2025 Postgraduate Online Talent Award Scholarships

Current status: Open

Award: £2,000 towards Online postgraduate tuition fees.

Who's it for: Offer holders applying for a part-time online postgraduate MA course demonstrating exceptional talent.

    About the scholarship

    Falmouth University is offering scholarships to its most talented Online Postgraduate students starting their first year of study with us in January, May or September 2025.

    • The Talent scholarship offers eligible students £2,000 towards Online Postgraduate Tuition fees. 
    • This sum will be applied by the University as a credit towards the final instalments of the student’s Year 2 tuition fees by way of a deduction to the total remaining fee payable and is conditional on the successful student enrolling on Year 2. 
    • The £2,000 awards are allocated as follows: o 12 x postgraduate scholarships for each intake in 2025.
    • Please note students can only receive one scholarship each and will not be eligible for any other tuition fee discounts. 

    Eligibility

    To be eligible to apply for the Talent scholarship, the student must meet the following eligibility criteria:

    • Be a new student to Falmouth University, starting a full MA Online postgraduate course in January, May or September 2025.
    • Be entering directly into the first year of the MA course starting in 2025.

    In addition, to be eligible for our 2025 scholarship, you need to have submitted the award application form by the deadline for the intake you are applying:

    January 2025 entry: 25 November 2025 (UK time)

    May 2025 entry: 31 March 2025 (UK time)

    September 2025 entry:  4 August 2025 (UK time)

    The statement needs to include:

    • Your full name with which you applied
    • Your Falmouth student ID
    • Confirmation that you have received an offer from us
    • A valid phone number we can contact you on
    • A 500-word statement which includes: Your academic/professional achievements, your motivation for studying the course and your choice of Falmouth, and how the course will connect to your future career. The statement is not about why you need a scholarship.

    How it's awarded

    Each academic department will attribute awards based on the following criteria:

    • Previous experience and potential outlined in the supporting statement
    • Application performance (including a portfolio, task and personal statement, where applicable), scored by the academic team.
    • Where the number of suitable applicants either exceeds or fails to reach the total number of awards available, the University’s Pro Vice-Chansellor will decide on those awards to be made using the criteria detailed above and the professional judgement of its staff.

    When will I know if I've been awarded the scholarship?

    The Online Student Recruitment team will inform successful applicants of outcomes: 

    • First round: by 9 December 2024. Successful applicants will have until 16 December 2024 to accept their offer (by paying the £250 acceptance fee) and the scholarship. Otherwise, it will be lost.
    • Second round (if some successful applicants from the first round have not been accepted in time): by 3 January 2025. Successful applicants will have until 10 January 2025 to accept their offer (by paying the £250 acceptance fee) and the scholarship. Otherwise, it will be lost. 
    • First round: by the 14 April 2025. Successful applicants will have until 21 April 2025 to accept their offer (by paying the £250 acceptance fee) and the scholarship. Otherwise, it will be lost.
    • Second round (if some successful applicants from the first round have not been accepted in time): by 22 April 2025. Successful applicants will have until 28 April 2025 to accept their offer (by paying the £250 acceptance fee) and the scholarship. Otherwise, it will be lost. 
    • First round: by the 19 August 2025. Successful applicants will have until 26 August 2025 to accept their offer (by paying the £250 acceptance fee) and the scholarship. Otherwise, it will be lost.
    • Second round (if some successful applicants from the first round have not been accepted in time): by 27 August 2025. Successful applicants will have until 3 September 2025 to accept their offer (by paying the £250 acceptance fee) and the scholarship. Otherwise, it will be lost.
    • Successful applicants will be contacted by phone and email, using the details provided in their application. Please ensure your phone number appears on your application. 

    Further information

    • As the university only has a limited number of scholarships available, we recommend you only make an application if you can afford tuition fees and living costs
    • We do not offer full scholarships for 2025 entry
    • We do not offer scholarships for any other intake
    • The University’s decision on the award of these scholarships will be final. 

    Contact us

    Prospective students

    For any funding related queries, contact our Student Finance team:

    E: student.finance@falmouth.ac.uk
    T: +44(0)1326 255310

    Current students

    You can use the same email and telephone number for prospective students, or you can book a Microsoft Teams or on-campus appointment by using the Student Funding appointments system.