International Postgraduate Excellence Award

Other eligibility requirements

Amount

£3,000 for one year full-time Master's or £5,000 for those with an offer on the two-year Master's with integrated professional experience (full-time). This amount cannot go towards the £5,500 deposit payment required to secure your CAS (student visa).

Eligibility

You must be classified as overseas fee status and hold an offer for a full time Masters course starting in September 2026. Please note that you are NOT eligible to apply for this scholarship if you fall into one or more of the below categories:

• Are applying for a Professional course such as RIBA part III
• Are applying for a Doctoral programme
• Are applying for an Online or Distance learning course
• Are applying for a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma course
• If you are eligible for any other discount on your course fees such as alumni discount or partner student discount

Students looking for funding towards a research degree (MPhil / PhD) should visit the research section of our website.

Criteria

Applicants need to have a minimum UK equivalent Good 2.1 Honours Degree to apply.  Applicants will be selected principally on the basis of academic excellence.

Please visit our Your Country pages for overseas academic equivalency or see our guide to understand if you meet the academic criteria: Overseas academic qualifications equivalency chart (PDF).