Scholarships

There are ten Commonwealth Scholarships available which include full tuition fees with contribution towards cost of internet access, printing and project costs. To be eligible candidates should be a citizen or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth Country, be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth Country and have an offer to study on one of the eligible masters: MSc Surgical Sciences, ChM General Surgery, ChM Trauma & Orthopaedics, ChM Urology, ChM Vascular & Endovascular Surgery.

Value: 100% fees

How to apply: Applications must be made via the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission's application system. FURTHER INFORMATION HERE

Deadline: Applications are now closed for 2024

Contact: eso.scholarships@ed.ac.uk

There are a limited number of scholarships available which includes full tuition fees with contribution towards cost of internet access. Applicants must be a national and a resident of a Low income or a Lower-middle income countries, please click HERE for full list.

Offers for scholarships will be made competitively.

Value: 100% fees, subject to satisfactory progress

How to apply: 

• Submit an online application for the MSc in Surgical Sciences, ChM in General Surgery, ChM Urology, ChM Trauma & Orthopaedics or ChM in Vascular & Endovascular Surgery,
• Be issued at least a conditional offer to start the masters in September 2025
• Submit the online application for Scholarship

Deadline: 5th May 2025

Contact: eso.scholarships@ed.ac.uk

We have a limited number of ASiT-Edinburgh Online Surgery bursaries, each worth £1500 annually, to support ASiT members undertaking the MSc in Surgical Sciences,  ChMs in General surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Urology and Endovascular & Vascular Surgery and the MSc in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors.

Offers for scholarships will be made competitively.

Value: £1500 annually

How to apply: You must have made an application for the masters and have been issued at least a conditional offer to be considered. Please click HERE to apply for the scholarship.

Deadline: 2nd June 2025

Contact: eso.scholarships@ed.ac.uk

There are a limited number of scholarships available which includes full tuition fees with contribution towards cost of internet access. Applicants must be resident in Africa, South Asia, Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands or Central and South America.

There are also a number of bursaries, each worth £1500 annually, available to applicants for the MSc in Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors.

Offers for scholarships will be made competitively.

Value: Full Tuition fees/£1500 annually

How to apply: You must have made an application for the masters and have been issued at least a conditional offer to be considered. Please click HERE to apply for the scholarship.

Deadline: 5th may 2025

Contact: eso.scholarships@ed.ac.uk

There are a limited number of Scholarships available to support students undertaking the MSc in Primary Care Ophthalmology, each worth £1500 annually.

Offers for scholarships will be made competitively.

Value: £1500 annually

How to apply: You must have made an application for the course and have at least a conditional offer to be considered. Please click HERE to apply for the scholarship.

Deadline: 5th May 2025

Contact: eso.scholarships@ed.ac.uk

There are a number of scholarships available in the field of Ophthalmology for students from Africa, Central and South Asia, Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Central and Latin America who have been accepted for admission to the two-year, part-time online ChM (Master of Surgery) in Clinical Ophthalmology in academic session 2024-2025.

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Value: 100% fees, subject to satisfactory progress

How to apply: Find out more HERE

Deadline: Applications are now closed for 2024 

Contact: eso.scholarships@ed.ac.uk

The Garden scholarship is open to PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice students who are nationals of, and residents of, countries defined as Least Developed Countries. 

Value: Up to £2000 per annum

How to apply: Find out more HERE

Deadline: 2nd of June 2025

Contact: surgicalwriting@ed.ac.uk