Scholarships at Newcastle University

Value of award

• 10% of the tuition fee per year.

Start date and duration

• Duration of the degree programme.

Eligibility criteria

This discount is only available to students studying at the Newcastle city campus.

The University offers partial discounts to close relatives (husband, wife, brother, sister, mother, father, son or daughter) of students and graduates, who have been assessed as International for fees purposes, and who wish to pursue their studies at Newcastle University in 2022/23 or are currently studying here. 

Students may only apply for a discount if they are registered as a student at the University or after they have been offered a place to study on their chosen degree programme, and have been assessed as International for fees purposes.

Where two family members are intending to start their studies in any academic year or are currently studying at the University, one member will be eligible to apply for the International Family Discount (IFD).

250 scholarships of £6,000 towards tuition fees are available for students from Bahrain, Canada, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, USA or Vietnam

Value of award

• £6,000 tuition fee awards

Number of awards

• 250 in total

Start date and duration

• September 2025 for the duration of your course.

Application closing date

• Awards may be allocated early in the application cycle; early course applications are therefore encouraged.

Overview

Newcastle University is pleased to offer 250 partial Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarships to assist international students to study an undergraduate degree.

Eligibility criteria

To be considered for awards applicants must:

• be domiciled in of one of the following countries: Bahrain, Canada, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, USA or Vietnam.

• have been offered a place to study on an eligible undergraduate degree course at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year

• be assessed as international for fee purposes

*NB Applicants domiciled in Turkey can only be considered if they are self-funding their studies.

Eligible candidates will be assessed as part of their academic application.

Value of award

• 15% of the international fee.

Start date and duration

• September 2025 for the duration of your course.

Application closing date

• Awards will be allocated automatically throughout the 2024/25 academic year for 2025/26 entry to Newcastle University.

Overview

Newcastle University is pleased to offer a large number of partial EU Scholarships to assist students domiciled in the EU to study an undergraduate degree.

Eligibility criteria

To be considered for awards applicants must:

• be domiciled in an EU member state (students domiciled in EEA member states that are not part of the EU, are not eligible). EU students domiciled in the UK will also be considered.

• have been offered a place to study on an eligible undergraduate degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year.

• have been assessed as international for tuition fee purposes.

Applicants will be considered automatically for awards based on their degree programme application to study at Newcastle University. Some programme exclusions apply.

We are pleased to offer 30 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship awards for outstanding applicants who apply for full-time undergraduate study at Newcastle University.

Available scholarships

• There are 30 up to 50% tuition fee scholarships.   

Value of award

• Up to 50% of tuition fees

Start date and duration

• September 2025 for the full duration of the degree programme

Application closing date

• 27th February 2025

• 3rd April 2025

Eligibility criteria

To be considered for scholarships applicants must:

be domiciled in one of one of the following countries:

• South Africa, Kenya

• USA, Canada

• China

• Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea

• Brazil, Mexico, Peru

• Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE

• India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

• Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

• be assessed as international for fee purposes:

• hold an offer for an eligible undergraduate degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year

• already have or expect to receive a minimum of ABB at A level or equivalent

Value of award

• £4,000 tuition fee awards

Number of awards

• 10 scholarships

Start date and duration

• September 2025 for the full duration of degree programme

Application closing date

• 3rd April 2025

Overview

Newcastle University is pleased to offer 10 Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarships for international applicants who apply to commence full-time undergraduate studies.

Eligibility criteria

To be considered for Vice-Chancellor's Global Scholarships applicants must:

• be assessed as international for fee purposes

• hold an offer for an eligible undergraduate degree programme at the University's Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year

• already have or expect to receive a minimum of ABB at A level or equivalent

Applicants domiciled in the following countries are not eligible to apply for VCGS awards as the University offers specific schemes for these countries

• Bahrain

• South Africa, Kenya 

• USA, Canada

• China

• Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea 

• Brazil, Mexico, Peru

• Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE

• India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 

• Nigeria

• Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka

• Any member state of the European Union