Excellence Scholarship 

£2,500 off your tuition fee for the first year of study is available to new international postgraduate students studying an in person postgraduate master’s programme.

You can receive this scholarship alongside another scholarship award as long as the combined value of the scholarships does not exceed the cost of your full fees

You do not need to apply for this scholarship, if you meet the eligibility criteria, we will award you this scholarship and let you know by email. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

  •  be an international student paying the overseas tuition fee
  • be resident in an eligible country
  • have a conditional or unconditional offer to study any in person, full-time, postgraduate taught programme

We determine 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 from your place of permanent residency. 

  • Hong Kong  
  • India  
  • Indonesia  
  • Japan  
  • Nigeria  
  • South Korea  
  • Taiwan  
  • Thailand  
  • Turkey  
  • USA  
  • Vietnam

How to apply

This is a merit based scholarship. You do not need to apply.

If you meet the eligibility criteria, we will award you this scholarship and let you know by email.

Help and advice

Contact us

Have a question about this scholarship? Our friendly scholarships team can support and guide you.
international-scholarships@soton.ac.uk
We’re open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, UK time

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