Durham Palestine Educational Trust

Type: Scholarship

Organization: Durham University

Countries: united kingdom (UK)

Degree levels: Master

Funding:

The scholarship comes in two parts:

• Durham University will award you a tuition fee scholarship.
• This Trust (which is a charity, independent of the University) will provide a maintenance scholarship for your accommodation, living expenses, travel to the UK and other necessary expenses, such as a UK visa.

Eligibility:

You are eligible to apply for our 2025 Masters scholarships if you:

• have completed, before July 2025, a degree at a university in the West Bank or Gaza
• have achieved a cumulative average grading (GPA) of at least 80% (or 3.0 or B) in your first degree
• possess a certificate of English Language proficiency acceptable to the course you wish to study at Durham University. 
• have submitted an online application for postgraduate study at Durham University and you have received EITHER an ‘unconditional offer’ of admission OR a ‘conditional offer’ and you are able to fulfil the conditions of that offer (e.g. obtain the required IELTS scores) before 30 March 2026
• have been active in student or community life
• live in the West Bank or Gaza and belong to a family that is normally resident in the West Bank or Gaza
• are unable to study abroad through the finances of your immediate family
• are able to live in the UK for 12 months as a single person.

Deadline: March 30, 2026

Notes:

You are NOT eligible to apply if you:

• have already taken a Master’s degree course, or
• have studied, except for short courses, at a university outside of the West Bank or Gaza.

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