Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship 2025
Our Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarships offer funding awards to international students across a variety of postgraduate taught programmes.
Awards between £3,500 to £10,000 will be awarded to eligible postgraduate-taught students and will be offered in the form of a tuition fee discount.
How to apply
International applicants from eligible countries who accept an offer for selected postgraduate programmes and pay any required deposit by the date specified on their offer letter will automatically be considered for the Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship.
This scholarship is available for students joining Cardiff University in January 2025 and September 2025.
To be awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship you must meet, or exceed, the conditions of your offer (including any English language requirements) by:
- 19 December 2024 or 7 January 2025 for January 2025 entry - exact date is programme specific and will be included in your scholarship offer
- late August 2025 for September 2025 entry - exact date will be included in your scholarship offer
Eligible applicants initially awarded unconditional offers will automatically be granted the scholarship.
Scholarship awards are subject to meeting the criteria and deposit deadlines as set out in the terms and conditions for each intake.
Qualifying criteria
You will automatically be awarded the appropriate funding as long as you meet our eligibility criteria as set out in the terms and conditions for your intake:
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Submitting your application to the University by the date specified for your intake in the terms and conditions.
- Accepting your offer and paying any applicable deposit by the date specified for your intake in the terms and conditions, unless your deposit deadline is after this date, in which case, your deposit must be paid by your initial deposit deadline and your offer accepted within 14 days of it being made.
- Holding an offer for an eligible postgraduate taught course.
- Meeting the conditions of your offer (if applicable) by the date specified for your intake in the terms and conditions.
Eligible countries
Applicants domiciled in the countries listed below are eligible for awards of £3,500:
| Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Ghana Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia | Iran | Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Turkey UAE Uganda USA Zambia |
Applicants domiciled in the following countries are eligible for awards of £6,000:
| Cyprus Egypt Greece | Jordan | Pakistan Taiwan |
Applicants domiciled in the following countries are eligible for awards of £10,000:
| Bangladesh Nigeria |
Contact
For more information about our Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship or if you have any questions about your eligibility, contact:
