Location: United Kingdom
Program: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs
Eligibility: All Nationalities
Duration: Not Specified
Deadline: Varies. October 16, 2026
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The University of Huddersfield offers a range of financial support opportunities for international students, with the merit-based international scholarship being the primary and most widely available award open to new international students joining the university for the 2026/27 academic year. The scholarship provides up to £4,000 per year toward tuition fees for eligible undergraduate and postgraduate taught students, awarded automatically on the basis of academic achievement with no separate scholarship application required. Eligible students are notified in their offer letter whether they have been awarded the scholarship, and the discount is applied directly against tuition fees for every year of the enrolled course, excluding any placement year. The scholarship cannot be combined with any other university or external scholarship.
The University of Huddersfield is one of the United Kingdom’s most distinctive and highly regarded teaching-led universities, ranked number one among mainstream UK universities for the proportion of teaching staff holding higher degrees and teaching qualifications, and consistently praised for its exceptional graduate employability outcomes, with a graduate employment and further study rate of over 96% in recent years. Founded in 1825 and located in the vibrant town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, the university welcomes over 4,000 international students from more than 100 countries and offers over 200 courses across a wide range of disciplines including engineering, computing, business, health sciences, humanities, law, education, and the arts.
Benefits of the Scholarship
This scholarship will provide the following to its recipients:
- Merit-based scholarship of up to £4,000 per year toward tuition fees, awarded for every year of the course excluding placement years
- Automatic consideration upon application for an eligible course, no separate scholarship application required
- Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship: tuition fee waiver of at least 50% to 100% for eligible research degree students who are recent high-achieving University of Huddersfield graduates
- GREAT Scholarship: £10,000 for eligible postgraduate Master’s students from selected countries, in partnership with the British Council
- Sports scholarships of up to £1,000 per year for talented athletes on a recognised performance pathway
- Other benefits
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Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must meet the following:
- Must be an international fee-paying student paying fees at the standard international rate
- Must be applying for a full-time taught undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Huddersfield
- Must meet the English language and academic entry requirements for the chosen course
- For postgraduate applicants: must have achieved a minimum of 2.2 or equivalent in an undergraduate degree
- Must not be receiving any other university or external scholarship simultaneously
- Applicants with refugee status, asylum-seeker status, or indefinite leave to remain in the UK are not eligible
- Master’s by Research, Master’s with Placement (Huddersfield Business School), and PhD programmes are not eligible for the merit scholarship; research degree applicants should apply for the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship or school-specific research scholarships
- For the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship: must be a University of Huddersfield graduate within the last three years with a first-class honours degree or Distinction at taught Master’s level, or have been recommended by a supervisor on the basis of a Master’s by Research; must apply through the research expression of interest form
- For the GREAT Scholarship: must be a citizen of one of the eligible GREAT Scholarship countries and applying for an eligible postgraduate taught Master’s programme
Note: Kindly check the official webpage for full and detailed requirements
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Selection Criteria
The merit-based international scholarship is awarded automatically on the basis of academic achievement, assessed by the University’s admissions team at the point of application. No interview or additional selection process is required. Eligible students are informed of their scholarship award directly in their offer letter. For the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, all eligible candidates are subject to an interview arranged by the relevant academic school, with selection based on academic excellence and research potential.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to visit the official webpage and submit your application.
