The Bartlett expands flagship Promise Scholarship represents a long-term commitment to attract and support students from a broader range of backgrounds to study at The Bartlett, in order to tackle the lack of diversity in the built environment sector. The scholarships cover fees, living and study costs for scholars, as well as professional and personal support and careers advice for the duration of their programme. Now, in its second year, the scheme currently supports 21 UK undergraduates, 13 Master’s and 4 PhD students with help from our valued donors Jestico + Whiles, Derwent London and the Aziz Foundation.

Having established a unique UK focused scholarship which will grow with each successive year, The Bartlett are now extending their efforts internationally. Four scholarships will be open to students from Sub-Saharan Africa to join The Bartlett from September 2022, with applications opening from 1 March 2022. The scholarships are open to nationals of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries who have an offer of a place on a Master’s programme in any of The Bartlett’s nine schools, and are in financial need.

Full overseas tuition fees, an allowance to cover living and study expenses (£15,364) for the normal duration of The Bartlett expands flagship Promise Scholarship at UCL, a flight to/from the UK, UK Study Visa costs, English language assessment costs, health test costs, master’s programme application fee costs and the NHS health supplement charge in the UK. All Promise scholars will also receive on-going academic and career support during their study.

The Bartlett expands flagship Promise Scholarship aims to enable students from backgrounds which are underrepresented in The Bartlett, to pursue postgraduate studies at The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment.  For The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan African scholarship, candidates must:

• be a national of one of The Bartlett’s approved list 2 of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and resident in an eligible SSA country
• must not hold a British or dual British citizenship
• have an offer of admission to a Bartlett master’s programme for study in 2022/23 which is either unconditional or conditional only on English language
• be in financial need as assessed by UCL 3

In addition to these, candidates should ideally also meet at least one of the additional criteria:

• be a forced migrant4
• be the first generation in the family to attend university at undergraduate level
• be the first generation in family to attend university at postgraduate level 

1 Eligibility criteria for 2023/24 and beyond may differ

How to Apply for The Bartlett Promise Scholarship:

You must first secure a place on a Bartlett master’s programme.  Please see FAQs below for more details on how to identify a suitable programme and how to apply.  

You must apply as early as possible, and no later than 14 February for applications to The Bartlett School of Architecture and 28 February for all other Bartlett schools.  UCL aims to make a decision within six weeks of receiving your completed application, academic transcripts and both references. However, please note it can take three to four months when application volumes are high.  You are strongly recommended to apply early; a six week turn around cannot be guaranteed.

For information on how to get your application fee waived, please see the FAQs. 

Once you have an offer of a place, you can apply to The Bartlett Promise for a scholarship.  

The Bartlett Promise application form will open on 1 March 2022 and close on 18 April 2022