Aston Enterprise Scholarship

Aston University is here to help future entrepreneurs and is offering a full scholarship and two partial scholarships to students who demonstrate that they have the potential to be successful entrepreneurs in the future. These scholarships are for students who plan to study a one-year master's course beginning in September 2023.

Here for entrepreneurs:

We are a university that trains business leaders, works with businesses, and researches the innovative and entrepreneurial behaviour of firms and individuals. At Aston, we want all our students to be creative and have ideas that can change the businesses or professions of their future career. The Aston Enterprise Scholarship enables us to train and support the business leaders of the future. Find out more about why entrepreneurs study at Aston.

This award demonstrates our dedication to supporting our entrepreneurial students and new business start-ups and SMEs across the wider West Midlands region.

The winner will receive: Full scholarship (100% reduction in tuition fees) for a master's course beginning in September 2023 Support from Aston Enterprise, including mentorship, office space and a grant to start a business in Birmingham after they graduate The two runners-up will both receive a partial scholarship (40% reduction in tuition fees) for a master's course beginning in September 2023.

To apply for the scholarship, you will need to upload a short (1-minute) video of a pitch for your business idea.

Applicants should submit an idea for a future business that demonstrates:

• Innovation - new and sufficiently different to other businesses
• Viability - the business must be able to be started after you graduate
• Scalability - it must be a business that can start small and grow
• Made in Birmingham - the business must be founded in Birmingham or the West Midlands area
• Sustainability – you will need to demonstrate how your business will have a minimal negative impact on the environment

We will only consider you for our shortlist if you hold an offer to study at Aston. Therefore, you must first apply and receive an offer for a postgraduate course before applying for this scholarship, and you must include your Aston Student ID number on the application form. Once you have received an offer to study an Aston University course, you can then log into your My Aston Portal (MAP) account, where you will find a link to the scholarship application form. Details on how to access your MAP account can be found in your offer email.

Explore our postgraduate courses and apply for your chosen course before you upload your video below. The Aston Enterprise Scholarship is open to UK, EU and International applicants on all full-time postgraduate courses.

To ensure a fair application process, if your video is longer than 1 minute, we will only consider the first 1 minute of the video.

Please upload your video to YouTube (or an alternative platform such as Bilibili if YouTube is not available in your country) and submit the link where specified in the below application.

We look forward to hearing about your business idea!