International PG Merit Scholarship C

Other eligibility requirements

This scholarship is an automatic award for students paying overseas fees joining an eligible Masters level or PGCE programme taught on campus at UEA.

This award is worth:

- £4,000 - if you achieve the equivalent of UK 2:2 bachelor’s degree classification*

- £5,000 - if your final undergraduate grade is equivalent to at least UK 2:1 bachelor’s degree classification*

*Grade equivalences can be found on our country pages.

For students from Bangladesh, India or Pakistan, please visit: International PG Merit Scholarship A (2026/7).

For students from Azerbaijan, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam or Zimbabwe, please visit: International PG Merit Scholarship B (2026/7).

The following courses are not eligible:

Any MBBS course

Any Integrated Masters

MSc Global Plant Health

MSc Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement

MSc Occupational Therapy 

MSc Physiotherapy

MA The Arts of Africa, Oceania and The Americas

Any PGCert, PGDip, Pre-Masters, Graduate Diploma or integrated Masters programmes

Online or distance learning courses

Restrictions with other Scholarships

This scholarship can only be received alongside the International Early Payment Awards. You are not able to receive any other UEA Scholarships in addition to this. If you are eligible for another UEA Scholarship of higher value, this will automatically replace this Scholarship. Students receiving sponsorship covering full fees by an outside body or government organisation are not eligible for this scholarship. Government or educational loans that require repayment do not affect eligibility.