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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2026

Application Deadline: 4.00pm (UK time) on 3 June 2026.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The University of Sheffield is offering scholarships worth up to £10,000 to international fee-paying students starting their studies in September 2026. The scholarship will be awarded automatically as a tuition fee discount to eligible students with no additional application required

ELIGIBILITY:

You must commence your studies for an undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield in September 2026. All undergraduate degree courses are included except for Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200).

You must choose the University of Sheffield as your firm or insurance choice before 4.00pm (UK time) on 3 June 2026.

The scholarship is applicable to each subsequent academic year of study, subject to achieving 60% (wmg) or above and achieving a minimum of 120 credits in the previous academic year. The scholarship is not applicable to any compulsory or optional years in industry, work placements or years abroad.

You must enter a degree programme at the University of Sheffield in year 1. If you are entering in year 2 or year 3, you would be eligible for this scholarship, provided you are not receiving a scholarship/award as part of a collaborative programme with your home institution.

The scholarship will be awarded automatically if you choose the University of Sheffield as your firm or insurance choice before 4.00pm (UK time) on 3 June 2026 – no additional scholarship application is required in the first or any subsequent years.

The scholarship cannot be awarded in conjunction with any other scholarship or discount offered by the University unless explicitly stated.

BENEFIT:

£10,000

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UCL GLOBAL MASTER’S SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 5pm BST, Thursday 7 May 2026

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The UCL Global Master’s Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower-income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master’s degree studies at UCL.

ELIGIBILITY:

Available to: Prospective students
Selection criteria: Financial need
Eligible fee status: Overseas
Eligible programmes: All postgraduate taught
Deadline: 5pm BST, Thursday 7 May 2026

Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:

be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;

come from a lower-income background*;

AND have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master’s degree at UCL in 2026/27.  Please note: Distance-learning options are not eligible for this fund; students must be coming to the UK to attend UCL in person.

Please visit the International Master’s Awards page for information on how to apply. 

The deadline for applications to this scholarship will be at 5pm BST, Thursday, 7 May 2026.

BENEFIT:

The value of the bursary is £15,000.

The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2 years in length.  In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.

The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.

Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.

The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal installments throughout the academic year towards maintenance.

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