What Can I Study?

The scholarships are designed to support the promotion of Scotland as an excellent destination for academic learning and are targeted at the priority sectors of:

1. Science
2. Technology
3. Creative industries
4. Healthcare and medical sciences
5. Renewable and clean energy

This includes a wide range of subjects across all of Scotland’s universities and higher education institutions.

The list below is intended as a guide to priority subject areas. This list is not exclusive and applications for courses in broader subject areas will be considered. Please check with your institution to see what courses are covered.

Examples of subject areas include:

SCIENCE

• Earth Sciences
• Environment
• Energy
• Geology
• Weather and Climate
• Plants/Botany
• Animals/Zoology

TECHNOLOGY

• Software
• Engineering
• Bioinformatics
• Information
• Systems
• Multimedia
• Engineering
• Computers

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

• Communications, Media and Culture
• Broadcasting
• Film
• Animation
• Journalism
• Cultural
• Publishing
• New Media Studies
• Computer Games / Computer Arts
• Design
• Graphic
• Industrial
• Interior
• Fashion

HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

• Physical and Life Sciences
• Astronomy
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Biology
• Health Sciences
• Biotechnology

CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

• Sustainable Engineering
• Renewable Energy
• Biomass / Bio fuels
• Hydro / Solar / Tidal / Wind power

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