The Law School has a range of scholarships available for the 2024/25 academic year at postgraduate and PhD level.
Please see the list below. Please check in detail the terms of eligibility and the scholarship award as there are many variations.
For more information and how to apply please click on the links provided.
Postgraduate Opportunities
Vikram Reddy Memorial Scholarship – UK students
The Vikram Reddy Memorial Scholarship offers £1,000 to support one postgraduate student from the United Kingdom through a one year on campus full time Master of Laws (taught or research) programme (LLM) at the University of Aberdeen, starting in September 2024. The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need.
To apply click here, completing the electronic application form.
Deadline for applications is 30th June 2024.
LLM Merit Scholarship 2024-25 (two available)
The Law School Merit Scholarship offers £5,000 towards tuition fees to support two postgraduate students from any country through a one-year full-time on-campus Master of Laws (taught) programme at the University of Aberdeen. One award will go to a student commencing studies in September, 2024 and the second award will go to a student commencing studies in January, 2025. Please note, the scholarship programme is available to on-campus students registered for programmes delivered at our School of Law in Aberdeen.
1 x £5,000 award for September, 2024 starter
1 x £5,000 award for January, 2025 starter
To apply click here.
Deadline for applications:
- For September 2024 starters, Sunday 30th June, 2024
- For January 2025 starters, the closing date is 27th October, 2024.
Global Scholarships from University of Aberdeen – Global students
The University of Aberdeen is delighted to offer the Aberdeen Global Scholarship to international students starting in September 2024, or January 2025. This is an £8,000 tuition fee discount open to eligible self-funded taught Masters students who are classed as international fee status and domiciled in one of the countries listed below. The scholarship is not available to students studying PGDE degrees.
These scholarships are open to students registering for a full-time on-campus programme, who don’t receive an externally funded scholarship from elsewhere, or any other University of Aberdeen scholarships (excluding awards made by the University of Aberdeen Development Trust).
Please note, this scholarship is only available for Aberdeen campus students.
To apply click here, for more information and to apply.
PhD Studentship and Scholarships
School of Law PhD Merit Scholarships (three available)
There are three scholarships to be awarded on the basis of academic merit to PhD applicants who have applied for and been given on offer of study for a full-time, on-campus PhD starting in September/October, 2024. Please note, the scholarship programme is only available to on-campus students registered for programmes delivered at our School of Law in Aberdeen.
1 x Overseas fee waiver and £5k stipend
1 x Overseas fee waiver
1 x Home fee waiver
For more information and to apply click here.
Deadline for applications is 30th June 2024.
Comparison of the UK’s Constitutional Framework PhD
The interdisciplinary Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law (CISRUL) invites applications for a PhD studentship to compare the UK’s constitutional framework with other liberal democracies, and to consider whether and how the UK’s economic performance differs as a result.
The PhD researcher will develop an independent research project that examines whether and how the UK’s particular constitutional framework is related to its economic performance. Questions to consider include the following:
- To what extent is the UK constitution an international outlier, considering the changes it has undergone in the past thirty years?
- Is the UK the paradigmatic example of a majoritarian democracy, as Lijphart suggested?
- Is the UK’s constitutional framework responsible, at least in part, for its relative decline in economic performance?
The PhD researcher will work under the interdisciplinary supervision of 2-3 CISRUL staff drawn from Law, Politics and Business. Possible co-supervisors include Professor Tamas Gyorfi (Law), Dr Erin Ferguson (Law), Dr Robert Taylor (Law), Professor Ian Greener (Politics), and Professor Ignacio Canales (Business).
Because CISRUL is intended to be a lively community on campus, we expect our PhD students to be in residence in Aberdeen throughout their PhD, and we do not anticipate they will study remotely.
For more information and to apply click here.
Deadline for applications is 17th June 2024.
