Other Funding

The James Pantyfedwen Foundation distributes grants to postgraduate students from Wales studying for a Masters or PhD award. Grants will be offered towards the payment of tuition fees only, up to a maximum of £5,000 in each case.

The closing date for any applications for the 2025-26 academic year is the end of May 2025. Details and application forms can be downloaded from the James Pantyfedwen website on www.jamespantyfedwen.cymru.

Snowdon Masters Scholarships have been designed to identify and accelerate talented disabled individuals through higher education.

These scholarships offer up to a maximum of £30,000 of funding per successful student to support them to join a UK based Masters programme.  The funding can include up to £15,000 towards Masters tuition fees, and a £15,000 p.a. allowance while studying.

Applications are open to both Home and International students.

Further information and details about how to apply (including the relevant Snowdon Master’s Scholarship application deadlines) can be found at https://www.disabilityinnovation.com/projects/snowdon-masters-scholarships.

Students starting a postgraduate Master’s course may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Loan from Student Finance Wales (administered by the Student Loans Company). If you are eligible, the loan will be:

• a contribution towards the costs of study, i.e. it will be at the student’s discretion to use the loan towards fees, maintenance costs or other costs;
• non-means tested;
• paid directly to the student.

For further information about the postgraduate tuition fee loan for students from Wales, please see Student Finance Wales website

The Postgraduate Loan Scheme is run by the Student Loans Company (SLC). For further information about postgraduate tuition fee loans for students from England, please see The Relevant Gov.uk Site and The Student Room - Postgraduate

For further information about the postgraduate tuition fee loan for students from Scotland, please see Student Awards Agency Scotland

For further information about the postgraduate tuition fee loan for students from Northern Ireland, please see Student Finance Northern Ireland

Aberystwyth University, and other universities in Wales, are part of the ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Partnership.  

The ESRC provide studentships for students to undertake a year Research Training Masters and a 3 year PhD research programme. Studentships can therefore cover a period of 4 years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. These studentships are offered on a competitive basis. Successful applicants receive a studentship which covers their tuition fees and provides a subsistence allowance. 

ESRC Studentships may be available for PhD courses in the Department of International Politics and the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences. Please contact the relevant academic department for further information. 

• ESRC Wales DTP General studentships at Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

Further information is available at the ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Partnership website.

A Professional and Career Development Loan is a commercial bank loan that you can use to help pay for work-related learning. Aberystwyth University is a Professional and Career Development Loans registered Learning Provider (registration number 1021). 

The Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) can be used to provide the necessary additional support for students with disabilities, including specific learning difficulties (such as Dyslexia). Aberystwyth University is a registered DSA access centre and staff can advise on any element of the process.
Please see the Assessment Centre page for further information.