Cardiff University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship

Our 2024 Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships offer funding awards to international students across a variety of postgraduate taught programmes.

Awards between £3,500 – £10,000 will be awarded to eligible postgraduate taught students and will be offered in the form of a tuition fee discount.

How to apply?

International applicants from eligible countries who accept an offer for selected postgraduate programmes and pay any required deposit by the date specified on their offer letter will automatically be considered for the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship.

To be awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship you must meet, or exceed, the conditions of your offer by 20 August 2024. This includes any English language requirements.

Eligible applicants initially awarded unconditional offers will automatically be granted the scholarship.

This is subject to meeting the criteria and deposit deadlines as set out in the terms and conditions.

Qualifying criteria

You will automatically be awarded the appropriate funding as long as you meet our eligibility criteria as set out in the terms and conditions.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Submitting your application to the University by 31 July 2024
• Accepting your offer and paying any applicable deposit by 30 June 2024 unless your deposit deadline is after this date, in which case, your deposit must be paid by your initial deposit deadline and your offer accepted within 14 days of it being made.
• Holding an offer for an eligible postgraduate taught course
• Meeting the conditions of your offer (if applicable) by 20 August 2024

Eligible countries

Applicants domiciled in the countries listed below are eligible for awards of £3,500:

Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Ghana Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia

Iran Iraq Italy Japan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Namibia Nepal Netherlands Norway Oman Peru Portugal

Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Turkey UAE Uganda USA Zambia

Applicants domiciled in the following countries are eligible for awards of £6,000:

Cyprus (EU) Egypt Greece

Jordan Kenya Nigeria

Pakistan Poland Taiwan

Applicants domiciled in the following country are eligible for awards of £10,000:

Bangladesh

Eligible programmes

The Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship covers more than 130 postgraduate taught programmes across the following Academic Schools:

Cardiff Business SchoolSchool of BiosciencesSchool of ChemistrySchool of Computer Science and InformaticsSchool of DentistrySchool of Earth and Environmental SciencesSchool of EngineeringSchool of English, Communication and PhilosophySchool of Geography and PlanningSchool of Healthcare SciencesSchool of History, Archaeology and Religion

School of Journalism, Media and CultureSchool of Law and PoliticsSchool of MathematicsSchool of MedicineSchool of Modern LanguagesSchool of MusicSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Physics and AstronomySchool of PsychologySchool of Social SciencesSchool of WelshWelsh School of Architecture

Terms and conditions

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

The scholarship is for full-time students who will start their studies in autumn 2024. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.

Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations.

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our terms and conditions document for full details.

Contact

For more information about our Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship or if you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact:

International Scholarships Team

• internationalscholarships@cardiff.ac.uk
• +44 (0)29 2087 4432
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