Scholarships at King's College London

The alumni discount is a 10% tuition fee discount for all Kingston University undergraduate students who are progressing to study one of our postgraduate courses. These include postgraduate taught, postgraduate research, PGCE, and MArch in Architecture courses.

You do not need to apply for this discount. If you are eligible, it will be applied automatically to your course fees invoice. If you’re paying via instalments, your final instalment will be reduced by the value of the discount.

One Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award is available each year for an American student to undertake a non-clinical PhD programme at King's College London.

Award details

The Fulbright Commission, founded on 22 September 1948, aims to foster mutual cultural understanding through educational exchange between the US and the UK. The global Fulbright Programme is one of the most prestigious awards programmes world-wide operating in over 150 countries, with over 300,000 alumni. Approximately 15,000 UK nationals have studied in the US and over 12,000 US nationals in the UK on the Commission’s educational exchange programmes.

The Fulbright King's College London Award covers any non-clinical PhD programme offered by the university.

Award value

• Full tuition waiver

• Personal living allowance (stipend)

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

• Be a US citizen and a non-UK resident

• Hold a Bachelor degree or equivalent professional training/experience in a relevant field before departure to the UK

• Dual US-UK citizens are eligible to apply.

• The US-UK Fulbright program aims to foster cultural understanding between our two countries. Preference is therefore given to applicants who do not have extensive experience (six months or longer) in the UK.

• Applicants with extensive UK experience should explain in detail how further experience in the UK will fulfil the Fulbright mission in ways that their prior visits did not.

Funding from the Mexican Foundation for Education, Technology and Science (FUNED) to support Mexican students for master's study at King's College London.

Award details

King's College London have an agreement with the Mexican Foundation for Education, Technology and Science (FUNED) to support Mexican students to pursue master's degree programmes at King's College London. As part of this agreement, scholars funded by FUNED receive a 10% tuition fee discount from King's.

Award value

FUNED Master's Credit-Scholarships consists of a package with funds directly applied to the payment of tuition at the university where the master's studies will be carried out. 

Additionally, successful FUNED scholars at King's College London could be offered a 10% tuition fee discount towards their Master's degree at King's.

Eligibility criteria

• Be a Mexican citizen.

• Have an official letter of acceptance of a full-time and face-to-face online or hybrid master's program a King's College London.

• The master's program must align with the areas supported by FUNED.

• Have a professional degree or be in the process of obtaining it.

• Minimum average of 8.

• Have a minimum of 1 year of verifiable work experience.

• Have a good credit history according to the report issued only by the Credit Bureau.

• Have a Mexican guarantee, economically solvent, resident in Mexico, under 65 years of age, with a good credit history, owner of real estate, free of liens, whose value is at least 2.5 times the total amount of support.

• Provide a second endorsement of income, as required by FUNED.

• Apply according to FUNED guidance.

Award details

HESPAL aims to create the next generation of senior academics who can maintain international quality standards at Palestinian universities and develop renewed and sustainable links between Palestinian and UK universities.

The scheme will upgrade academic staff in Palestinian universities through a Masters or PhD Scholarship programme.

The British Council Palestine and King's College London hold an agreement to jointly support up to 2 Master's Scholarships and 1 PhD Scholarship at King's College London each year. 

Award value

The scholarship covers the following:

• Tuition fees

• Pre-departure briefing from the British Council

• Arrival allowances

• Thesis allowances

• Monthly allowance to cover living expenses

• Annual bench fees which may be required for certain PhD programmes in health and sciences

NB: Scholarships do not cover the costs for any accompanying family.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must meet HESPAL eligibility requirements: 

• be a resident citizen of Palestinian Territories.

• be currently employed by the Palestinian University which nominates him/her, which must be one of the participating Palestinian universities.

• sign a written undertaking to return to Palestine within a time frame agreed, normally one year.

Applicants must meet King's eligibility requirements for the Master's Scholarship:

• Have a bachelor's degree from a Palestinian university with a minimum grade of very good (and equivalent to at least a 2.1 Bachelor's Degree from the UK)

• have IELTS certification appropriate for the course and university (normally at least 6.5, sometimes higher depending on the subject).

Applicants must meet King's eligibility requirements for the PhD Scholarships, which are typically: 

• A minimum of bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours in an appropriate subject for a PhD candidate. 

• have IELTS certification appropriate for the course and university (normally at least 6.5, sometimes higher depending on the subject).

Award details

The Marshall Commission has established partnership with King's College London to jointly support American students to study for a postgraduate degree at King's College London. As part of this agreement, King's will cover the full (100%) international tuition fees for up to 3 scholars each year on this scheme.

The Scholarships are for any subject at either Masters or Doctoral level and are valid for up to two years (with a possibility of a third year for doctoral studies).

Award value

Scholarships cover: University fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States and, where applicable, a contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse.

Eligibility criteria

Who is Eligible

Before completing the application candidates are advised to consider the objectives of the Marshall Scholarship Programme and to be aware that the selection committees are seeking candidates who have the potential to excel as scholars, leaders and as contributors to improved UK-US understanding.

To be eligible for a 2025 Marshall Scholarship, candidates must:

• Be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship);

• (By the time they take up their scholarship i.e. September 2025) hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States;

• Have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 on their undergraduate degree at the time of application. We do not accept rounded GPA's.

• Have graduated from their first undergraduate college or university after April 2022.

• Not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree-equivalent qualification from a British University or GCSE or A Levels taken at school in the UK.

The Saïd Foundation awards fully-funded scholarships to outstanding individuals from Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine who are looking to study for a master’s degree in the UK.

The Saïd Foundation has offered educational scholarships since 1984. Our scholarships programme aims to empower people through educational opportunities and is targeted towards individuals who demonstrate the potential to become leaders and drivers of change within our target countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Scholarships are offered for one-year master’s degree courses at our UK partner universities.

Applications in all subject areas are considered but candidates should demonstrate how their chosen course will help them to contribute towards the development of the region.

Award value

As part of an agreement between The Saïd Foundation and King's College London, King's will cover 25% of the tuition fees for up to three scholars on the Saïd Foundation Scholarship each year. The Saïd Foundation will cover the remaining 75% tuition fees, full maintenance/living costs, an arrival allowance, visa and healthcare surcharge fees and one economy return flight.

Eligibility criteria

To be considered for a Saïd Foundation scholarship, candidates should:

• Hold Syrian, Jordanian, Lebanese or Palestinian nationality and be permanently resident in one of these countries. The Foundation will consider Syrians residing elsewhere due to current circumstances in the country.

• Hold an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:1 or higher (or be in the final year of an undergraduate degree).

• Have work and/or voluntary experience relevant to their field of study and a clear career plan.

• Demonstrate leadership potential in their chosen field.

Applications open at 9:00am UK time on Friday 1st August 2025 and close at 5:00pm UK time on Friday 31st October 2025.