A member of the prestigious Russell Group, Warwick is one of the UK's leading universities and has always featured in the top ten in national league tables. The University of Warwick has been declared University of the Year 2015 by the Times and Sunday Times newspapers.

We’ll help you to prepare for your chosen career, whatever that might be, wherever you want to be in the world. You’ll have access to some of the biggest graduate employers, thanks to our status as one of the top 15 universities in the world for reputation with employers, according to the QS World University Rankings 2013/14. We are one of only 15 universities in the world to score 100% in the QS World University Rankings for Employer Reputation.

Our campus is home to students from approximately 150 countries, giving you the chance to share insights into your country and culture while learning about and experiencing so much from others. Internationally renowned, you’ll have the chance to get involved with projects across the world, working with our global partners such as prestigious universities in Australia, North America, Europe and East Asia.

Postgraduates can choose from over 250 student societies, 76 sports clubs and 200 events held in the Arts Centre. Whether through studying abroad opportunity, participation in student led events or by involvement in a volunteering project, Warwick helps you to develop your intercultural skills and become a global citizen.

The University is located at the border of Coventry and Warwickshire. The UK’s 2nd largest city, Birmingham, is only 20 minutes and London about an hour away from Coventry by train.

The scholarships are valued at £10,000.

• For standard fee courses the scholarship will cover the full cost of the tuition fees for 2015/16 and a bursary of £2,600 (Standard fees for 2015/16 are £7,400)
• For non-standard courses the scholarship will be a contribution towards your tuition fees in the first instance and any remaining portion of the award after your fees have been met will be paid directly to you as a bursary for course related costs

For further information on the likely cost of a postgraduate course, please see Funding your Postgraduate Study.

For information about Postgraduate Fees, please see the Student Finance Tuition Fee Tables.

In order to be eligible to apply you need to be able to answer yes to all of these questions:

If you can answer yes to all the questions above, please continue to the next section of eligibility criteria.

If you have answered no to any one of the above questions unfortunately you will not be eligible for this scholarship scheme.

If you can answer yes to at least one of the questions in Part 2, and to all of the 6 questions in Part 1, we would like to invite you to submit an application for the Warwick Taught Masters Scholarships Scheme 2015/16. The application deadline is Tuesday 31 March, 17:00hrs.

If you are not able to answer yes to any of the questions in part 2 unfortunately you will not be eligible for this scholarship scheme.

The University of Warwick is seeking to encourage applications to postgraduate study from students least represented in the University community. We will be awarding additional points to those whose application and supporting documentation can demonstrate any of the following:

• You were aged 21+ on 6 October 2012
• You entered University at undergraduate level from a Care background or as a Foyer resident
• You are deemed Independent by the UK government for student support purposes. For the definition of an independent student, please see page 27 of the Student Finance - how you're assessed and paid guide 
• Your home postcode immediately prior to you starting your undergraduate degree was in a low participation neighbourhood as measured by Polar 3 (quintiles 1 and 2). The University will be verifying your home postcode using the HEFCE Postcode look-up

• Download an application form

Depending on the eligibility criteria selected, you are required to supply evidence of this with your application form. The application form includes guidance on how to do this and the documentation required.

Please submit your application form and supporting evidence by email to taughtmasters@warwick.ac.uk or by post to Student Funding, Senate House, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL. The deadline for applications to be received is Tuesday 31 March (17:00hrs GMT). Please note that if you are sending your application form and supporting evidence by post you should ensure that the application arrives by the deadline.

Applications will be scored against additional criteria that look at achievements, personal circumstances and how the award will help with your postgraduate study (part B of the application form). The score from this section of your application form will be combined with the score given for under-representation as evidenced in Part A of the application form. Priority will be given to applicants with the highest combined score.

We would advise applicants to refer to the eligibility criteria for under-represented groups along with the additional criteria as set out above before submitting their application.

• Full assessment criteria 

The application deadline is Tuesday 31 March 2015 (17:00hrs).

You will receive an email on Friday 8 May 2015 notifying you of the outcome of your application.

We would advise all applicants to read our pages about 'Living Costs' whilst undertaking postgraduate study and to ensure that you have adequate funds in place to support yourself whilst undertaking your course.

Professional and Career Development Loan

In addition to any scholarships and bursaries you might receive whilst undertaking your postgraduate study, you may wish to consider a Professional and Career Development Loan to support you. Professional and Career Development loans are bank loans which can be used to help pay for work related learning.

UK students can borrow between £300 and £10,000 to help support the cost of up to two years of learning (or three years if it includes one year's relevant unpaid practical work). The government will pay the interest on the loan while you are studying and for one month afterwards.

The loan can be used to pay for course fees or other costs such as travel and living expenses. You can also use the loan to supplement any other support such as grants and bursaries.

The Professional and Career Development Loan is a commercial loan product and should only be considered once all other student funding options, such as scholarship and bursary awards, have been investigated.

For further information on Professional and Career Development Loans, visit the Gov.uk website or telephone the National Careers Advice Service on 0800 100 900.

The University of Warwick learning provider registration number is 2967, however the University needs to check, sign and stamp the form before submission to a bank. Completed forms should be sent to Joanna Bell, Head of Student Finance, Senate House, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL.