BECOME A FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AT QUEEN’S
The Fulbright-Queen’s University Belfast Award covers a taught master’s degree in all disciplines at the university.
This unique opportunity offers a significant financial and support package for a student to join Queen’s and undertake the 1-year master's programme taught by world leading experts. Queen's University Belfast is a member of the Russell Group – a group of leading UK research-intensive universities – and offers world-class education and research. The ninth oldest university in the UK and considered one of the most beautiful, Queen's provides outstanding sporting and research facilities. With 24,000 students, it is a thriving and friendly campus. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton is the University’s Chancellor.
The award is open across all graduate programmes across the university with the following exclusions:
- MSc Industrial Pharmaceutics
- MSc Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics
- PG Certificate and PG Diploma programmes
- All Distance Learning programmes, foundation degree programmes and part-time programmes.
- MSc Applied Behaviour Analysis
- MSc Autism Spectrum Disorders
The US-UK Fulbright Commission hosts both the Fulbright scholarship programme and the EducationUSA advising network for the UK. Its focus is on opportunities and exchanges between the USA and the UK, as part of a global programme.
A total stipend by the Fulbright Commission, issued four months before the Fulbright awardee’s project begins. Funding and Programme Provision including:
- Waiving of tuition fees
- £19,027 living stipend
(The living stipend is intended as a contribution towards general maintenance costs towards the first year in the UK.)
In your Fulbright online application, for Award Name, please select Fulbright Queen’s University Belfast Award (All Disciplines) from the drop-down menu. - Fulbright Queen’s University Belfast Award (All Disciplines)
Applicants will complete two applications, the Fulbright application and the university’s application (according to the university’s admissions procedures).
Applicants must submit their university applications as early as possible, ideally before January 13, 2026. Applicants who fail to do so may be at a competitive disadvantage.
The institution does not typically provide letters of recommendation/ affiliation for master’s degree applicants.
Applications for 2025-26 US Postgraduate Awards are now closed and will open for the 2026-27 academic year in Spring 2025.
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Hear from a student
MA Global Security and Borders Student Beatrice Dain talks about the benefits of receiving a Fulbright Scholarship