Scholarships at University of Nottingham

Unlock your potential with our Africa Postgraduate Excellence award, a tuition fee scholarship for masters students who live in Africa.

The Africa Postgraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships covering a contribution of between £4,000 to £8,000 towards full-time masters tuition fees for high-achieving international students who live in Africa.

Eligibility

The Africa Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in Africa, covering £2,000 to £6,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in any African country.

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025.

Unlock your potential with our Americas Postgraduate Excellence Award.

The Americas Postgraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships covering a contribution of between £4,000 to £8,000 towards full-time masters tuition fees for high-achieving international students who live in the Americas.

Eligibility

The ASEAN and Oceania Postgraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships covering a contribution of between £4,000 to £8,000 towards full-time masters tuition fees for high-achieving international students who live in the ASEAN and Oceania region.

Eligibility

The ASEAN and Oceania Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in countries across Southeast Asia, Australasia and the South Pacific region, covering £2,000 to £6,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in an ASEAN member nation or an eligible country in Oceania (listed below)

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025

Eligible countries

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025.

Continue your studies at the University of Nottingham in the UK with our masters scholarship for China and Malaysia campus alumni.

We're offering scholarships covering 15% of full-time masters tuition fees. These are open to alumni from the University of Nottingham's campuses in China and Malaysia.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• have successfully completed or be in your final year of a full-time undergraduate degree at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China or the University of Nottingham Malaysia (excluding combined courses such as 2+1 and 2+2).

• be classed as an overseas student for fee purposes.

• have firmly accepted an unconditional offer to start a full-time masters (excluding MRes) in any subject area at the University of Nottingham UK.

Applications for the China and Malaysia Alumni Scholarship will remain open until the arrival and registration period at our UK campuses. Applications for the scholarship in 2025 will close at midnight (UK time) on Friday 10 October 2025.

Eligibility

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and neighbouring countries in Central Asia, covering £2,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in one of the eligible countries (listed below).

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025.

Eligible countries

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025

Receive funding for 100% of your tuition fees, plus return airfare from your home country to the UK, a maintenance award and additional allowances.

The University of Nottingham is delighted to offer six Commonwealth Shared Scholarships, in partnership with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK. These scholarships are co-funded by the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the University of Nottingham.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country.

• Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country (see below).

• Be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the academic year in September 2025.

• Meet the entry requirements for the specific course, as detailed on our website.

• Have made a complete academic application to study for one of the approved courses at the University of Nottingham by the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Application deadline (please note, only students with offers for the relevant degree course can be shortlisted).

• Not have studied or worked for more than one (academic) year or more in a high-income country.

• Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.

You must also ensure that you have an offer to study at the University of Nottingham on a relevant course. Please ensure that you make your academic application as early as possible to ensure there is time for your academic application to be considered, As a guide, we recommend that you allow at least 6 weeks for your academic application to be considered.

Eligible courses

• LLM Human Rights Law

• MA Education

• MA Global Social and Public Policy

• MPH Master of Public Health (Global Health)

• MSc Advanced Civil Engineering

• MSc Economics

• MSc Environmental Process Engineering

Eligible countries

Please note that only candidates from the eligible countries listed below can apply for Commonwealth Shared Scholarships in 2025/26:

Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana,India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati ,Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia

Application deadline: Thursday 12 December at 16:00 GMT.

Developing Solutions is our flagship master’s scholarship, founded in 2001, for students from African, South Asian, and other selected Commonwealth countries. This scholarship programme is designed for international students who want to make a difference to the development of key economic, environmental, structural, social, or political structures in their home country.

The University of Nottingham is offering scholarships covering 50% or 100% of full-time masters tuition fees. These one-year scholarships are available to support innovative and passionate students who can successfully demonstrate their ingenuity for developing solutions that will impact their home countries and incite change.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in Africa, India or one of the selected Commonwealth countries listed below.

• be classed as an overseas student for fee purposes.

• hold an offer to start a full-time masters (including MRes) for 2025/26 at the University of Nottingham UK, studying in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science or Faculty of Social Sciences.

Important

You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

• are a current student or graduate of the University of Nottingham.

• have studied and been awarded an undergraduate or postgraduate degree outside of your home country*.

• are currently studying in the UK.

Eligible countries

Africa (all nations), Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Eligibility

East Asia Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in East Asia, covering £2,000 to £6,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in any East Asian country.

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025.

Eligibility

The Europe Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in Europe, covering £6,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in one of the European countries listed below.

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025.

Eligible countries

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025.

Study at a UK top 20 university in the heart of the UK with a prestigious GREAT Scholarship, covering £10,000 towards tuition fees.

In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of Nottingham is offering four scholarships to students in China, Mexico, Pakistan or Turkey applying for one-year postgraduate courses.

The GREAT Scholarships 2025 programme, launched by the British Council together with 71 UK universities, supports postgraduate students in accessing world-class UK higher education opportunities.

The scholarship programme offers financial support of a minimum of £10,000 to students pursuing one-year postgraduate study in the UK. Students can apply for courses in a range of subjects, at 71 institutions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The University of Nottingham GREAT Scholarships are open to applications for most one-year postgraduate taught courses for students from China, Mexico, Pakistan or Turkey. We have one award available for each country. All awards will be paid as a tuition fee deduction.

Eligibility

Eligibility

The Middle East and Turkey Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in Turkey and countries in the Middle East, covering £2,000 to £6,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in one of the eligible countries (listed below)

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025

Eligible countries

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025.

The Postgraduate International Partnership Excellence Award is a scholarship award, designed to support international partnership students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships covering a contribution of £5,000 towards full-time masters tuition fees for high-achieving international students who have studied at partner institutions of the University of Nottingham within the last 3 years.

Eligibility

Eligibility

The South Asia Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in countries in South Asia, covering £6,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka.

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 19 April 2025

Eligibility

The UK International Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who are currently living in the UK, covering £2,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be currently studying high school or college level qualifications within the UK.

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday, 19 March 2025.

The Undergraduate International Partnership Excellence Award is a scholarship award, designed to support international partnership students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We are offering scholarships for high-achieving international students currently studying at partner institutions, covering £5,000 towards tuition fees for the first year of your chosen undergraduate degree course at the University of Nottingham UK.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be studying at a partner university of the University of Nottingham.

• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes.

• hold an offer to begin a full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham UK in September 2025 as part of a teaching partnership programme with your home university.

Deadline for applications: Monday 30 June 2025.