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 £3,000 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.

• This scholarship is available for the first year of study (Year1) at undergraduate level in 2024-25 only.

• Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities.

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.

• Students undertaking a degree that is normally delivered wholly online.

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

• This scholarship award does not apply to deferred entry. Where a scholarship has been awarded to a student who subsequently defers entry to the following academic year, the award will be withdrawn and the applicant will be considered again in line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry.

• Students entering the second and third year.

• 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.