The CSM Trust is delighted to offer six £5,000 scholarships for exceptional students enrolling in 2024 on a mining or geology related course.

The scholarships will be awarded at the panel’s discretion to the applicants considered most deserving of the award. The successful candidates will be expected to take part in activities to promote studying mining or geology at the University of Exeter.

The scholarships can only be awarded to students who have an offer of a place to study at Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter on one of the following programmes:

• MSc Mining Engineering
• MSc Mining Environmental Management
• MSc Minerals Processing
• MSc Mining Geology
• MSc Exploration Geology
• MSc Geotechnical Engineering

The scholarship will be awarded as a reduction of the tuition fees.

How to apply

Once you have received the offer of a place to study, please return to this page to access the scholarship application system and apply for the award.

Scholarship recipients are selected on merit, based on the information supplied in the scholarship application. To apply, you must:

• Complete and submit an online application form here. You will need your Exeter student number to submit your scholarship application.
• You will be asked to upload a covering letter - a personal statement (of up to 500 words) that responds to the following: How will this scholarship help you to pursue your studies and career and encourage other students into the mining sector.

You should apply at the earliest opportunity following receipt of your programme offer.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome by email two weeks after the application deadline.

Terms and Conditions

1. If your tuition fees will be financed by an external body (such as an overseas government or Chevening, Commonwealth or a partner Institution) with whom the University has a shared financing agreement this award may be invalidated or superseded with a different fee arrangement.

2. If you expect to receive funding from a charity or your employer, this may also make you ineligible to receive this scholarship. It is your responsibility to inform us if you receive external funding before enrolment.

3. If you are a University of Exeter graduate, you will be eligible to hold this scholarship and the University of Exeter Alumni scholarship.

4. This scholarship will be awarded as a reduction of the tuition fees; it cannot be paid as cash or attributed to other charges such as accommodation fees. It will be automatically deducted from your first year tuition fees following enrolment. If you choose to pay your tuition fees in instalments, the award will be deducted from the total annual tuition fee and the remaining balance split accordingly.1

5. If you defer your offer or change fee status your scholarship offer will be invalidated.

6. If you withdraw or interrupt your studies post enrolment then the University Finance regulations at that date will apply as regards any repayment or other requirements: www.exeter.ac.uk/students/finance/studentfinanceregulations

7. By applying for this scholarship, you agree to your personal details shared with scholarship panel members.

8. Please note that if you are successful and accept this award, you may be asked to provide a photograph and written or video profile to appear in publicity material relating to scholarships and/or study at the University of Exeter

9. This award is for one year only and is not recurrent for subsequent years of study.

10. We reserve the right to not award all scholarships if suitable candidates are not found.

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