RCPE UK and International Scholarships, UK

RCPE Scholarships aim to enable talented doctors to undertake the joint University of Edinburgh/RCPE MSc in Internal Medicine, part-time, by distance learning.

The RCPE Turner Scholarship

One full scholarship for a doctor who is a resident citizen of an eligible Sub-Saharan African country [1]

75% Scholarships

Four scholarships where the College will pay 75% of your tuition fees each year for doctors who are resident citizens of a DfID priority country [2]

50% Scholarships

Two scholarships where the College will pay 50% of your tuition fees each year for doctors who are resident in the UK or any country not in the DfID list

Eligibility

To apply applicants must:

• Be self-funding (support from friends and relatives is acceptable)
• Be a resident citizen in a qualifying country
• For the full and 75% scholarships - not have studied in a developed country previously (though applicants who have are welcome to apply for the 50% scholarships)
• Have been accepted onto the MSc

Deadlines

The deadline for scholarship applications for 2014 entry is 30 June 2014. Decisions will be made in the first 2 weeks of July and communicated to applicants by the end of July.

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[1] Eligible countries in SSA are those also listed in the DfID priority list: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, St Helena, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

[2] Countries on the DfID priority list: Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Moldova, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

RCPE UK and International Scholarships – Further scholarship details and application