RCA scholarships

For: All MA programmes, MArch, MFA, MDes, MRes & MEd

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £5,000 towards fees

This scholarship is awarded to high-scoring students on the basis of academic merit.

Round 1 and 2 programme applications will be automatically assessed for one of these scholarships. If you are successful, you will be told about this at the same time as receiving your RCA programme offer.

For: All MA programmes, MArch, MFA, MDes, MRes & MEd

Eligibility criteria: Students from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, USA

Eligible fee status: Overseas fee status

Value: £9,000 towards fees

This scholarship is awarded to high-scoring students on the basis of academic merit.

Round 1 and 2 programme applications will be automatically assessed for one of these scholarships. If you are successful, you will be told about this at the same time as receiving your RCA programme offer.

For: All programmes excluding PhD & short courses

Eligibility criteria: Black or Black British Caribbean, Black or Black British African, Other Black Background, Mixed - White and Black Caribbean, Mixed - White and Black African

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: All MA programmes, MArch, MFA, MDes, MRes & MEd

Eligibility criteria: Students who identify as D/deaf or disabled

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £6,000 towards living costs

For: All MA programmes, MArch, MFA, MDes, MRes & MEd

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £5,000 towards living costs

For: We are committed to supporting students who have been displaced due to conflict or other crises. This scholarship is available for any 1-year, full-time MA, MArch, MFA, MDes, MRes or MEd programme.

Eligibility criteria: You must not already hold an equivalent or higher qualification from any country.

Your current immigration status must allow you to study in the UK and be one of the following:

• Refugee status
• Awaiting a decision on application for refugee status (asylum seeker)
• Refused asylum seeker (application for refugee status has been denied and a fresh claim is in process)
• Discretionary Leave to Remain (DLR)
• Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
• Limited Leave to Remain (LLR)
• Humanitarian Protection (HP)
• Leave as an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC)
• UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS)
• Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS)
• Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP)
• Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS)
• Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS)
• Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (HfU)
• Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS)

You will need to provide documentation to confirm your status.

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

If your status changes at any point (for example, if you are granted refugee status after applying), you need to inform us as soon as possible.

Value: Full fees & support package up to the value of £20,000 per year (depending on the awardee’s circumstances).

Check the key dates webpage for programme application deadlines

All Round 1 and Round 2 and deferred 24/25 offer holders will be invited to apply for all available RCA scholarships, including the RCA Sanctuary Scholarship, via a single scholarship application from April 2025.

If you are a Round 3 applicant who meets the eligibility criteria, you must contact us with confirmation of a programme offer by 21 May in order to apply for the RCA Sanctuary Scholarship only - [email protected]

For: MA Painting

Eligibility criteria: Students from China, France, Monaco, Portugal, Spain

Value: Full fees

For: MA City Design, MA Environmental Architecture, MA Photography, MA Intelligent Mobility, MA Architecture

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Visual Communication

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Painting

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Ceramics & Glass

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Visual Communication

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £7,200 towards fees

For: MA Intelligent Mobility

Eligible fee status: Overseas fee status (EU)

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MA Architecture, MA Writing, MA Animation, MA Design Products

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MA Textiles

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Intelligent Mobility

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: Any MA programme

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Design Products, MA Sculpture, MA Intelligent Mobility, MA Fashion, MA Textiles

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £6,000 for living costs

For: MA Sculpture, MA Painting, MA Contemporary Art Practice, MA Print, MA Photography

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards living costs

For: MA Design Products, MA Fashion, MA Service Design, MA Textiles, MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering

Eligibility criteria: Students from under-represented communities

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Design Products

Eligibility criteria: Black or Black British - Caribbean, Black or Black British - African, Other Black background, Asian or Asian British - Indian, Asian or Asian British - Pakistani, Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi, Other Asian background, Mixed - White and Black Caribbean, Mixed - White and Black African, Mixed - White and Asian, Other Mixed background

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & Maintenance

For: MA Painting

Eligible fee status: Students from the EU with Overseas fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Ceramics & Glass

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MA Fashion

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Fashion

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MRes RCA

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Textiles

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees

For: MA Textiles

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Ceramics & Glass

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £5,000 towards living costs

For: MA Painting

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MA Architecture, MA Ceramics & Glass, MA Sculpture, MA Jewellery & Metal, MA Digital Direction, MA Information Experience Design, MA Visual Communication, MA Design Products, MA Fashion, MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering, MA Service Design

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance (Home) / Fee discount (Overseas)

For: MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Fashion

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £20,000. If Home, Full Tuition Fee & Maintenance / If Overseas Tuition Fee Discount

For: MA Textiles

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £20,000. If Home, Full Tuition Fee & Maintenance / If Overseas Tuition Fee Discount

For: MA Sculpture, MA Painting, MA Contemporary Art Practice, MA Print and MA Photography

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £7,050 towards fees

For: MA Ceramics & Glass

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MFA Arts & Humanities

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £5,000 towards fees

For: MA Ceramics & Glass, MA Contemporary Art Practice, MA Curating Contemporary Art, MA Design Products, MA Fashion, MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering, MA Jewellery & Metal, MA Painting, MA Photography, MA Print, MA Sculpture, MA Service Design, MA Textiles, MA V&A/RCA History of Design, MA Writing

Eligibility criteria: Black or Black British Caribbean, Black or Black British African, Other Black Background, Mixed - White and Black Caribbean, Mixed - White and Black African

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MA Visual Communication

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Interior Design

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 towards fees

For: MA Jewellery & Metal

Eligible fee status: Home & Overseas fee status

Value: £2,000 towards living costs

For: MA Textiles

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £3,000 towards fees

For: MA Ceramics & Glass

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £3,000 towards fees

For: MA Painting, MA Sculpture, MA Jewellery & Metal, MA Ceramics & Glass

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £9,000 towards fees

For: MA Environmental Architecture, MA Sculpture, MA Writing, MA Innovation Design Engineering

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: Full fees & maintenance

For: MA Jewellery & Metal

Eligible fee status: Home fee status

Value: £10,000 for living costs