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Herringham Scholarship 2025

Herringham Scholarship 2025

Degree Type Postgraduate Award Type Scholarship Fee Status Type UK & International
Tuition fee reduction of £8,000 for postgraduate degrees within the Department of History.

Two scholarships are available to new full time or part-time students with Home or International fee status.

Am I eligible?

  • Offer to study one of the following courses:
    • MA History
    • MA Holocaust Studies
    • MA Crusader Studies
    • MA History: Hellenic Studies
    • MA Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
    • MA History: Medieval Studies
  • Achieved, or expected to achieve, a First Class Honours degree or equivalent.

How do I apply?

You’ll need to submit your application, including a scholarship statement, on our applicant portal. Follow the button below.

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 We advise you to read the application guidelines below so you know what to include.

The deadline to apply for this scholarship is midnight (UK time) on Thursday 12 June.

You must provide a supporting statement of no longer than 500 words, which should include: 

  • academic achievements you are particularly proud of
  • why have you chosen to do the degree you have applied for 
  • how will you use the MA in your future research and career path and how the scholarship help you achieve it.

Your statement will be judged on how effectively and convincingly you respond to the above. 

Applications which exceed the word count will automatically be rejected. 

You must also provide an academic reference letter (up to 200 words). This must be submitted from an academic who has previously supported, taught or worked with you. Please ask the academic to email their reference letter (on official headed paper) directly to rhps@rhul.ac.uk

  • You may not hold any other Royal Holloway tuition fee scholarship or discount alongside this scholarship. For example, this includes the Royal Holloway and University of London Alumni discounts
  • If you are eligible for, or win (in the case of competitive awards), more than one scholarship, you will be awarded the scholarship or discount with the highest value. 

Read our full terms and conditions.

For details of all our individual scholarships read our terms and conditions appendix.

If you have any queries please contact rhps@rhul.ac.uk

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