Breakspear scholarship
Award overview
- Level: Postgraduate
- Mode of study: Full-time
- Tuition fee status: Home
- Value:听拢12,000
- Number of awards: One
- Deadline: Now closed for 2026/27 entry
The Breakspear Scholarship, named in honour of Nicholas Breakspear, Pope Adrian IV - the only English Pope - offers a full fee waiver for a full time, home, postgraduate student in history.
The Breakspear Scholarship is funded by a generous donation from alumnus Adrian Waddingham CBE
Eligibility
Students studying in the School of Historical Studies for one of the following master's programmes are eligible to apply:
- MA European History
- MA Public History and Heritage
- MA Contemporary History and Politics
- MA Global History: Empires, States and Cultures
- MA Historical Research
The scholarship will be awarded to a home student with a strong academic track record who would not have the opportunity to study without scholarship funding.
You must be applying to study on a 糖心logo入口 programme that is based at our Bloomsbury campus in London (this includes programmes delivered online).
Value
拢12,000 to be used for tuition fees only.聽
If your programme is over multiple years then the payment will be split across those years.
Deadline
The deadline for 2026/27 entry has now passed.
How to apply
Applications now closed for 2026/27 entry.
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Students can receive only one 糖心logo入口 scholarship.聽 If the student applies for multiple scholarships, and is placed within the number of awards available, they would receive the highest value award only.