26 awards for the UK
The UK holds the world's best-known scholarship brands — Chevening, Commonwealth, Gates Cambridge, Rhodes — plus university awards that are far easier to win.
No destination carries more scholarship prestige than the UK: Chevening and the Commonwealth Scholarships are government-funded and global in reach, while Gates Cambridge, Rhodes and Oxford's Clarendon Fund sit attached to the universities themselves. Almost all of the flagships fund master's and doctoral study — and their deadlines commonly close many months to a year before the course starts, so the scholarship calendar has to run ahead of the application calendar.
Undergraduates have fewer headline options but real ones: university awards like Bristol's Think Big and UCL's Global Undergraduate Scholarship discount or cover tuition for strong international applicants, and they're decided alongside your admission rather than through a separate national competition. Pairing a realistic university award with the UK's shorter three-year degrees is often the most affordable route to a UK qualification.
12 fully funded · 14 partial or varies
United KingdomUniversity of Bristol
Tuition-fee awards of £6,500 or £13,000 per year for undergraduates, and £6,500 to £26,000 for postgraduates
United KingdomBritish Council with partner UK universities
Fully funded: tuition, stipend, travel, visa and health surcharge — typically worth over £40,000 per award
United KingdomCambridge Trust
Ranges from part-cost fee awards to full-cost awards covering tuition and maintenance
United KingdomCharles Wallace India Trust
Accommodation and living costs in the UK plus a contribution of £700 towards international travel
United KingdomUK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Fully funded: tuition, monthly living stipend, return flights and arrival allowance
United KingdomUniversity of Oxford
Fully funded: all course fees plus an annual living stipend for the full duration
United KingdomCommonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Fully funded: tuition, airfare, monthly stipend and study grants
United KingdomCommonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Fully funded PhD: tuition, stipend, airfares, thesis grant and study travel allowance
United KingdomCommonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Full tuition, return airfare, a monthly living allowance and arrival and thesis grants
United KingdomUniversity College London
An annual maintenance award, renewable across the three years of an undergraduate degree
United KingdomUniversity of Edinburgh
£5,000 a year towards tuition, renewable for the full duration of the degree
United KingdomFelix Trust · Oxford, Reading and SOAS
Fully funded: tuition, a living grant and return airfare at Oxford, Reading or SOAS London
United KingdomGates Cambridge Trust, University of Cambridge
Fully funded: full tuition, a generous maintenance stipend, airfares and discretionary funding
United KingdomUniversity of Glasgow
Tuition fee discounts, with amounts varying by scheme and level of study
United KingdomBritish Council and participating UK universities
£10,000 towards one year of postgraduate tuition
United KingdomImperial College London
Full tuition for 3.5 years plus a living stipend of around £26,500 per year and a £2,000 annual research allowance
United KingdomUniversity of Leeds
Typically £5,000 towards tuition fees, with larger awards in some faculties
United KingdomLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Need-based awards covering up to 100% of the assessed funding shortfall
United KingdomUniversity of Manchester
£5,000 towards tuition fees for one year of a taught master's programme
United KingdomUniversity of Nottingham
50% or 100% of tuition fees for a full-time taught master's
United KingdomRhodes Trust, University of Oxford
Fully funded: Oxford fees, an annual living stipend and travel to and from the UK
United KingdomUniversity of Sheffield
A percentage discount on tuition for the taught master's year
United KingdomUniversity of Sheffield
A tuition fee discount applied each year of the degree, worth several thousand pounds in total
United KingdomUniversity College London
Around 30 awards per year: some cover full tuition plus maintenance, others full tuition only
United KingdomUniversity of Warwick
Full overseas tuition plus an annual maintenance stipend for up to three and a half years
United KingdomUniversity of Westminster
Full tuition, accommodation, living expenses and flights to and from London
Scholarship terms, values and deadlines change every award cycle. Always confirm the current details on the official programme website, linked on each scholarship page, before you apply.
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Scholarships to study in the UK — what students ask us most.
Yes, but the pattern differs from postgraduate funding: the famous national schemes (Chevening, Commonwealth) are for master's and PhD study, so undergraduates should target university-level awards — Bristol's Think Big and UCL's Global Undergraduate Scholarship are both in our catalog — plus merit discounts many universities apply at offer stage. Your counsellor knows which universities on your shortlist actually award them.
Earlier than feels natural. Flagship postgraduate schemes typically open around a year before the course starts and close months ahead; university awards usually run on the admission timeline. A workable rule: have your course shortlist ready 12 months out, so every scholarship deadline lands after your applications are in motion, not before.
Yes — they're independent. Our placement service handles your university application at no cost regardless of how you fund the course, and your counsellor helps you identify which awards you're genuinely eligible for and prepare those applications too. Winning a scholarship never affects the free placement support.
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