Postgraduate Progression Scholarship
If you’re a 2024/2025 undergraduate student progressing to a 2025/2026 postgraduate degree (taught or research), you could be eligible for a Postgraduate Progression Scholarship. Find out more here.
What is the Postgraduate Progression Scholarship?
The Kingston University Postgraduate Progressions Scholarship offers a 15% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees for 2024/2025 undergraduate students progressing to a 2025/2026 postgraduate degree (taught or research) with Kingston University.
This Scholarship is inclusive of any alumni or loyalty discounts that may be offered by Kingston University, including faculty, department or school discounts that may be available. As a result, it may not be combined with any other such scholarship or discount. However, the scholarship can be combined with a Student Loans Company Postgraduate Loan, for those students who meet the eligibility criteria for both.
Who is eligible for the award?
To be considered, you must:
- Have received an offer to study a postgraduate taught or research degree (including MRes and MPhil or PhD*) in the academic year 2025/2026, either full-time or part-time
- Have attained a qualifying bachelors degree in 2024/25** which has been awarded by Kingston University***
*PhD students will qualify for the 15% Progression Scholarship on their first year's fees when enrolling in 2024/25. The standard Alumni Discount of 10% may be claimed for each subsequent year of study in enrolment (subject to the terms and conditions of the discount).
**Architecture students completing an undergraduate architecture degree, who progress to a year out in industry before then commencing the MArch Architecture course, will still be eligible for the 15% discount.
***Students who have completed a Kingston University degree at a partner institution will qualify for the discount, provided the degree awarded was a Kingston University bachelors degree and was completed in 2024/25.
Unfortunately this scholarship is NOT available:
For students enrolling on the following postgraduate programmes (as fee payment and/or student numbers are part of a contract with third parties):
- MMid / MSc Midwifery (eligible for 10% alumni discount)
- PGCE (eligible for 10% alumni discount)
- Post-qualifying Social Work, such as ASW, PG Cert and short courses (eligible for 10% alumni discount)
- Continuing Personal Development (CPD)
- Preparatory programmes, such as the Graduate Diploma Creative Practice
- Distance learning
How to apply
If you are eligible for the Postgraduate Progression Scholarship, you will receive the award automatically on enrolment.
Frequently asked questions
Students returning from a break in study will not be entitled to the Progression Scholarship. The course must therefore be completed with no gaps in study to retain the discount.
Students wishing to defer starting their postgraduate course to 2026/27 or beyond will not be eligible for the scholarship (including unforeseen circumstances). However, they may still receive the standard 10% Alumni Discount when starting a programme at a later date.
The 15% Scholarship will be applied to part-time students on a pro-rata basis.
Where fees are paid by instalments, the 15% Scholarship will be deducted from the final instalment payable by the student.
There is no guarantee that the 15% progression discount will be available for students enrolling for postgraduate programmes in subsequent years.
Additional information
Final decisions on eligibility will be determined by Finance Shared Services.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about the application and selection procedure for this award, contact the development team.
