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SWANSEA UNIVERSITY THRIVE BURSARY

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LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Thrive Bursary is available to new, self-funding international students enrolling in an undergraduate course or postgraduate taught course at Swansea University.

Eligibility is based on your country of domicile, with full details of eligible countries, and all bursary conditions are outlined below.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Thrive Bursary is open to students studying taught undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes whose ordinary residence is in one of the countries listed below. Your ordinary residence is the country where you have been domiciled for the last 5 years and excludes countries in which you reside purely for the purpose of studying.

BahrainIndonesiaNigeriaThailand
BangladeshJordanOmanTurkey
BotswanaKenyaPakistanUnited Arab Emirates
EgyptKuwaitQatarUganda
GhanaLebanonSaudi ArabiaUzbekistan
Hong KongMalaysiaSouth AfricaVietnam
IndiaMoroccoTanzaniaZimbabwe

You must be classified as an overseas student for fee purposes. If your fee status changes at any point, the bursary will be withdrawn.

You must be fully self-funding your studies.

Your Ordinary Residence must be in one of the countries listed above.

You must be enrolling on a full-time taught course at Swansea University in academic year 2027.

Your course fees must be higher than £16,000 per year to be eligible for the Thrive Bursary.

Students studying an Undergraduate course that includes a Year Abroad or Year in Industry are not eligible to receive the progression bursary in their industry year or year abroad. Those studying a two-year Masters with an industry placement will receive the bursary in Year 1 only, not in the placement year

BENEFIT:

Level of StudyBursary Amount
UndergraduateThe Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Postgraduate (Taught Course Only)The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the year of study.

The Thrive Bursary is awarded automatically to eligible applicants, so no separate application is required.

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master's, Opportunities, Scholarships

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE NL SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: 1 April 2027

LOCATION: The Netherlands

The NL Scholarship is a scholarship for excellent students from non-EU/EEA countries applying for a Master’s programme at the University of Twente.

ELIGIBILITY:

In order to be eligible for a NL Scholarship, you should meet all the requirements below.

Your programme starts in the academic year 2027/2028

You have not studied in the Netherlands before for a full degree (e.g. a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree), or You do not have a degree from an education facility in the Netherlands;

You are from a non-EU/EEA country;

You are an excellent student (i.e. CGPA of 7.5 (out of 10). This means that you only belong to the best 5 to 10 percent of your graduation class at your home university. Self-knowledge is of the essence!

You have been (provisionally) admitted to one of the qualifying study programmes (Please note: After completion of your application, it may take up to 8 weeks before you receive the results).

You comply with the conditions for obtaining an entry visa in the Netherlands (if applicable);

You comply with the general English language test requirement. Academic IELTS 6.5 (or TOEFL iBT of 90) and an additional 6.0 (TOEFL iBT 20) on the subscore of speaking skills

Deadlines for application:

Application deadline—round:

The application form opens per 15 October 2026, 12.00 CET.

Application forms close per 1 April 2027 16.00 CET (for programmes starting September 2027).

Results will be announced per the first week of May 2027.

Requests for further information contact: sgw-scholarships-ces@utwente.nl

To apply:

You have to apply for a Master’s programme first. Once you have applied for a Master’s programme, you can apply here with your student number.

BENEFIT:

€5,000 only for the first year of your studies.

Have a look at the overview of the estimated costs of living in the Netherlands (excluding tuition fees).

Please note: This scholarship is meant as compensation for study-related costs. It is up to the scholarship student to decide how to spend the money. No costs (e.g., tuition fees) will be paid on your behalf.

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