Scholarships at Abertay University

This is an award of up to £12,000 for prospective new international undergraduate students.

The award is £3,000 per annum, for a maximum of 4 years total study. Successful recipients will have the award deducted from their tuition fees.

Eligibility 

To be eligible you must meet all of the following conditions:

• Be classified as International (Overseas) fee status by Abertay University.

• Registered as a full-time student for your first undergraduate degree.

• Have met all the academic conditions attached to your offer of admission for entry to the University as a new full-time student in September.

• Be studying on campus at the University.

Students who are admitted with Advanced Entry into Level 2 or above, and who meet the above conditions, will also be eligible for this Award.

The Award will be awarded for each year of your undergraduate degree, up to a maximum of 4 years, while you are studying in Dundee. The Award will not be awarded for any year you spend studying abroad or working in industry.

Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Chevening Award is a Scholarship provided to eligible candidates looking to study a postgraduate degree in the UK. Candidates must have previous work experience in order to qualify.

Overview

Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at universities in the UK.

The Chevening programme was established in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious international scheme. Chevening Scholars come from 118 countries worldwide (excluding the USA and the EU), and last year the scholarships supported more than 1,900 individuals. There are over 42,000 Chevening alumni around the world who together comprise an influential and highly regarded global network.

The programme provides full or part funding for full-time courses at postgraduate level, normally a one-year Master’s degree, in any subject and at any UK university.

Eligibility 

To be eligible you must:

• Be a citizen of a Chevening eligible country.

• Return to your country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after your award has ended.

• Possess an undergraduate degree that will enable entry onto a UK postgraduate degree.

• Have at least two years' work experience.

• Have received an unconditional offer from one of your University choices.

Closing Date : November each year.

The Indonesia-UK DIKTI Scholarship Programme is open for lecturers at Indonesian universities and administrative staff at DIKTI and Indonesian state universities, to undertake postgraduate study at many leading universities and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.

The programme will fund up to 750 academics to come and study in the UK over the next five years. All academic subjects are eligible for funding under the DIKTI programme.

This £3,000 award is open to all prospective new international taught postgraduate students who:

• Are classified as International (Overseas) fee status by Abertay University.

• Are applying for postgraduate study with the equivalent of a UK 2:1 Bachelors degree equivalent or better (approximately 60% and above).

Successful recipients will have the award deducted from their tuition fees.

Eligibility

This Award is not available to currently registered postgraduate students.

This £32,000 award is open to prospective new international students domiciled in Europe and applying for an undergraduate programme within the School of Business, Law and Social Sciences or School of Applied Sciences (excluding BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing).

Overview

This is an award of up to £32,000 for prospective new international students domiciled in Europe and who are interested in studying one of our full-time undergraduate programmes within our School of Applied Sciences (SAS) or School of Business, Law and Social Sciences (BLSS) starting in September 2024 or September 2025. Please note, this excludes our BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing programme. 

The award is £8,000 per annum, for a maximum of four years total study. Successful recipients will have the award deducted from their tuition fees.

Eligibility 

To be eligible for the Principal’s Excellence Scholarship – Europe, you must meet all of the following conditions:

• Be domiciled in one of the following countries:

  • Albania

  • Andorra

  • Austria

  • Belarus

  • Belgium

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bulgaria

  • Canary Islands

  • Croatia

  • Czech Republic

  • Denmark

  • England

  • Estonia

  • Finland

  • France

  • Germany

  • Greece

  • Holy See

  • Hungary

  • Iceland

  • Ireland

  • Italy

  • Latvia

  • Liechtenstein

  • Lithuania

  • Luxembourg

  • Malta

  • Moldova

  • Monaco

  • Montenegro

  • Netherlands

  • North Macedonia

  • Northern Ireland

  • Norway

  • Poland

  • Portugal

  • Romania

  • Russia

  • San Marino

  • Scotland

  • Serbia

  • Slovakia

  • Slovenia

  • Spain

  • Sweden

  • Switzerland

  • Turkey

  • Ukraine

  • Wales

• Be classified as International (Overseas) fee status by Abertay University.

• Be registering as a full-time student for the first time onto an undergraduate programme within our School of Applied Sciences or School of Business, Law and Social Sciences, with the exception of our BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing programme.

• Have met all academic conditions attached to your offer of admission for entry to the University as a new full-time student.

• Be studying on campus at the University.

The award will contribute to each year of your undergraduate degree, up to a maximum of four years, while you are studying in Dundee. The Award will not be awarded for any year you spend studying abroad or working in industry.

Students who are admitted with Advanced Entry into Level 2 or above, and who meet the above conditions, will also be eligible for this Award.

This award is not available to currently registered international undergraduate students in SAS, BLSS or SDI.

Established in 2009 by the Japan-Scotland Society (JSS) to commemorate the founder, Mr Takahashi Yoshiteru, and the long-time donor and supporter of the society, Mr James T Howat, these scholarships aim to assist Japanese postgraduate students at Scottish universities to flourish in an international society.

Two scholarship awards are offered per year to the value of 300,000 JPY.

Eligibility 

Applicants must be Japanese nationals planning to enter a postgraduate course at Masters level in a Scottish university, and expect to be active in the Japan-Scotland Society after completion of their studies.