V. P. Kanitkar Memorial Scholarship

Academic year 2024

Overview

The V. P. Kanitkar Memorial Scholarship is available for postgraduate students to support a taught master's in Religious Studies with reference to Hinduism and a taught master's in Anthropology with reference to Hindu culture in South Asia. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition fees and provides a maintenance of £15,000.

Eligible programmes

  • A taught master's in Religious Studies with reference to Hinduism.

    • Full-time MA History.

    • Full-time MA Religion in Global Politics.

    • Full-time MA Traditions of Yoga and Meditation.

  • A taught master's in Anthropology with reference to Hindu culture in South Asia. 

    • Full-time MA South Asian Area Studies.

Candidate criteria

  • The scholarship is open to UK/EU and overseas applicants.

  • New admissions only (programmes starting in September 2024) for full-time one year taught master's degrees.

  • Applicants must possess or expect to be awarded a First Class Honours Degree or equivalent. Students with a non-UK degree to be adjudged in the top rank by their referees and transcript.

  • New scholarship applicants must have applied to SOAS but are not required to have received an offer of admissions by the scholarship deadline. An offer will need to have been received by the time the relevant panel meets to discuss scholarship applications.

  • Applicants must meet the English language condition of their offer of admission to study at SOAS as soon as possible. If your offer is conditional on English, please arrange your English test and ensure you meet the English requirements as soon as possible.

  • Please note that this scholarship does not cover funding or even allow for Pre-sessionals.

Scholarship application deadline

  • Applications must be received no later than 12:00pm (midday UK local time) on 3 May 2024.

Deadline

Application will close on 03 May 2024

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