British Council Women in STEM Scholarships: Brazil
Warwick is committed to closing the gender gap in the fields of science, technology, engineering and medicine and is proud to offer scholarships to reduce the financial barrier for women wishing to pursue higher education in these fields.
For the past five years Warwick has worked in partnership with the British Council to offer five scholarships per year to a specific country or region and has supported scholars from South Asia, South America, Turkey and Southeast Asia.
This year Warwick is delighted to announce five scholarships for women from Brazil pursuing postgraduate study commencing in September 2026.
Applications open now!
Warwick course application deadline 12th April.
Women in STEM scholarship application deadline 30th April 23.59pm UK time
Candidates must have submitted an application to an eligible master’s degree course before applying for the scholarship.
Each scholarship includes:
- Full tuition fees for an eligible one year master’s programme at Warwick commencing in 2026
- A monthly stipend to support with living expenses for up to 12 months
- Return flights to the UK in economy class from the awardee’s home country
- Transfers between the UK airport and campus
- An excess baggage allowance for the journey home
- An IELTS test
- Immigration costs and NHS surcharge
Eligible Courses:
-MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering
-MSc Analytical Sciences and Instrumentation
-MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence
-MSc Behavioural and Data Science
-MSc Behavioural and Economic Science(Science Track only)
-MSc Communications and Information Engineering
-MSc Cyber Security Engineering
-MSc Cyber Security Management
-MSc Diagnostics, Data and Digital Health
-MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering
-MSc Electrical Power Engineering
-MSc Engineering Business Management
-MSc Global Decarbonisation and Climate Change(Science route)
-MASc Global Sustainable Development
-MSc Healthcare Operational Management
-MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability
-MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Management
-MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing
-MSc Predictive Modelling and Scientific Computing
-MSc Smart, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
To apply for an eligible PGT course at Warwick please on the link below.
To be eligible for one of the British Council Women in STEM Scholarships Brazil you must:
- Be or identify as a woman
- Be a passport holder and permanent resident of Brazil.
- Hold an unconditional offer of a place to study on one of the eligible courses listed above. You must apply for a place at Warwick before applying for the scholarship and the course application deadline is 12th April 2026. Candidates with a pending application at the deadline will be considered.
- Have completed all components of an undergraduate degree at the time of submitting the application for the scholarship; final awards pending will be considered on a case by case basis.
- Demonstrate case for financial support/socio-economic need.
- Not be in receipt of financial support of funding towards your study programme in the UK from any other source and not be able to privately fund your UK studies.
- Declare any periods of study undertaken outside of your home country and explain how this was funded.
- Have not previously studied at degree level or higher in the UK or lived recently in the UK. Distance learning at a UK university or study at a UK branch campus in another country will be considered as studying in the UK.
- Meet the English Language requirements of the course to which you have applied to study.
- Be motivated and academically able to follow and benefit from a UK postgraduate taught course.
- Be active in the field with work experience or with a proven interest in the proposed subject area.
- Be willing to demonstrate future contribution to capacity building and socioeconomic advancement of your home country through the benefits achieved after graduating from UK higher education.
- Agree to return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after your scholarship has ended.
- Agree to maintain contact with the University of Warwick, and the British Council and act as an ambassador for the UK. You are required to engage with activities as a Women in STEM alumna during and after your studies.
- Demonstrate a plan and a passion to engage other women and girls in STEM from your home country.
- Agree to your personal data being shared with the British Council for the purposes of assessment and promotional activity, as a condition of applying for the scholarship.
Please note: A candidate will not be eligible for a British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM if they:
- Hold dual British citizenship.
- Are an employee, a former employee, or relative (*) of an employee of His Majesty’s Government (including but not limited to: British Embassies/High Commissions; Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Department for Energy Security, Department for International Trade; the Ministry of Defence; and the Home Office)
- Are an employee, a former employee, or relative (*) of an employee of the British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM – eligible countries.
(*): Relatives are defined as parents or stepparents, siblings or stepsiblings, children or stepchildren, spouse, civil partner, or unmarried partner (where the couple have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least two years).
- Are currently in receipt of financial support or funding towards your study programme in the UK from any other source.
- Have previously studied in the UK with funding from a UK Government-funded scholarship or a UK institutional scholarship/financial bursary, as well as those who privately funded their UK studies.