STEMM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Medicine: Welsh Government STEMM Master's Bursaries
Closing date: As soon as possible
Key Information
*The Welsh Government has confirmed funding for the bursary scheme for academic year 2022/23*
The Welsh Government has confirmed funding for the STEMM bursary scheme for another year to attract Welsh domiciled and eligible EU (non-UK) students to do their master’s degree in Wales. Each bursary is worth £2,000. The scheme aims to increase the number of Welsh graduates who remain in or return to Wales to undertake a master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Medicine, also known as ‘STEMM’ subjects.
Key eligibility details include:
- Available to those studying full 180 credit eligible master's courses in STEMM subjects starting at Swansea University in academic year 2022/23. Please see the full list of eligible courses below.
- Available to eligible Welsh domiciled students
- Full-time and part-time courses are eligible
- Available to students of all ages
This STEMM funding is in addition to the government postgraduate funding scheme in place for Welsh students in academic year 2022/23.
For more information about STEMM master's funding, please visit the Welsh Government website.
Eligibility
Key eligibility details include:
- Available to those studying full 180 credit eligible master's courses in STEMM subjects.
- Available to eligible Welsh domiciled students.
- Full-time and part-time courses are eligible
- Available to students of all ages
Note: Students funded by other government funding such as Social Care Wales, NHS/HEIW, DHSSPS or Research Councils (KESS II) will not be eligible.
Bursaries are available for eligible STEMM master's programmes starting at Swansea in academic year 2022/23. The following courses are expected to be eligible for this bursary (the full list of eligible courses will be confirmed shortly):
- Advanced Computer Science, MSc
- Advanced Practice in Health Care, MSc
- Advanced Software Technology, MSc
- Aerospace Engineering, MSc
- Biomedical Science (Clinical Biochemistry), MSc
- Biomedical Science (Clinical Microbiology), MSc
- Chemical Engineering, MSc
- Childhood Studies, MA
- Civil Engineering, MSc
- Clinical Psychology and Mental Health, MSc
- Clinical Science (Medical Physics), MSc
- Cognitive Neuroscience, MSc
- Communications Engineering, MSc
- Community and Primary Health Care Practice, MSc
- Computational Engineering, MSc
- Computational Mechanics, MSc
- Computer Science, MSc
- Computer Science: Informatique, MSc
- Cyber Security, MSc
- Data Science, MSc
- Diabetes Practice, MSc
- Education for the Health Professions, MA
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering, MSc
- Engineering Leadership and Management, MSc
- Enhanced Professional Midwifery Practice, MSc
- Enhanced Professional Practice, MSc
- Environmental Biology: Conservation and Resource Management, MSc
- Environmental Dynamics and Climate Change, MSc
- Forensic Psychology, MSc
- Genomic Medicine, MSc
- Geographic Information and Climate Change, MSc
- Health Care Management, MSc
- Health Data Science, MSc
- Health Informatics, MSc
- Human-Centred Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, MSc
- Materials Engineering, MSc
- Mathematics, MSc
- Mathematics and Computing for Finance, MSc
- Mechanical Engineering, MSc
- Medical Education, MSc
- Medical Radiation Physics, MSc
- Nanomedicine, MSc
- Nanoscience to Nanotechnology, MSc
- Power Engineering and Sustainable Energy, MSc
- Public Health and Health Promotion, MSc
- Research Methods in Psychology, MSc
- Social Work, MSc
- Structural Engineering, MSc
- Sustainable Engineering Management for International Development, MSc
- Virtual Reality, MSc
For more information on the course(s) above, please visit individual postgraduate taught course pages.
Funding
Each bursary is worth £2,000.
How to Apply
Bursaries will automatically be awarded on a 'first come, first served' basis to students who accept an offer to study an eligible STEMM master's course at Swansea University. You do not need to make a separate application for this funding.
To be considered for a bursary, you must complete the following steps:
- Apply for an eligible master's course starting at Swansea University in academic year 2022/23:
- Formally accept your offer of study.
For more information, please contact postgraduate.admissions@swansea.ac.uk.
Please note, there is not a formal application process for this bursary scheme. The Admissions Office will contact potentially eligible candidates with further information.