Eligibility
You are eligible if you:
- receive a course offer before the closing date
- will pay the Overseas fee
Check if you will pay the Overseas fee.
You must not be in receipt of any external scholarship.
You cannot apply if you are studying:
- on PGCert, PGDip, Foundation or PGR courses
- on Distance Learning courses
- with a partner institution
- at our campus in Malaysia
- on Study Abroad courses
- as an exchange or partner student
- on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses
- only pre-sessional English – pre-sessional English students with an offer to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level can still apply
You are eligible to apply for this scholarship if you are resident in:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Botswana
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Fiji Islands
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
We determine your residency as where you have been living for a 3 year period or longer before the start of the course. This does not include where you are living for study purposes, if it is somewhere different to where you normally live.
Deadline to apply
We cannot accept late applications. If your application is successful, you will receive confirmation in writing via email
All scholarship offers are final.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate applications
Undergraduates and Postgraduates can apply from w/c 23 October 2024 until 5pm (UK time) on 22 April 2025.
We will contact you:
- by 30 May 2025 at the latest if your application is successful
- after 3 June 2025 if your application is not successful
Contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
As part of your application, you will need to answer 4 questions on how your studies at Southampton can make a contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
- Choose one UN Sustainable Development Goal which you believe is the most relevant to your expected programme of study and explain why you have chosen this goal (100 words maximum).
- Please outline how your intended programme of study and research can make a contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (250 words maximum word count).
- We are looking for scholars who will use their time at Southampton to achieve the remarkable and build an inclusive world. Please explain yur future goals and how your chosen programme at Southampton will help you achieve that (200 words maximum word count).
- As a Southampton ECS Commonwealth scholar how might you act as an ambassador for the University? (200 words maximum word count).
How we award scholarships
This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful.
There are 5 stages to the shortlisting process.
- We check that you meet the eligibility criteria.
- We score and rank the answers you give on your application form.
- We shortlist candidates, prioritising applicants from low income countries.
- We score your academic qualifications stated on your UCAS or PGT application form.
- A scholarship panel assess your total score.
The decision of the scholarship panel is final.
Conditions of getting the scholarship
Find out the conditions of getting a scholarship.
How to apply
To apply for the scholarship you must complete and submit the online application form.
Contact us
For more information or help, email international-scholarships@soton.ac.uk.