Postgraduate Conversion Courses in AI and Data Science Scholarships

The Data Science and AI Scholarship is available to new Home, EU and International Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Masters students taking up a place to study in academic year 2022-23 on the following programmes of study: MSc Data Science & Applications, MSc Applied Data Science, MSc Artificial Intelligence & Applications.

Preference will be given to applicants who meet one, or a combination of the following: Female applicants Disabled applicants Black applicants, specifically: Black or Black British – Caribbean, Black of Black British – African, Other Black background, Mixed – White and Black Caribbean, Mixed – White and Black African.

Those applicants who meet the above criteria will be prioritised before allocating to other underrepresented groups which are listed below: Applicants from POLAR Q1 and Q2 Care experienced Applicants Estranged Applicants Gypsy, Roma, Traveller Applicants Refugee Applicants Applicants from military family, veteran, partner of military personnel. In order to be eligible for this scholarship you must meet all of the following conditions: Home (UK), EU and overseas students who are entirely self-funded. It is not available to students who are fully or partly sponsored. Hold an offer of admission onto the full-time or part-time conversion programmes in Data Science and AI commencing in October 2022. The offer can be unconditional or conditional.

Receipt of the scholarship is subject to applicants firmly accepting the offer of study, registering as students of the University of Essex for the 2022-2023 academic year, and meeting all conditions of our offer.