2025.
The winner will be contacted and asked to submit their documentation to confirm their eligibility. This includes proof of enrolment at a UK university, which the winner must provide by the end of October 2025.
That’s OK - you can still participate in the scholarship. All you need to do is log in to Masters Compare using your username and password that you created, and follow the signposts to the Masters Compare scholarship.
The Masters Compare postgraduate scholarship is open to UK, EU and international students who are starting the first year of a master’s degree course in September or October 2025 at any UK university.
Only entries received by registered subscribers with the completed personal statement will be considered by the judging panel. The full Terms and Conditions are listed below.
If you are selected to be awarded the scholarship, you agree to provide written content for up to three articles during your studies about your experience of looking for and studying a master’s degree course, including your name and photograph, for internal and external promotion.
We will accept content pieces about your experience, such as written blogs, answering questions we send, or a video - are all welcome. If you want to submit a ‘typical day’ video that would be great. Perhaps ‘ten things you have learned about masters study that you wish you knew before’ would be a good post to share when you are nearing the end of your course.
Eligibility
The Masters Compare postgraduate scholarship is open to students from the UK, EU and Overseas who are starting the first year of a masters course in September or October 2025 at any UK university.
To apply for the Masters Compare postgraduate scholarship, the student:
To be awarded the scholarship you must have enrolled*, and be able to provide proof of enrolment, onto a full masters degree by the end of October 2025 at any UK university.
*Enrolment requires the payment of any tuition fees before admission is confirmed.
A completed masters degree will have a typical minimum allocation of 180 credits, at least 150 of which must be at FHEQ/ FQHEIS Level 7, according to the common features set by the QAA**
**The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is the independent body that checks on standards and quality in UK higher education.
Your masters degree course can be offered in any subject for study Full-Time, Part-Time, Online or by Blended Learning at a university located in the mainland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The course will be recruiting for admission in the autumn term, commencing in September or October 2025.
Think Postgrad Ltd will confirm the eligibility of the student selected, as well as the details of their university offer before making any payment.
Closing Date
The closing date to be considered for the scholarship is Friday 22nd August 2025 at 5pm
Terms of Scholarship
If you are selected to be awarded the scholarship, you agree to participate in publicity for the scholarship including your name, your nationality, your course and university.
This publicity will include providing written content for up to three articles about your experience of looking for and studying a master’s degree course, including your photograph, for internal and external promotion, including but not limited to websites, social media, advertising and events.
We will consider social media style submissions, including Vlogs and blog posts that are relevant for students looking for masters courses in the UK.
Selection
The scholarship will be allocated by the judging panel during October 2025. The selection criteria will be based solely on the details of the 200 word personal statement submitted by the applicant.
All reasonable attempts will be made to reach the selected winner via the email address provided with your application. If we cannot reach you by the contact details supplied, Think Postgrad reserve the right to withdraw the offer and select another entrant.
The applicant awarded the scholarship will be required to provide proof of enrolment on a masters course. This proof MUST show that you are fully enrolled onto a masters at a UK university. If you are unable to provide proof of enrolment you will become ineligible to win, and another entrant will be selected in your place.
Payment of the £5.000 scholarship will be made to the chosen candidate after appropriate identity and enrolment checks have been undertaken. Remember you must pay your tuition fees to the university before your admission to the course.
Applicants personal data will be used in accordance with appropriate data protection legislation in the UK.
The successful candidate will be announced in the Masters Compare email newsletter.
Due to the number of applications received, we are unable to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you have not been contacted by 31 October 2025 you have not been successful.
The decision of the judging panel is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
You are not eligible to enter if you are continuing an existing masters course.
You are not eligible to enter if you are continuing an existing PhD course.
Only one entry for the scholarship is acceptable
Your personal statement must be your own submission, and not supplied from a third party.
Withdrawal of scholarship
Think Postgrad Ltd reserve the right to withdraw a scholarship from anyone who is found to have misled Think Postgrad about any aspect of their eligibility and to seek payment for the full scholarship.
If a student changes to a programme of study outside the criteria under the eligibility section above, the scholarship will be withdrawn.
Further information
If you have any questions please email answers@thinkpostgrad.com
Alternatively, if you agree to meet our full terms and conditions, please register for the chance to be awarded £5,000. Good luck!
