Scholarships at University of Essex

If you're an international student from one of the above countries and you're funding your own studies, you could be eligible for a scholarship worth £4,000 which you'll receive as a tuition fee discount in your first year.

Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Eligibility

• These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely self-funded*.

• Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in one of the countries specified above.

• Students must be commencing studies in the first year (Year 1) of an undergraduate degree at Essex in 2023-24.

• Only one scholarship award can be made per student and the award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships.

• This scholarship is available for the first year of study only.

• Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities.

• Students receiving a repayable loan to fund their studies will be considered as self-funded.

Students who are not eligible

The following students are NOT eligible for this scholarship regardless of meeting the above criteria:

• Students undertaking courses at East 15 Acting School.

• University of Essex International College students progressing from the International Year One.

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored

• Students who are classified as a Home fee paying student.

• Students undertaking a programme of study normally delivered fully online

• This scholarship award does not apply to deferred entry. Where a scholarship has been awarded to a student who subsequently defers entry to the following academic year, the award will be withdrawn and the applicant will be considered again in line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry.

• Students transferring into the second year from another higher education institution.