Scholarships at University of Essex

If you're an international student from one of the above countries and you're funding your own studies, you could be eligible for a scholarship worth £4,000 which you'll receive as a tuition fee discount in your first year.

Eligibility

• These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely selffunded. 

• Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in one of the countries specified above.

• Students must register for the first year (Year1) of a full-time undergraduate degree at the University of Essex in October 2024-25.

• The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships.

• Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities.

Students receiving a repayable loan to fund their studies will be considered as self-funded. 

Courses leading to the award of a Diploma of Higher Education, Bachelors Degree, Integrated Masters (four years).

Students who are not eligible

The following students are NOT eligible for this scholarship regardless of meeting the above criteria: 

• Students undertaking courses at East 15 Acting School.

• University of Essex International College (UEIC) Pathway students progressing from the International Year One.

• Students undertaking a programme of study normally delivered fully online.

• Students who are not ordinarily resident in one of the listed countries.

• Applicants entering the second and third year.

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored.

• Students who are assessed as Home fee payer.

• Current students whose first year of undergraduate study at the University of Essex, was prior to academic year 2024-25.