Category Archives: Scholarships

UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH VICE CHANCELLOR’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 2 November 2026

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Vice Chancellor’s Global Development Scholarship is open for January 2027 and May 2027 entry. Eligible students will be able to receive the Vice Chancellor’s Global Development Scholarship.

ELIGIBILITY:

If you are from one of the countries below, you will be eligible for this award:

Afghanistan Algeria Angola Bangladesh Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Cambodia Cameroon China Colombia Cote d’Ivoire Dominican Republic DR of the Congo Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Georgia Ghana Haiti India Indonesia Iraq Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Libya Macau MauritiusMalawi Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Panama Philippines Russia Rwanda Senegal South Africa South Korea South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

If you’re studying an undergraduate course, you must be a self-funded student on a full-time, on campus, course with annual fees of £16,200 or above for January 2027 or May 2027 entry.

If you’re studying for postgraduate research or a postgraduate taught course, you must be a self-funded student on a full-time, on-campus course with annual fees of £16,200 or above for January 2027 or May 2027 entry.

The scholarship is not available for students who have previously studied other courses at the University of Portsmouth, who will instead be allocated the alumni discount.

The scholarship is available for ICP (International College Portsmouth) students progressing to the university.

The scholarship will take the form of a £2,500 fee reduction, effective at the time of registration, and will only apply to your first year of study.

The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount, or fee offer.

The discounted fee will be stated on your Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS). This is the final document you receive when you have an unconditional offer to study at the University of Portsmouth and have paid your deposit.

Only applicants who have been assessed as overseas students for tuition fee purposes can access this scholarship. Eligibility is determined by nationality.

BENEFIT:

This scholarship will take the form of a £2,500 fee reduction that will apply to your first year of study.

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UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH CHANCELLOR’S GLOBAL ACADEMIC MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 2 November 2026

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Applications for January 2027 are now open. For January 2027 entry, eligible applicants will be considered for the Chancellor’s Global Academic Merit Scholarship. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a self-funded international student. Only applicants who have been assessed as an overseas student for tuition fee purposes can access this scholarship.

ELIGIBILITY:

This scholarship is merit-based, and applicants will need to have applied and accepted their academic offer by the given deadline. To be considered, applicants will also need to complete the Chancellor’s Global Academic Merit Scholarship application form as part of their application. Applications will then be considered by the university’s scholarship panel, and the successful candidates will be contacted by email to confirm their status shortly after the submission. 

You must be a self-funded international student.

If you’re studying an undergraduate or postgraduate taught course, you must have applied as a self-funded student on a full-time, on-campus course for January 2027 entry. 

The scholarship is available for students who have never studied at the University of Portsmouth previously. 

International College Portsmouth (ICP) students are excluded from this scholarship.

To be considered, you will need to complete the scholarship application form as part of your application before 2 November 2026. Any application submitted after 2 November 2026 will not be considered. Only applicants who are successful will hear from us by Monday 30 November 2026.

The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount, or fee offer.

The discounted fee will be stated on your Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS). This is the final document you receive when you have an unconditional offer to study at the University of Portsmouth and have paid your deposit.

Only applicants who have been assessed as overseas students for tuition fee purposes can access this scholarship. 

Due to the number of applications received, we are unable to offer individual feedback, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

PGCE Science with Physics and PGCE Modern Foreign Languages (all pathways) are not eligible for this scholarship.

BENEFIT:

The scholarship will take the form of a £5,000 fee reduction, effective at the time of registration, and will only apply to your first year of study.

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