Program Description:

Title: LSHTM First Generation Scholarship (Distance Learning) 2025-26

Application Deadline: 23 May 2025.

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LSHTM First Generation Scholarship (Distance Learning) 2025-26 Overview

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is offering two fully funded scholarships for students pursuing a Master’s degree by distance learning. This initiative supports students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in higher education, ensuring they can study flexibly and succeed at LSHTM.

LSHTM First Generation Scholarship (Distance Learning) 2025-26 Eligibility

• Open to applicants enrolling in one of LSHTM’s six distance learning MSc programs for the 2025-26 academic year.

• Must be the first in their family to enter higher education (i.e., neither parent/guardian obtained a university degree before the applicant turned 18).

• Must meet LSHTM’s English language requirements.

• Not eligible if the applicant already holds a Master’s degree or higher qualification.

📌 Preference will be given to applicants who identify as:

• Black ethnicity

• Care experienced

• Caregiver

• Disabled

• Estranged from family

• Refugee or asylum seeker

LSHTM First Generation Scholarship (Distance Learning) 2025-26 Benefits

• Full tuition fee coverage for the MSc distance learning program.

Application Process

1. Apply for an eligible MSc distance learning program following LSHTM’s admissions guidelines.

2. Submit all required supporting documents (including references) via the admissions portal.

3. Hold an offer of admission by 28 March 2025.

4. Eligible offer holders will receive a supplementary question form to discuss educational barriers they have faced and how they have overcome them.

5. Scholarship decisions will be announced by 23 May 2025.

📌 Note: All applications will be processed only after the deadline and evaluated equally.

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