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Who we fund

We provide funding to *41 colleges and 19 higher education institutions. You can find links to the colleges and universities below. 

Please note that we do not fund individual students. However you can find information and links to organisations that can provide information and help at the foot of this page.

Colleges

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Aberdeen College
Adam Smith College
Angus College
Anniesland College
Ayr College
Banff and Buchan College
Barony College
Borders College
Cardonald College
Carnegie College
*Central College Glasgow (City of Glasgow College)
Clydebank College
Coatbridge College
Cumbernauld College
Dumfries & Galloway College
Dundee College
Edinburgh's Telford College
Elmwood College
Forth Valley College
*Glasgow College of Nautical Studies (City of Glasgow College)
*Glasgow Metropolitan College (City of Glasgow College)
Inverness College
James Watt College of Further and Higher Education
Jewel and Esk College
John Wheatley College
Kilmarnock College
Langside College
Lews Castle College
Moray College
Motherwell College
Newbattle Abbey College
North Glasgow College
North Highland College
Oatridge College
Orkney College
Perth College
Reid Kerr College
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Shetland College
South Lanarkshire College
Stevenson College
Stow College
West Lothian College

* City of Glasgow College is listed in Schedule 2 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 as Glasgow Metropolitan College, which is trading as 'City of Glasgow College' following its merger with Central College Glasgow and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.

Universities/HEIs

Vew large map of universities we fund [PDF]. You can also click on the links below to go to the university/HEI websites.

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University of Aberdeen
University of Abertay Dundee
University of Dundee
Edinburgh Napier University
University of Edinburgh
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow School of Art
University of Glasgow
Heriot-Watt University
The Open University in Scotland
Queen Margaret University
Robert Gordon University
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Scottish Agricultural College
University of St Andrews
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde
University of the Highlands and Islands
University of the West of Scotland

Funding for individual students

College students - please contact your college, see also student support information on our website.

University students - contact the Student Awards Agency for Scotland.  

International postgraduate students - if you are looking for sources of funding available for studying in the UK you will find useful information on the British Council's website.