ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be classed as overseas fee payers.  If the fee status of the applicant changes after the scholarship application is made, then the University will need to remove the scholarship.

Applicants must have applied for and received an offer to study at Swansea University (Singleton Park Campus and Bay Campus) on a course starting in the academic year 2026/27 at Undergraduate or Master’s level.  

Students studying for a PhD, MPhil, Masters by Research, MRes, Graduate Diploma in Law, Go Global Visiting, Exchange or Erasmus Mundus programme are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Students studying Taught Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes of study with course fees of £16,000 or above per year are eligible to apply. 

Students who will undertake part-time study are not eligible to apply.

Students studying at or progressing from ‘The College Swansea University’ are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.  

Students whose course fees are lower than £16,000 per year are not eligible to apply.

Students progressing from Undergraduate to Postgraduate Taught programmes are eligible to apply. 

Applicants must have demonstrated excellence in their academic performance to date and be able to show what they will achieve at Swansea University in their application.  

Applicants must be self-funded, i.e. not in receipt of sponsorship funding from their home country / sponsor body, or external third party organisation. If funding is confirmed after the scholarship is awarded, then the University reserves the right to remove it according to this condition.

Scholarships will be used to offset tuition fees only and cannot be used for any other purpose.  

BENEFIT:

International Excellence Scholarship:

Up to £7,000 (Undergraduate)

Up to £5,000 (Postgraduate)