MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence Scholarships
Gain a £10,000 scholarship to study one of our MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence courses.
Aston University has secured funding from the UK Office For Students to offer 11, £10,000 AI and Data Science Conversion Masters Scholarships in 2024/25. These scholarships are designed to upskill students from non-STEM degrees to progress into the AI workforce.
There are 11 scholarships available for those studying either MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence or MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence (including professional practice) in September 2024/5.
Applications are now open - apply here.
About the award
These scholarships are for under-represented groups in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and to be eligible you need to be a member of at least one of the under-represented groups mentioned below. We’ll be awarding the successful applicants in September 2024. For any queries about this scholarship, please email: dsaipg@aston.ac.uk
Level: Masters
Course: You must have applied or have an offer to study on either the MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence and the MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence (including professional practice) courses. With regret, students with offers of study for other programmes cannot be considered for this scholarship.
Value: £10,000
How do I apply
Deadline: For students applying for the September 2024 intake, you should submit your application before 31 July 2024.
Eligibility criteria:
To be eligible you need to be a member of at least one of the under-represented groups mentioned below as well as satisfying the eligibility for Master’s loan from the UK government (see here). All applications will be assessed, and priority will be given to those in groups a, b, c and d. If we have more eligible applicants than scholarships, funding decisions will be made based on your written personal statement provided in your scholarship application as well as on academic merit.
You must also be eligble for a MSc loan.
a. Female student
b. Black student
c. Registered disabled students
d. Students from low socioeconomic background
e. Care experienced students [1]
f. Estranged students [2]
g. Gypsy, Roma, Traveller students (resident in the UK)
h. Refugees (resident in the UK)
i. Children from UK military families, veterans and partners of UK military personnel.
[1] A "Care Experience Student" is a student who has been, or is currently, in care, or from a looked-after background, at any stage in their life, no matter how short, including adopted children who were previously looked-after. This care may have been provided in a one of many different settings such as in residential care, foster care, kinship care, or through being looked-after at home with a supervision requirement.
[2] The UK Office for Students defines "estranged students" as students between the age of 18 to 24 who are not communicating with either of their parents. Consequently, these students lack the support of a wider family. They may be estranged before entering higher education but can also be at risk of estrangement or becoming estranged during their studies.
Contact
If you have any queries relating to this scholarship, please email dsaipg@aston.ac.uk