Kennedy Scholarships
Kennedy Scholarships
The Kennedy Scholarship is an academic award for study at two of the world's finest universities - Harvard and MIT. It can be used to fund a wide variety of programmes at MIT and across all the graduate schools within Harvard - from PhD to LLM, from MPH to MArch. It can also fund a Special Studentship for those wanting a general programme of non-degree study.
Please visit Kennedy Scholarships webpage for more information.
Those applying for awards must be all of the following
- British citizens
- ordinarily resident in the UK
- wholly or mainly educated in the UK prior to university and (will be) graduates of a UK university
Applications cannot be accepted from those already in the United States.
There is no additional funding for dependents.
Awards will not be made to postdoctoral candidates wishing to pursue further research in their own field.
Eligible countries/regions
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
Eligible programmes
- Accountancy & Finance[BAcc]
- Accounting & Mathematics[BSc]
- Accounting & Statistics[BSc]
- Aeronautical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Aeronautical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)[BEng/MEng]
- Aerospace Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Aerospace Systems[BEng/MEng]
- Anatomy[BSc/MSci]
- Ancient History[MA]
- Archaeology[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Astronomy[BSc/MSci]
- Biochemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Biomedical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with KMITL)[BEng/MEng]
- Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)[BEng/MEng]
- Business & Management[BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Business Economics[MA(SocSci)]
- Celtic Civilisation[MA]
- Celtic Studies[MA]
- Central & East European Studies[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Chemical Physics[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry (in partnership with BUCT)[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Work Placement[MSci]
- Chemistry with Work Placement[MSci]
- Childhood Practice[BA]
- Civil Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Civil Engineering (dual degree programme with Universitas Indonesia)[BEng/Sarjana Teknik]
- Civil Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Civil Engineering with Architecture[BEng/MEng]
- Classics (Classical Civilisation)[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Common Law[LLB]
- Common Law (graduate entry)[LLB]
- Community Development[BA]
- Comparative Literature[MA]
- Computing Science[BSc/MA/MSci]
- Computing Science (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Computing Science (in partnership with BUiD)[BSc/MSci]
- Computing Science (in partnership with SIT)
- Creative Arts & Industries[MA]
- Dentistry[BDS]
- Design & Technology Education[MDTechEd]
- Digital Media & Information Studies[MA]
- Economic & Social History[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Economics[BAcc/BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Education with Primary Teaching Qualification[MEduc]
- Electronic & Software Engineering[BSc/BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering (in partnership with Tianjin University)[BEng/MEng]
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Communications (in partnership with UESTC)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Information Engineering (in partnership with UESTC)
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Microelectronics (in partnership with UESTC)
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering (dual degree programme with Universitas Indonesia)[BEng/Sarjana Teknik]
- Electronics with Music[BEng/MEng]
- English Language & Linguistics[MA]
- English Literature[MA/LLB]
- Environmental Geoscience[BSc]
- Environmental Science & Sustainability (Dumfries campus)[BSc]
- Film & Television Studies[MA]
- Finance[BFin]
- Finance & Mathematics[BSc]
- Finance & Statistics[BSc]
- French[MA]
- Gaelic[MA]
- Gateway to Medical Studies[CertHE]
- Genetics[BSc/MSci]
- Geography[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Geology[BSc]
- German[MA]
- Global Sustainable Development (Dumfries campus)[MA]
- Greek[MA]
- History[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- History of Art[MA]
- Human Biology & Physiology[BSc/MSci]
- Immunology[BSc/MSci]
- International Relations[MA(SocSci)]
- Italian[MA]
- Latin[MA]
- Law
- Marine & Freshwater Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Material Chemistry with Work Placement[MSci]
- Materials Chemistry[BSc/MSci]
- Mathematics[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)/MSci]
- Mathematics & Statistics (in partnership with ZUEL)[BSc]
- Mathematics (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Mathematics/Statistics (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Mechanical Design Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Mechanical Engineering (in partnership with SIT)
- Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics[BEng/MEng]
- Mechatronics[BEng/MEng]
- Medicine[MBChB]
- Microbiology[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology)[BSc/MSci]
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science)[BSc/MSci]
- Music[BMus]
- Music[MA]
- Neuroscience[BSc/MSci]
- Nursing[BN]
- Nursing (jointly offered with SIT)
- Pharmacology[BSc/MSci]
- Philosophy[BSc/MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Physics / Theoretical Physics[BSc/MSci]
- Physics / Theoretical Physics (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Physics with Astrophysics[BSc/MSci]
- Physics with Astrophysics (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Politics[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Portuguese[MA]
- Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries campus)[MA]
- Product Design Engineering[BEng/MEng]
- Psychology[BSc/MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Quantitative Methods[MA(SocSci)]
- Robotics & Artificial Intelligence[BEng/MEng]
- Russian[MA]
- Scots Law[LLB]
- Scots Law (graduate entry)[LLB]
- Scottish History[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Scottish Literature[MA]
- Singapore programmes
- Social & Public Policy[MA/LLB/MA(SocSci)]
- Sociology[MA/MA(SocSci)]
- Software Engineering[BSc/MSci]
- Software Engineering (Graduate Apprenticeship)[BSc]
- Software Engineering (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Software Engineering (in partnership with BUiD)[BSc/MSci]
- Software Engineering (in partnership with KMITL)[BSc/MSci]
- Spanish[MA]
- Sport & Exercise Science[BSc/MSci]
- Statistics[BSc/MSci]
- Statistics (Double Degree with the University of Bologna)[BSc/LSc]
- Statistics (faster route)[BSc/MSci]
- Statistics (in partnership with ZUEL)[BSc]
- Teaching
- Theatre Studies[MA]
- Theology & Religious Studies[BD/MA]
- UESTC programmes
- Veterinary Biosciences[BSc/MSci]
- Veterinary Medicine & Surgery[BVMS]
- Zoology[BSc/MSci]
Value
The scholarship typically covers the full costs of tuition and health insurance, paid direct to the institution concerned. In addition, Scholars selected at interview may apply for a means-tested bursary of up to $27,250 to cover living costs.
Scholars are expected to spend part of their summer vacation in the United States after the end of the academic year and may also apply for an additional grant of $2,500 to pay for vacation travel.
How to apply
Applications are to be made online at www.kennedytrust.org.uk.
The deadline for 2025/2026 awards is 16th October 2024.
For more information contact: emily@kennedytrust.org.uk