Scholarships at Cardiff University

In recognition of the outstanding talent of our Indian students, we offer a range of highly prestigious scholarships designed to attract and reward the best students.

The 2025 Cardiff University £5,000 India Scholarships are open to all eligible India-domiciled students enrolling on a select number of postgraduate programmes commencing in both January and September 2025.

Eligibility criteria

Conditional offer holders

• You must submit your application to the University by 7 January 2025.

• You must accept your offer and pay your deposit by 7 January 2025 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.

• You must meet all the offer conditions, including any English Language conditions as stated in your offer by 7 January 2025.

• Applicants who do not meet the conditions of their offer will not be eligible for the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

Unconditional Offer Holders

• You must submit your application to the University by 7 January 2025.

• You must accept your offer and pay your deposit by 7 January 2025 (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.

• You must meet the original admissions criteria for your programme. Applicants who do not meet the original admissions criteria will not be eligible for the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

GREAT Scholarships are jointly funded by Cardiff University with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.

In order to apply, you must be holding an offer to study at Cardiff University.

Students from China, Indonesia, and Pakistan who will enrol onto a one-year postgraduate programme in the 2025/26 academic year are invited to apply for a GREAT scholarship, offering £10,000 towards tuition fees.

Three scholarships are available, with one scholarship allocated to each of the three eligible countries.

Eligible

As part of your application, you will be required to answer the questions below with a maximum of 200 words each per topic:

• What are your reasons for wanting to study at Cardiff University, on your chosen programme of study?

• Describe a significant achievement in your student life or in your working career to date, and explain the impact it had on other people or the organisation.

• How would you help spread the word about Cardiff University as a study destination?

• Describe your career objectives beyond the course you have applied to, indicating the type of role you would like to occupy in five years' time and how the course you are interested in studying can help you in achieving these objectives.

Applications for GREAT scholarships must be submitted by 23:59 (UK time) on 31 May 2025.

Our MBA Public Value Scholarship scheme recognises high-quality candidates who share our Public Value ethos and ambitions and want to take the next step in their career by studying for their MBA at Cardiff Business School.

Scholarships of £7,500 are available to applicants who successfully progress through the admissions process and enrol as a student on any of our MBA programmes. We will inform you of your eligibility for a Scholarship when we make you an offer for study with us.

Terms and conditions

The following full terms and conditions apply for this scholarship:

The Beacon Scholarship is a change-maker programme that offers access for financially disadvantaged students from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to undergraduate programmes of study at world-class schools and universities.

The scholarship is awarded to students from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda looking to study a 3-4 year undergraduate course (excluding medicine).

Tuition and maintenance fees are split three ways, with a third coming from the university partner, a third from Beacon, and a third from the scholar's parents, sponsor or guardians.

The programme includes leadership training and development, an away and home country mentor network, and a goal-setting performance management system.

The deadline to apply for this scholarship is 12 January 2025.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this scheme, candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• their normal residence is in Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda.

• leadership capabilities:

  • academic excellence.

  • achievement in sport, music or drama.

  • social influence and communication.

  • citizenship.

• a capacity to study independently overseas.

• financial need for study, ie annual gross household income not exceeding £80,000 (US$100,000).

• that they are aged 18-21.

• a commitment to return to their home country within one month of degree completion.

If a candidate is seeking to apply for The Beacon Scholarship for entry into Cardiff University, they will need to already have received an offer to study from the university.

Our Undergraduate International Excellence scholarships for 2025 offer several half-fee scholarships to undergraduate international students who can demonstrate their academic potential.

Key dates

• scholarship application deadline: 23:59 on 4 April 2025.

• scholarship acceptance deadline: 2 weeks after award allocation.

• meeting of offer conditions: 20 August 2025.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the scholarship you must:

• be classed as an international student for fee-paying purposes.

• be self-financed and not in receipt of non-repayable funding from alternative sources.

• be holding an offer for an eligible undergraduate degree commencing in autumn 2025 at the point of submitting your scholarship application.

• achieve a minimum of AAB at A-level or equivalent qualification.

• submit your scholarship application by 23:59 Friday, 4 April 2025 (UK time).

• be able to evidence that you meet all entry requirements of your chosen course, including English language requirements by the required UCAS deadline.

Conditional offer holders

• you must confirm Cardiff University as your firm choice by the UCAS deadline, and meet all offer conditions, including any English language conditions, by 20 August 2025.

• applicants who do not meet the requirements of their formal UCAS offer will not be eligible for the Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship, even if they are accepted to the university.

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.

Qualifying criteria

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:

Applicants domiciled in the following countries are eligible for awards of £6,000:

Applicants domiciled in the following countries are eligible for awards of £10,000: Bangladesh, Nigeria

Eligibility criteria

Postgraduate Taught

Conditional Offer Holders

You must submit your application to the University by 7 January 2025 (or 19 December 2024 for MSc Data Science and Analytics).

• You must accept your offer and pay your deposit by 7 January 2025 (or 19 December 2024 for MSc Data Science and Analytics) 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.

• You must meet all the offer conditions, including any English Language conditions as stated in your offer by 7 January 2025 (or 19 December 2024 for MSc Data Science and Analytics).

• Applicants who do not meet the conditions of their offer will not be eligible for the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

Unconditional Offer Holders

• You must submit your application to the University by 7 January 2025 (or 19 December 2024 for MSc Data Science and Analytics).

• You must accept your offer and pay your deposit by 7 January 2025 (or 19 December 2024 for MSc Data Science and Analytics) 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.

• You must meet the original admissions criteria for your programme. Applicants who do not meet the original admissions criteria will not be eligible for the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

All students

• The Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship is available to eligible students studying on selected Postgraduate Taught degree programmes.

• A full list of eligible postgraduate programmes is available online. Programmes not shown in this list are not included in the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship scheme.

• Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma awards are not included in the scheme.

• No separate application for the scholarship is required. If you are holding an offer for an eligible programme and meet the criteria as set out in these terms and conditions, you will automatically be awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship upon enrolment.

Terms and Conditions

• The Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship is a £3,500 award (award may be £6,000 or £10,000 in selected countries) applied to students entering into year 1 of a programme. It is applied to your first year of study only.

  • This will be awarded in the form of a tuition fee discount only and cannot be used in place of any required deposit. No cash alternative is available.

  • Scholarships of £3,500 will be awarded to students from Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, USA and Zambia when defined as being domiciled in one of these countries in your course application.

  • Scholarships of £6,000 will be awarded to students from Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan and Taiwan when defined as being domiciled in one of these countries in your course application.

  • Scholarships of £10,000 will be awarded to students from Bangladesh or Nigeria when defined as being domiciled in one of these countries in your course application.

  • Domicile is defined as where you have been ordinarily resident for three years or longer before the start of the course. This does not include where you are living for study purposes should you be studying outside of the place where you are otherwise ordinarily resident.