University Of Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarships 2027 In The Uk: £5,000 For International Maths Students

University of Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarships 2027 in the UK: £5,000 for International Maths Students

If mathematics is your strongest subject — and you are aiming for one of the UK's leading universities — the University of Edinburgh's Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarships are well worth a close look for 2027 entry. These are competitive, merit-based awards for international applicants who demonstrate outstanding academic performance, and they are made specifically for undergraduate degrees hosted by Edinburgh's School of Mathematics.

Edinburgh is one of the UK's most respected research universities, and its School of Mathematics offers a wide range of undergraduate degrees. This scholarship does not cover every degree that happens to include some mathematics: it is for students accepted for full-time admission to an undergraduate degree programme hosted by the School of Mathematics itself.

What the scholarship offers

• A scholarship worth £5,000, paid directly to students in instalments as a contribution towards living costs.
• The award is tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to satisfactory academic progress.
• Satisfactory progress means a formal School decision of "Progress" or "Conditional Progression" in each year, without needing to repeat a year. If a student does not make satisfactory progress in any one year, the award will terminate from that point onwards.
• The scholarship is competitive and based on academic merit, with awards made to applicants demonstrating the highest levels of academic achievement.

This is a partial funding award, not a full scholarship: it contributes towards living costs rather than covering tuition fees in full. For a strong maths applicant, however, it is a valuable addition to an Edinburgh offer — and, importantly, you do not need to have received an offer before you begin the scholarship application process.

Who can apply

• You must have International/EU fee status.
• You must be accepted for full-time admission to an undergraduate degree programme hosted by the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
• You must have applied to the University of Edinburgh through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). You do not need to have received an offer in order to begin the scholarship application process.
• The scholarship is not available to students who are already on programme.
• It is also not available to students studying Mathematics as part of a degree programme hosted by another School within the University.

In short: if your degree is a School of Mathematics degree at Edinburgh, and you hold international or EU fee status, you are in the eligible group — provided you meet the academic standard in what is a competitive, merit-based selection.

How to apply

Edinburgh's process has one timing detail that is easy to miss, so plan around it:

1. Apply for admission to the University of Edinburgh through UCAS, for a full-time undergraduate degree hosted by the School of Mathematics.
2. Once you have applied for admission, allow time for system access: Edinburgh notes that, following submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and access to the scholarship application system to be granted.
3. Complete the online scholarship application. Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application, with the form located in EUCLID and accessed via MyEd, Edinburgh's web-based information portal.
4. Submit well before the deadline. Edinburgh highly recommends applying for the scholarship well in advance of the deadline date, in case you encounter any technical difficulties that need to be resolved.

Do not leave this to the final day. The five-working-day access window alone means a last-minute UCAS application could leave you unable to reach the scholarship form in time.

Important deadlines

• Scholarship application deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on Wednesday 31 March 2027.
• Outcome notification: students will be notified of the outcome of their application by 23 April 2027.

The University of Edinburgh reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or withdraw any of the advertised scholarships without further notice, so always re-check the official page before you apply.

Why this scholarship stands out

Many UK undergraduate scholarships for international students are either automatic tuition-fee discounts with no separate application, or large, highly publicised awards with very narrow eligibility. Edinburgh's Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship sits in a useful middle ground: it rewards outstanding academic achievement in mathematics specifically, it is open to international and EU fee-status students across the School of Mathematics' undergraduate degrees, and — unusually — you can start the scholarship application before you have an offer in hand. If you are already preparing a UCAS application to Edinburgh for a maths degree, adding this scholarship application is a straightforward extra step with a clear March deadline.

Official links

• University of Edinburgh — Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarships (value, eligibility, how to apply and the 31 March 2027 deadline): https://registryservices.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/undergraduate/international/mathematics
• University of Edinburgh — MyEd portal (where the EUCLID scholarship application form is accessed): https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk

Apply for admission through UCAS, allow up to five working days for scholarship-system access, and submit your scholarship application well before 23:59 (UK time) on 31 March 2027 — and good luck!