Application Deadline: 23:59 BST on Friday, 30th October 2026.
LOCATION: United Kingdom
The Vice Chancellor’s Global Impact and Leadership Scholarship rewards outstanding international students with £10,000 towards their postgraduate tuition fees.
The application process asks you to clearly and concisely explain how studying here at UEA will help you to contribute to your chosen field of study and become a global leader.
ELIGIBILITY:
Type of Course: Postgraduate Taught
Course Start Date: 2027 January
Criteria: International Fees and Self-Funded
Country/Region: International, Asia, Africa, South America, Middle East, North America, Australia, EU, and Europe
This scholarship cannot be held in addition to any other UEA scholarship except for the International Early Payment Award. If you are eligible for another UEA scholarship of higher value, this will automatically replace this scholarship. Students receiving sponsorship covering full fees by an outside body or government organisation are not eligible for this scholarship. Government or educational loans that require repayment do not affect eligibility.
Applications to our January 2027 Vice Chancellor’s Global Impact and Leadership Scholarship are to be submitted in written format. They would like you to answer the following two questions.
Why did you select UEA and apply for your chosen course?
If you could change one thing in your country, what would it be, and how would that impact society?
Each answer should be limited to 200 words.
When applying for this scholarship, you must already be in possession of a conditional or unconditional offer for an eligible postgraduate taught course starting at UEA in January 2027. You should have achieved or be expecting to achieve at least a 2:1, or equivalent, in your undergraduate degree to be eligible. Your offer letter should state that you are an overseas fee-paying student.
The deadline for application is 23:59 (BST) on Friday, 30th October 2026.
BENEFIT:
Total Value: £10,000
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