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UWS Postgraduate Tuition Fee Offer

The UWS Postgraduate Tuition Fee Offer is for UWS Alumni or UWS undergraduate students in their final year of study, who wish to progress to full-time or part-time postgraduate study at UWS. This includes full-time taught postgraduate (MA, MSc, MProf) studies or research (MRes / MPhil / PhD) studies.

UWS Students

If you are an existing UWS undergraduate student completing your studies and you wish to progress on to a taught UWS master's degree, you can take advantage of our 20% discount on master's degree tuition fees*.  You may also be able to fast-track your application. Contact us for more information on how to fast-track your application.

UWS Alumni

If you are a former UWS student, you are automatically a member of our Alumni Association and may be eligible for a 20% discount on master's degree tuition fees* for future courses. 

Amount: 20% discount on the net tuition fees

*Conditions: 

  • Applies to self-funding students.
  • The offer applies to full-time or part-time taught master's courses and programmes or research only; it does not apply to PGDE, MEng, Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) or Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) courses.
  • Only applies to full-time or part-time study at one of our Scottish campuses. 
  • This discount cannot be combined with any other tuition fee discount or scholarship.
  • To qualify, students are required to have studied at UWS or a previous higher education institution which is now part of UWS, for at least one year and meet the master's degree entry requirements. 
  • Note: Self-funded students include those who are currently funded their own studies as well as those students who are currently funded through the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS).

Application: Awarded automatically 

We will always try to make sure that we publish accurate scholarship and bursary information but we do not accept responsibility for any mistakes or omissions. Please note that this scholarship cannot be used in conjunction with any other UWS scholarship or bursary. Your are, of course, welcome to apply for external scholarships and bursaries which can be used with this particular scholarship.