King's Global Banking & Finance Excellence Scholarship
King's Business School awards the Global Banking & Finance Excellence Scholarship to high-achieving international students joining its specialist MSc programmes in Banking & Finance, International Accounting & Finance, and Finance (Asset Pricing). The award is a tuition-fee discount of £5,000–£10,000 applied directly to the first year of study. Sri Lankan applicants with strong quantitative backgrounds — Colombo, Moratuwa, SLIIT, Peradeniya — are well-represented in past cohorts.
2026 entry: scholarship round closed May 2026 — 2027 entry opens November 2026
King's College London
University-funded
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Value
£5,000–£10,000 Tuition Discount
Duration
First Year of MSc
Awards
Around 20 per Cycle
info How this award actually works
Who awards it
King's College London — not Lanka Scholar. We are not the awarding body and cannot grant, reserve or guarantee this award.
How you are considered
Through your admission application. Awards like this are usually assessed automatically from the application you already submit — there is typically no separate scholarship form to fill in.
What it covers
£5,000–£10,000 Tuition Discount. This is a reduction in tuition, not a full ride. You still fund the remainder, plus living costs and the balance your visa requires you to show.
Where we come in
We make the admission application strong enough to be competitive — course choice, documents, references and deadlines. The funder makes the decision.
fact_check Eligibility Criteria
Offer for an Eligible MSc
You must hold a conditional or unconditional offer for the MSc Banking & Finance, MSc International Accounting & Finance, or MSc Finance (Asset Pricing) at King's Business School.
Strong Academic Record
First-class or high upper second-class undergraduate degree. Sri Lankan applicants typically need a first-class honours in finance, economics, accounting, mathematics, or a quantitative engineering discipline.
English Proficiency
IELTS 7.0 overall with no band below 6.5, or equivalent TOEFL iBT / PTE / Cambridge English Advanced score accepted by King's.
International Fee Status
Open to overseas fee-paying students. Sri Lankan citizens applying from Sri Lanka are eligible; UK home-fee students are not.
account_tree Application Process
Apply for the MSc first
Submit your King's Business School MSc application via the King's online portal. Scholarship consideration requires you to hold an offer by the scholarship deadline.
Complete the scholarship form
After receiving your offer, complete the dedicated scholarship application form — typically a 500-word personal statement on your finance career goals and a copy of your offer letter.
Selection on merit
King's Business School scholarship panel reviews applicants on academic merit, professional experience, and the strength of the personal statement. Outcomes are usually issued in May–June.
Accept and enrol
Successful applicants must accept the scholarship and confirm enrolment within the published deadline. The tuition discount is applied automatically to your first-year fee invoice.
Why King's Business School?
King's College London ranks among the world's top 40 universities and sits in the heart of London's financial district. King's Business School is a triple-accredited (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) business school with strong industry links to City of London firms — particularly relevant for South Asian students targeting London-based banking careers.
#40
QS World Ranking 2026
Triple
Accredited Business School
20+
Scholarships per Cycle
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