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Postgraduate Funding 2020/21: Funding Per % of Applicants by Type of Course
Postgraduate Funding 2020/21: Funding Per % of Applicants by Type of Course
8% Partially funded
PhD 12%
Masters
Fully self-funded
26%
74%
Fully funded applicants could be fully funded by one award only, or by multiple
awards to completely cover the liability of their tuition fees and maintenance costs.
87% of applicants
2091 1183
applicants fully
recorded as fully funded
had a full scholarship as
awards given a single award, 13%
funded by a were made up by
in total. single award. multiple awards.
The data in these infographics is based on students’ self-declaration of funding as part of the admissions process.
*Funding statistics relate to students starting a new graduate course in 2020/21 only, and not to all graduates on a course at that time.
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
71% students fully or partially-funded (208/291)
5%
PHD (208): 81% (168) (11) 14% (29)
MASTERS (83): 25% (21) 10% (8) 65% (54)
CLINICAL MEDICINE
60% students fully or partially-funded (225/376)
7%
PHD (201): 74% (149) 18% (37)
(15)
PHD (297): 6%
48% (142) (19)
46% (136)
10%
MASTERS (1331): (130)
12% (155) 79% (1046)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
62% students fully or partially-funded (400/648)
PHD (314): 6%
81% (253) (20)
13% (41)
MASTERS (334): 27% (91) 11% (36) 62% (207)
TECHNOLOGY
37% students fully or partially-funded (320/854)
PHD (256): 63% (162) 9% (22) 28% (72)
8%
MASTERS (598): 14% (86) (50) 77% (462)
The data in these infographics is based on students’ self-declaration of funding as part of the admissions process.
*Funding statistics relate to students starting a new graduate course in 2020/21 only, and not to all graduates on a course at that time.