Funding for postgraduate students
It is very important that you have a reasonable funding plan before you start your postgraduate course. The following information should help you get started in your search for funding for your postgraduate study if you do not have sufficient savings or family support to finance this yourself.
Graduate discount scheme
We offer 20% discount off Masters tuition fees for graduates from undergraduate or postgraduate taught degrees from Edinburgh Napier University. The discount is provided on the self-funded portion of your fees and will be applied to year one of a full-time postgraduate degree. The discount also applies to distance learning programmes.
View the full details of the Graduate Discount Scheme.
Postgraduate research students
Postgraduate research students can apply for the Doctoral College Student Hardship Fund through our online Find-a-fund system.
Postgraduate taught students
Eligible students studying at taught postgraduate level can apply for:
- Childcare fund (full-time only)
- Discretionary fund
- ENU care experienced bursary
The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) offers postgraduate tuition fee loans and living cost loans. The living cost loan is not available to part-time postgraduate students or EU nationals coming to Scotland to study.
Student Finance England also offers funding for postgraduate study through the Postgraduate Master’s loan.
Funding for postgraduate study in Scotland
Postgraduate tuition fee loan
The funding available is a loan to help you pay all or some of your tuition fees up to a maximum of £7,000 for full-time courses.
Postgraduate living cost loan
Eligible full-time postgraduate students can apply for a living-cost loan up to £6,900. From the 2024-25 academic year the amount of loan you are entitled to will include a £2,400 Special Support Loan. More information on the Special Support Loan can be found here.
The living-cost loan is not available to part-time postgraduate students or EU nationals coming to Scotland to study.
EU students
You will be eligible to apply to SAAS for a tuition fee loan if you have been ordinarily resident in the EU, the EU overseas territories, elsewhere in the EEA or Switzerland for the three years immediately before the first day of the first academic year of the course (the relevant date). For the majority of students who start their course in the autumn term, the relevant date is 1 August.
You must also be an EU national (non UK) or the family member of such on the relevant date.
Funding for postgraduate study in England
Postgraduate Master’s Loan
If you’re starting a master’s degree, you could get a Postgraduate Master’s Loan of up to £12,167 to help with course fees and living costs.
Visit www.gov.uk/funding-for-postgraduate-study for details of eligibility criteria and how to apply.