Postgraduate taught funding
These scholarships and studentships are available to Masters students in the Department of History.
Your chosen course, level of study and other statuses may all affect your eligibility for the opportunities listed here.
If you are applying for a Masters by Research, you may also be eligible for postgraduate research funding.
York Graduate Loyalty Discount
If you've previously studied at the University of York, you could be eligible for a tuition fee discount for postgraduate taught courses.
Global Opportunities Award
York is offering scholarships to American and Canadian graduate students joining the University of York.
ANID / Becas Chile
We offer a 25% tuition fee discount for Becas Chile-sponsored postgraduate students.
Yorkshire Bach Choir
We are now accepting applications for our choral scholarship scheme for 2025/26. The 12-month scholarships will be open to all four voice parts.
York Minster Choral Scholarships
York Minster offers choral scholarships lasting 12 months or longer to altos, tenors and basses who are undergraduate or postgraduate students.
York Global Impact Masters Scholarship
York is offering scholarships to international postgraduate students to help them excel.
International Masters Regional Scholarship
Our International Masters Regional Scholarship is here to support international postgraduate students to help them excel.
BAföG
German students may be able to obtain funding through BAföG for postgraduate courses that can usually be completed within one year, such as a one-year masters.
Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund Lånekassen
The Ministry provides grants and loans for higher education study outside of the Nordic region.
Jansons Scholarships
Jansons scholarship will help to finance studying abroad for certain postgraduate degrees.
John Monash Scholarship
The John Monash Scholarship provides yearly funding to outstanding postgraduate taught and research students from Australia.
Roberta Sykes scholarship
The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation provides supplementary financial assistance to Indigenous Postgraduate students who wish to undertake studies at recognised universities outside of Australia.
Commonwealth Scholarship
The University of York is a host university for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. Various opportunities are available throughout the year. The majority of awards are funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Tan Kah Kee Scholarship
The Tan Kah Kee Scholarship offers postgraduate scholarships for Singapore citizens and permanent residents pursuing full-time PhD or Masters degrees.
Aziz Foundation Scholarship
We are delighted to be partnering with the Aziz Foundation to offer postgraduate scholarships to support British Muslims studying at York.
MSc Mental Health Research Scholarship
Generously funded by private donors through the Office for Philanthropic Partnerships and Alumni
Yorkshire Bach Choir
We are now accepting applications for our choral scholarship scheme for 2025/26. The 12-month scholarships will be open to all four voice parts.
York Minster Choral Scholarships
York Minster offers choral scholarships lasting 12 months or longer to altos, tenors and basses who are undergraduate or postgraduate students.
Previous funding opportunities
These opportunities are closed to applications. They may reopen in future years.
- Chevening Scholarship
- Departmental Scholarships
- GREAT Scholarship
- Languages for All bursary
- MA Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Scholarships
- Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship
- The Alcuin Scholarship
- The Hampson Scholarship
- The McCormack Scholarship
- Tom and Eileen House Scholarship
- Wellcome Trust Scholarships for the MA in Medical History and Humanities
- Beca Carlos Quijano
- COLFUTURO
- Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
- Equal Access Scholarship (postgraduate)
- Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Bursary
- Marshall Scholarship
- NIHR INSIGHT programme for Yorkshire and Humber
- Prime Minister’s Fellowship
- Saïd Foundation Scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship