Funding and Scholarships

As a prospective student of the Welsh School of Architecture funding may be an important consideration as you plan your future academic studies or research. This page will help you explore potential funding opportunities that may be available
to you

Postgraduate Taught

Leverhulme Trust
Each year until further notice, the Leverhulme Trust will offer one bursary to a suitable candidate with an offer to study for any of the three Architectural Science Masters . The bursary pays the academic fees and provides about £12,000 for living expenses (subject to final adjustment). Only UK residents applying for full-time study are eligible. The award will be made on the grounds of outstanding talent and financial need from applicants expressing a wish to be considered. Those interested should attach a letter to their application forms making a case for receiving this support. It is intended to make the selection by the end of the July preceding the session. The recipient cannot also be in receipt of another state or private academic award.

Panasonic Trust Fellowships
All three Architectural Science Masters meet the criteria for Panasonic Trust Fellowships.  Every year the Trust awards a limited number of fellowships (worth £8,000 each for the 2009-10 academic  year) to engineers attending full-time Masters’ courses in the UK on subjects related to the Environment and Sustainability.  To be eligible, a candidate must be a UK citizen qualified to degree level in engineering or a related discipline, have membership at any grade of a professional engineering institution, and have some industrial experience.  More details canbe found on the Panasonic Trust web site at http://www.panasonictrust.net/fellowships/default.aspx.  Applications should be made directly to the Trust using the form available there.

International Scholarship Fund
This Scholarship is open to all International Students, and all three Architectural Science Masters meet the criteria. Those who wish to be considered for this Scholarship should accompany their application to study with a statement regarding how the money would be used, applicants may also wish to submit examples of written or design work.

Further Details: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/study/feesand
finance/fundingandscholarships/schoolscholarships/index.html

Deadline: 30th June 2012

Postgraduate Research

AHRC postgraduate research award
The following award is offered in subjects that can be supervised at the Welsh School of Architecture. The University has been granted AHRC postgraduate research awards in the subject area 'History of Art, Architecture and Design' and would welcome applications for 2012/13 or 2013/14.

link to Available studentships by subject

President's Awards
In 2012/13 under the President's Awards scheme the University can offer two 'fees-only' PhD awards and two 'full' PhD awards (covering fees and a stipend) in (Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism

Further details: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/presidents/multiculturalism/ index.html
Deadline:  March each year

International Scholarship Fund
This Scholarship is open to all International Students. Those who wish to be considered for this Scholarship should accompany their application to study with a statement regarding how the money would be used, applicants may also wish to submit examples of written or design work.

Further Details: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/study/feesand finance/fundingandscholarships/schoolscholarships /index.html
Deadline: 30th June 2012

General Information from the University
http://courses.cardiff.ac.uk/funding/index.html
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/ug/scholarships/ index.html
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/pg/funding/index.html
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/study/feesand finance/fundingandscholarships/index.html