Scholarships at Glasgow School of Art

The Governors of the GSA offer a reduction in tuition fees for talented students coming to the School from out with the UK. The GSA supports cultural diversity and a diverse student community as a positive influence on students’ work.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £3,000 per year
Duration of the scholarship: Up to 4 years depending on the length of the course
Use: Tuition fee reduction
Number of scholarships available: 5 

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: Open to all undergraduate degree programmes 
Domicile eligibility: Open to all students paying full international tuition fees

Rosemary Lucas graduated from the GSA in Interior Design in the 1960s and has since established her business in Sydney, Australia (Rosemary Lucas Interior Design, www.rlid.com.au). On her mother’s death she donated to GSA to fund Interior Design scholarships. Consequently, in 2007, the first Interior were offered to students at GSA. Rosemary continues to show an interest in GSA and the scholarship where possible.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £1,000 per year
Duration of the scholarship: Up to 4 years depending on the length of the course
Use: Maintenance
Number of scholarships available: 1 

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: BA (Hons) Design - Interior Design only
Domicile eligibility: Open to all students

Cordelia and her husband, George, were both artists and studied at GSA. Cordelia studied Drawing & Painting from 1939-45 and during that time she won the Guthrie portrait prize and continued, after graduation, to teach evening classes here. She and George married in 1948; he was a photographer and travel writer. Cordelia developed her skills as an arts correspondent for a variety of publications, and they sometimes worked together covering major arts events. After George died in 1990 Cordelia continued to write and was still covering the arts in Artwork, Scotland's arts newspaper, up to the week before she died in 2009. This scholarship in George & Cordelia’s name was offered for the first time in 2012.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £1,000 per year
Duration of the scholarship: Up to 4 years depending on the length of the course
Use: Maintenance
Number of scholarships available: 1

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: All BA (Hons) Fine Art degree programmes
Domicile eligibility: Open to all students

This scholarship is the result of a generous bequest made in 1955 by Mabel Craig.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £1,000 per year
Duration of the scholarship: Up to 4 years depending on the length of the course
Use: Maintenance
Number of scholarships available: 1

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: All BA (Hons) Fine Art degree programmes
Domicile eligibility: Open to all students

Additional eligibility requirements:

Applicants must submit with their application a digital image of a piece of work on one of the following subjects:

• Picture of a garden

• Picture of a sunset effect

• Picture of flowers

• Piece of a sculpture of three doves

Every year the Board of Governors of the Glasgow School of Art selects international Masters applicants to receive a £5,000 tuition fee discount. The GSA welcomes individuals from all over the world to the School enabling all students to learn from diverse cultures, perspectives and experiences.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £5,000 per year
Duration of the scholarship: 1 year only
Use: Tuition Fee reduction
Number of scholarships available: 8

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: Open to all 1 year, 180 credit taught Master's programme students
Domicile eligibility: Open to International full tuition fee paying students only

Every year the Board of Governors of the Glasgow School of Art selects international 2-year postgraduate applicants to receive a £3,000 tuition fee discount. The GSA welcomes individuals from all over the world to the School enabling all students to learn from diverse cultures, perspectives and experiences.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £3,000 per year
Duration of the scholarship: 2 years
Use: Tuition Fee reduction
Number of scholarships available: 2

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: Open to all 2 year, 120 credit taught Master's programme or Diploma in Architecture students
Domicile eligibility: Open to International full tuition fee paying students only

A GSA School of Simulation and Visualisation funded scholarship to reward academic excellence in candidates for pathways in the MSc Visualisation programme (Heritage Visualisation, Serious Games & VR). To be awarded through review of application to study at GSA and scholarship application.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £2,000
Duration of the scholarship: 1 year
Use: Maintenance
Number of scholarships available: 2

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: Open to MSc Medical Visualisation (Heritage Visualisation or Serious Games and VR)
Domicile eligibility: Open to all International full tuition fee paying students. 

A GSA School of Simulation and Visualisation funded scholarship to reward academic and creative excellence in candidates for MDes Sound for the Moving Image. To be awarded through a review of portfolio and Scholarship Application Form (you are not required to re-submit your portfolio with your Scholarship Application Form). 

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £2,000
Duration of the scholarship: 1 year
Use: Maintenance
Number of scholarships available: 2

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: Open to MDes Sound for the Moving Image students only 
Domicile eligibility: Open to all International full tuition fee paying students. 

A GSA School of Simulation and Visualisation and University of Glasgow funded scholarship to reward academic excellence in candidates for MSc Medical Visualisation & Human Anatomy. To be awarded through review of application to study at GSA and scholarship application.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: £5,000
Duration of the scholarship: 1 year
Use: Maintenance

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: Open to MSc Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy students
Domicile eligibility: Open to all international fee paying students.

Rosemary is a Scot and an alumna of GSA.  She graduated from Interior Design in 1967 and set-up her own Interior Design company, firstly in Sydney and currently in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.  She has managed projects in residential, heritage, office, hospitality and healthcare spheres.

Key information:

Value of the scholarship: Tuition Fee: £20,520 Stipend: £12,180
Duration of the scholarship: 1 year
Use: Fees and maintenance
Number of scholarships available: 1

Eligibility criteria:

Subject eligibility: MDes Interior Design students only
Domicile eligibility: Full International Fee paying students only. Applicants must demonstrate financial need.