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Felix Scholarship Trust (funding); administered by SOAS University of London, University of Oxford and University of Reading, with support from Felix Trustees and their agents in London.
Felix Non-Indian Scholarship
Do I qualify 8 requirements for everyone + route options
Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- nationality Developing countries
- residence Not currently living or studying outside the candidate's own country
- Not open to: Previously studied outside the candidate's country for one year or more
- degree First-class Bachelor's degree from a university or comparable institution
- Demonstrated financial need
- admission Complete application for admission submitted by the scholarship closing date
- admission Offer of admission by the time shortlisting takes place
- enrolment Full-time eligible programme
These depend on how you qualify. The provider describes 2 ways, and you will not need all of them. The official page shows which applies to you.
- degree Taught master's programme
- degree First-class undergraduate degree for the taught master's route
- Not open to: degree Already holds a Master's degree when applying for a Master's degree scholarship
- degree PhD programme
- degree First-class Master's degree for the PhD route
Preferences and flexible criteria (4)
- nationality Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Palestine territories (West Bank and Gaza)
- residence Living in the candidate's country of origin
- Graduates return to work in their home country
- admission Unconditional offer of admission
Not open to: previously studied for one year or more outside of their country; already hold a Master's degree
- Who is eligible
- Developing countries
- Eligible residence
- Not currently living or studying outside the candidate's own country
- Level of study
- Master's, PhD
- Fields of study
- Any
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Funding details
- covers the full cost of tuition fees, living costs and a return air fare; covers the full cost of tuition fees, living costs and a return air fare.; does not cover funding for Pre-sessionals; a return air fare; full cost of tuition fees; living costs; the full cost of tuition fees
- Host institution
- SOAS University of London
What I need Not listed here
- In-person requirements
- In-person requirement unclear
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Apply Route still to confirm
How to apply
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- Submit a complete online admission application for the relevant SOAS programme by 12 noon UK local time on 2 March 2026. For a taught master's programme, use the master's application route (https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/how-apply-pg); for a PhD, use the research-degree application route (https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/how-apply-research). Required
- After applying for a course, submit the scholarship application electronically through the admissions portal. You need to have applied for a course to receive portal login credentials. Required
- Deadline
- 2 March 2026
- Deadline timezone
- UK local time
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
- Notes
- Only full-time programmes are eligible. Candidates must have an offer of admission by shortlisting; shortlisted candidates are invited to an online interview.
Details to confirm
- This cycle is closed or has passed. Watch the official page for a future cycle.
- A direct official application route has not been found yet.
- Some eligibility wording is ambiguous in the source — read the exact wording on the official page.
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