Scholarships are available to UK-based applicants who apply for the Postgraduate Professional Development strand of the Data Science, Technology and Innovation programme. You must currently be living in the UK; you do not need to be a UK national.  

Applicants who have already obtained, or are currently studying towards, a postgraduate qualification are ineligible for this scholarship. 

Applicants who are fully sponsored by their employer, in receipt of a full scholarship or have already accepted another scholarship from The University of Edinburgh are also ineligible for this scholarship.

All scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic or professional merit and the expected impact of the award on the student's career. 

To apply for the Scholarship you must first submit your application to join the PG Professional Development in Data Science, Technology and Innovation (ICL) - 2 Years (Part-time Intermittent Study) programme. Once this is complete please return to this page and fill out the Bayes Scholarship application form. Please follow the link below: 

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Applications for Semester 2 of 2023/24 will close on 4 January at 5pm GMT. 

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• _{Your UUN (which is provided upon confirmation of applying to DSTI)} 
• _{Course choice (from the list above)} 
• _{Scholarship Impact statement (max 250-300 words demonstrating how your proposed course will address a skills gap and/or impact your future and personal career goals)} 
• _{CV: Highlight your achievements and aspirations to date (this will need to be provided separately)} 

All applications will be reviewed by a scholarship panel comprising a number of University staff from DSTI.