The US-UK Fulbright Commission offers one Fulbright-Queen’s University Belfast Award under the Fulbright US Student Program; the Institute of International Education (IIE) runs the application.
The award funds a US citizen to take a taught master’s degree in any discipline at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. The 2027–28 round closed on 6 October 2026; the IIE application opens each spring.
Benefits & funding
- First-year tuition waived by the university, plus a £19,991 living stipend (£1,999.10 a month over a 10-month grant; an estimate, confirmed in the grant document).
- US$1,500 travel stipend, plus a small allowance and accommodation for required Fulbright Commission enrichment events.
- Accident and sickness coverage; no support for dependents.
Eligibility
- US citizens who are not UK residents; dual US-UK citizens may apply.
- A bachelor’s degree, or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant field, by departure.
- Barred: anyone holding a PhD when the grant begins, medical-degree proposals, anyone living or studying in the UK in 2026–27, or anyone spending six or more months there in the year before the grant (undergraduate study abroad excepted).
- Extensive UK experience: ineligible on the IIE award page; a preference on the Commission page, which asks such applicants to explain what a further stay adds.
- Excluded courses: part-time, distance-learning, foundation, PG Certificate and PG Diploma programmes, MSc Industrial Pharmaceutics, MSc Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, MSc Applied Behaviour Analysis, MSc Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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“Applicants whose proposals are to complete any part of a medical degree, including internships or residencies, or applicants who hold a Ph.D. at the time the grant is to begin … Applicants who have spent six or more months in the host country in the year prior to the grant are ineligible for consideration unless the applicant is in the UK for an undergraduate study abroad program” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
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Education required
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Application process
- 1Apply through the IIE Fulbright US Student Program online application, choosing the Queen’s University Belfast All Disciplines award; enrolled students apply via their campus Fulbright Program Adviser, whose deadline comes earlier.
- 2Apply separately to Queen’s through its free online application, ideally before 13 January 2027; admission is needed before arrival, not at application.
- 3Shortlisted applicants interview by video in February–early March; interviews cannot be rescheduled.
- 4The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board gives final approval.
Program timeline
31 March 2026
2027–28 applications opened
Applications closed
6 October 2026, 5 pm EST
Interviews
February–March 2027
Decisions
April 2027
Arrival and orientation in the UK
September 2027