Applications are now open for the Hatfield College Lioness Postgraduate Scholarship 2025-26.

Offered by Hatfield College, this prestigious scholarship supports outstanding individuals with the academic excellence and personal potential to thrive in a postgraduate course at Durham University.

Background

The aim of the Hatfield Lioness Postgraduate Scholarship is to enable a female student from a developing country where access to tertiary education is limited to benefit from undertaking postgraduate study at the Durham University.

The scholarship was launched as part of the celebration of 30 years of women students at Hatfield College, Durham University in 2018, and is funded by alumni, friends of the College and other sources supportive of the scholarship’s aims.

Hatfield College aims to award the Lioness Postgraduate Scholarship to an individual who has the academic and personal qualities to enable them to complete and benefit from a postgraduate course, and who will also act as a positive ambassador for their home country in Durham, and put their enhanced knowledge and skills gained from the master’s programme and experience in Durham to good use for the benefit of their society when they return home.

We are #AllOneHatfield

The Lioness Scholar lives in College and become an active member of the Hatfield College MCR (Middle Common Room), whilst studying for a master’s degree at Durham University.

More information

For more information including eligibility and application procedures please see the Hatfield College Lioness Postgraduate Scholarship page on the Durham University website.

Supported by the Hatfield Trust

Established in 1987, the Hatfield Trust provides financial support for the Hatfield College community, funding a range of schemes including bursaries, scholarships, awards and grants.

We want to help Hatfielders and Hatfield ‘be the best they/it can be’. To do this, the Trust relies on the generosity of alumni and friends to whom we are very grateful for the financial contributions, however big or small.

Read more about the Hatfield Trust including how you can contribute to the ongoing support provided by the Hatfield Trust.

About Hatfield College

Hatfield College is a vibrant and welcoming community to which each and every student, alongside other college members, belongs. Established in 1846, as the second college of Durham University, with the explicit purpose of being open to a wide range of students, we greatly value the rich diversity of our college members, who come from all sorts of backgrounds and places of origin, with all sorts of interests, experiences and views. We strive to ensure that all Hatfielders have the opportunities and encouragement to be the best they can be, reflecting the words of our motto, Vel Primus Vel Cum Primis.

About the Hatfield Association

The Hatfield Association was established in 1946, at a time when the future of Hatfield College, Durham University was uncertain – this was the first time that Hatfielders came together and probably the finest proof of the legendary Hatfield spirit.

Our aim is to ensure we have a strong, active and engaged network of Hatfield alumni (graduates), to facilitate and build strong relationships with the College and to support its educational and welfare needs.