This page lists all Taught Postgraduate Scholarships currently available at the Courtauld. Applications for any one or more of these scholarships must be submitted using a single Scholarship Application Form provided below.
Applicants should indicate in the tick-box section which specific scholarship(s) they wish to be considered for, and for which they fulfil all the qualifying criteria. Applicants should expand on how they fulfil those criteria in their Personal Statement.
The closing date for receipt of applications for ALL types of internal scholarships is 17:00 GMT on Monday 11 January 2027.
Last update: 20 October 2026
Eligibility Criteria
Applications for Taught Postgraduate Studies Scholarships will be assessed against the Widening Participation criteria specified in the application form (and reproduced below), aligned with strategic aims of the Courtauld.
Applications will be considered for Taught Postgraduate Studies Scholarships where the criteria specific to that award are met, even if the student does not meet any of the Widening Participation criteria where the specific award does not have a widening participation element.
Applicants are eligible if they meet one or more of the following Widening Participation criteria:
- Students from ethnic groups currently underrepresented at the Courtauld, including Black and Asian students, students from mixed and multiple ethnic backgrounds, and students from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities;
- Students who have a disability, mental health condition or specific learning difficulty;
- Students whose parents have not attended university;
- Students who attended non-fee-paying schools;
- Students who were, during their secondary education, in receipt of free school meals;
- Students who were, during their undergraduate programme, in receipt of an undergraduate bursary designated as being for students from lower income families, including The Courtauld Bursary and/or James Hughes-Hallett Scholarship;
- Students who were, during their undergraduate programme, in receipt of a student loan calculated at the maximum amount;
- Students in receipt of Disability Support Allowance;
- Students who have spent time living in care and/or who are/were a looked-after child and/or who were irreconcilably estranged from their primary carers during their minority;
- Students who themselves are the principal carer for a third party;
- Students who are nationals of and who are currently ordinarily resident in a state designated within the least developed, low income or lower middle-income categories in the most recent list of ODA recipient states (listed here);
- Students who have experienced forced displacement and/or who hold refugee status and/or are qualified persons with Humanitarian Protection Status.
- Students who have in the past or who are currently experiencing homelessness.
Where the number of students meeting the minimum criteria score for the making of Postgraduate Taught Studies Scholarships exceed the number of scholarships available, the selection committee will carry out a second sift of tied applications, having regard in this second scoring to academic ability.
Academic ability will be assessed through the applicant’s personal statement—submitted as part of the Scholarship application—based on three criteria:
- Outstanding past academic achievements within the context of the learning environment specific to each student;
- Demonstrable, quantifiable and continued engagement in activities relevant to the course and its outcomes; and
- A demonstration of substantial ambition in relation to course outcomes and future career/study prospects.
All Taught Postgraduate Studies Scholarships
Please note that the scholarship offerings listed below are subject to change; please check this page regularly for amendments. New scholarships can in some cases become available during the course of the academic year.
Please note that all scholarships listed on this page are designated exclusively for MA programmes. For postgraduate research scholarship opportunities, please consult the PhD Funding & Scholarships page.
MA History of Art
The Manton Scholarships for MA Studies in British Art and Architecture
Value: Full fees plus £16,000 towards living costs
Eligibility: For students studying a full-time Master’s degree centred on the study of British Art and/or architecture
Courses: MA History of Art
Number of scholarships available: Two; one for a Home student and one for an Overseas student
Full details and restrictions:
The Courtauld is delighted to be able to offer two MA scholarships annually through the Manton Centre for the Study of British Art, which is based within the Courtauld.
The Centre, named after British art collectors and philanthropists, Sir Edwin and Florence, Lady Manton, will help secure the Courtauld’s ambition of becoming a world leader in the field of British art and architecture, and marks the continued and generous commitment of the Manton family to arts education.
As part of the Courtauld’s drive towards becoming a model of inclusion, accessibility and openness within the higher education sector – which runs parallel to the aims of the Manton Centre – we are very pleased to be able to offer two Manton Scholarships for entrants in the 2027-8 cohort.
The Manton Scholarships are principally aimed at encouraging academically strong students who come from under-represented groups in higher education in undertaking a full-time Master’s Degree at the Courtauld which is centred on the study of British Art and/or Architecture.
For 2027/28 entry, only applicants who have applied for and/or have been made an offer to study on one of the following MA History of Art Special Options will be awarded a Manton Scholarship:
Please note that Manton Scholarships cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other Courtauld scholarships or bursaries awarded internally by the Courtauld. Students may, however, be in simultaneous receipt of funding from any institution external to the Courtauld.
The Arnold Stevenson Painter-Stainers' Award
Value: £10,000. The awardee will also be entitled to being appointed an Honorary Member and Freeman of the Company for the period of their studies
Eligibility: Home students
Courses: MA History of Art
Number of scholarships available: One
Sophie Trevelyan Thomas Scholarship
Value: Averages £8,000
Eligibility: Studying a Special Option centred on the study of Medieval or Renaissance art
Courses: MA History of Art
Number of scholarships available: Two
MA Conservation of Easel Paintings
Radcliffe Trust Conservation of Easel Paintings Scholarship
Value: £5,000
Courses: MA Conservation of Easel Paintings
Number of scholarships available: One
MA History and Conservation of Buddhist Heritage
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Scholarships
Value: At least £10,000
Courses: MA History and Conservation of Buddhist Heritage
Number of scholarships available: Several
MA Art and Business
The Convocation Trust Scholarship
Value: Full UK fees
Eligibility: Home students from underrepresented backgrounds
Courses: MA Art and Business, MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image
Number of scholarships available: One for each course
The Courtauld MA Art and Business Scholarship
Made possible thanks to the generous support of a Charitable Trust committed to the Arts and Education in the UK.
Value: Full UK fees and an additional stipend of up to £16,000
Eligibility: Home students
Courses: MA Art and Business
Number of scholarships available: Two
MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image
The Convocation Trust Scholarship
Value: Full UK fees
Eligibility: Home students from underrepresented backgrounds
Courses: MA Art and Business, MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image
Number of scholarships available: One for each course
Any Postgraduate Programmes
Garfield Weston Foundation Scholarship
Value: At least £10,000
Eligibility: Preference for Australian, Canadian, or American students
Courses: Any postgraduate
Number of scholarships available: One
For more information regarding other funding opportunities, please refer to the Postgraduate Funding & Scholarships webpage below.
