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Energy & Climate Change Law Institute Scholarship

About the Energy & Climate Change Law Institute Scholarship

The Energy & Climate Change Law Institute is pleased to offer two partial tuition fee scholarships of £7,500 each for the September 2025 intake, for students wishing to follow the LLM in Energy and Climate Change Law.

The Energy & Climate Change Law Institute is a leading postgraduate law school within the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. The aim of the Institute is simple- to provide a first class student experience; with world class teaching, a broad curriculum anchored in the real world of the energy sector; and to be a leading voice in the law and regulation of the energy transition.

Who is eligible to apply for this scholarship?

Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

  • You must have a conditional or unconditional offer for the for the Energy and Climate Change Law LLM
  • You must be a full time student
  • You can have a Home or Overseas fees status

What does the scholarship offer?

  • Tuition fee discount of £7,500 of the full fee.
  • A two week internship within the Energy Institute and mentoring.

Closing dates and important notes

Application deadline

You must have applied for the Energy and Climate Change Law LLM by 14 March 2025 (if you have applied by this date and not received an offer by 28 March 2025 please contact pglawscholarships@qmul.ac.uk quoting your application number and date of initial application.

Scholarship application deadline

3 April 2025, 23:59 hrs GMT

Scholarship criteria

The scholarship will be awarded to those who we deem to have successfully demonstrated their reasoning for being awarded a scholarship based on the following criteria;

  • Academic merit
  • Demonstrable interest in energy and climate change law
  • Future career plans
  • Financial need

How to apply

In order to apply for this scholarship please complete and sign the online application form (the link is on the bottom of this page) and a 500 (max) word response to the following two question which should be submitted by email on a PDF to pglawscholarships@qmul.ac.uk.

Why you are applying for this LLM, based on the scholarship criteria, (see above), and why you feel we should award you this scholarship?

We will also take into consideration the following documents submitted with your programme application. Please ensure they are all uploaded to the MySIS application portal.

  • Your CV
  • Full transcript of your grades: Undergraduate/Bachelors level/first degree level and Postgraduate/Masters (if applicable)
  • 1 x reference letter
  • Personal statement

Incomplete, incorrect, or late scholarship applications will not be accepted or processed.

All applications will be reviewed by a Panel of representatives from the Energy & Climate Change Law Institute.  Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in an interview on Skype or Zoom early June.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by the beginning July 2025 please wait to be contacted in this regard.

Please note that scholarship (both applications and awards) cannot be deferred.

What are scholarship winners required to do?

The successful candidate may be asked to assist with QMUL marketing events such as postgraduate open evenings and/or web/video student profiles; as well as supporting The Institute in promoting the scholarship (for example, through interviews, photos and presence at events).

Please note School scholarships are also subject to university wide Terms and Conditions as well as any course/School/Faculty conditions or criteria outline.

Link to apply online

Before you click on the link below to apply online make sure you have read through the above information thoroughly.

Apply for this scholarship

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