Scholarships at University of York

To reward excellence, the Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship offers a tuition fee discount to talented undergraduate students within the faculties.

• Funding: Full tuition fee discount for the first year followed by £10,000 tuition fee discount for the second and third year.

• Academic year: 2025/26.

• Open to: International (including EU) students.

• Qualification level: Undergraduate.

• Number available: 2 per faculty, 6 overall.

Our scholarships are awarded to international students to support them in achieving their goals at the University of York. 

All undergraduate students holding an offer at York will be automatically considered. There is no need to formally apply for the scholarship.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students only.

To be eligible for the Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship, you must:

• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of York by 9 May 2025

• be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by 9 May 2025) 

• intend to study a full-time undergraduate course.

You will not be eligible if:

• you hold a 100% tuition fee scholarship or are fully sponsored.

Students on the following pathways are not eligible for these scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School

• International Pathway College

• Distance and online learning courses

• Part-time courses

• Kaplan International College London

Terms and conditions

Once offered a scholarship, you must:

• accept the scholarship offer formally by using the link provided within your offer email

• accept your offer of admission from York.

These actions must be completed by the deadline provided in your offer email. Otherwise, you will lose your scholarship, and it will be offered to a reserve candidate.

If you have been informed that you require a credibility interview, your scholarship will be conditional on the successful outcome of this interview. Should you be unsuccessful, the scholarship offer will be rescinded.

If you defer your place at the University of York you cannot keep your scholarship.

We regularly offer scholarships to students from a selection of countries in partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign.

• Funding: £10,000

• Academic year: 2025/26

• Open to: Students from China, Malaysia (Justice and Law), Nigeria and and Vietnam

• Qualification level: Postgraduate taught

• Number available: 4

In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, the University of York is offering 4 scholarships to students in China, Malaysia, Nigeria and Vietnam applying for a variety of one-year postgraduate courses.

The GREAT Scholarships 2025 programme, launched by the British Council together with 71 UK universities, supports postgraduate students from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, France, Ghana, Greece, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam in accessing world-class UK higher education opportunities.

The scholarship programme offers financial support of a minimum of £10,000 to students pursuing one-year postgraduate study in the UK. Students can apply for courses in a range of subjects, at 71 institutions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The University of York GREAT Scholarship is open to applicants from the majority of postgraduate taught courses for China, Nigeria and Vietnam.  Applicants from Malaysia are only eligible for one of our postgraduate Law programmes.  Please see the eligibility section for a full list of courses and exclusions.  We have one award available for each country.  All awards will be paid as tuition fee deduction.  

Applicants will be assessed based on a written application and prior academic merit.  Strong preference will be given to applicants with the strongest academic record (for example, a UK first class degree or equivalent).

Please note that applicants should be residents and citizens of China (mainland only), Malaysia, Nigeria, or Vietnam.

Eligibility

Open to students from China, Malaysia (Justice and Law), Nigeria and and Vietnam.

To be considered for the scholarship, you must:

• be a citizen of China, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Vietnam

• be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by May 2025

• have met any language condition of your offer by May 2025

• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study a one year postgraduate taught course at the University of York by May 2025 (you don't need to have accepted the offer).

Students from Malaysia are eligible to apply if they have an offer to study one of the below courses:

• LLM Law

• LLM Art Law

• LLM International Corporate and Commercial Law

• LLM International Human Rights Law and Practice

• LLM Legal and Political Theory

• LLM International Law and Practice

• LLM Professional Legal Practice (SQE1 & SQE2)

• MA Applied Human Rights

• LLM International Business Law and Practice

You will not be eligible if:

• you hold a 100% tuition fee scholarship or are fully sponsored

• you are a current student of the University of York, having started your studies in a previous year

Students on the following pathways are not eligible for these scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School

• International Pathway College

• Distance/online learning courses

• Part-time courses

• Kaplan International College London

• MA Public Policy (Mundus MAPP)

• CASPPER

• Masters courses lasting longer than one year.

Application deadline: Friday 16 May 2025, 11.59pm BST

• Funding: £3,000 to £5,000 for first year of study only

• Academic year: 2025/26

• Open to: International (including EU) students

• Qualification level: Postgraduate taught

Our scholarships are awarded to international students to support them in achieving their goals at the University of York. 

All postgraduate taught students holding an offer at York will be automatically considered. There is no need to formally apply for the scholarship.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students only.

To be eligible for an International Masters Regional Scholarship, you must:

• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of York by 31 August 2025

• be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by 31 August 2025) 

• intend to study a full-time postgraduate course.

You will not be eligible if:

• you hold a 100% tuition fee scholarship or are fully sponsored.

Students on the following pathways are not eligible for these scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School

• MSc Nursing (Mental Health) and MSc Nursing (Adult)

• International Pathway College

• Distance and online learning courses

• Part-time courses

• Kaplan International College London

• MA Public Policy (Mundus MAPP)

• Postgraduate Research courses (eg PhDs)

Through this scholarship, we aim to celebrate the achievements of our best and brightest international undergraduate applicants.

• Funding: £10,000 (first year of study only).

• Academic year: 2025/26.

• Open to: International (including EU) students.

• Qualification level: Undergraduate.

• Number available: 25.

Our scholarships are awarded to international students to support them in achieving their goals at the University of York. We have 25 undergraduate awards offering a £10,000 tuition fee discount.

All undergraduate students holding an offer at York will be automatically considered. There is no need to formally apply for the scholarship.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students only.

To be eligible for an Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship, you must:

• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of York by 9 May 2025

• be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by 9 May 2025) 

• intend to study a full-time undergraduate course

• have predicted or achieved grades of A Level ABB, International Baccalaureate 34 points or equivalent.

You will not be eligible if:

• you hold a 100% tuition fee scholarship or are fully sponsored.

Students on the following pathways are not eligible for these scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School

• International Pathway College

• Distance and online learning courses

• Part-time courses

• Kaplan International College London

Terms and conditions

Once offered a scholarship, you must:

• accept the scholarship offer formally by using the link provided within your offer email

• accept your offer of admission from York.

These actions must be completed by the deadline provided in your offer email. Otherwise, you will lose your scholarship, and it will be offered to a reserve candidate.

If you have been informed that you require a credibility interview, your scholarship will be conditional on the successful outcome of this interview. Should you be unsuccessful, the scholarship offer will be rescinded.

If you defer your place at the University of York you cannot keep your scholarship.

Undergraduate Achievement scholarships may be combined with University of York departmental scholarships as long as this does not exceed 100% of your tuition fees.

Undergraduate Achievement scholarships may be combined with external funding as long as this does not exceed 100% of your tuition fees.

Our International Undergraduate Regional Scholarship is here to support international undergraduate students to help them excel.

• Funding: £5,000 to £7,500 for first year of study only.

• Academic year: 2025/26.

• Open to: International (including EU) students.

• Qualification level: Undergraduate.

Our scholarships are awarded to international students to support them in achieving their goals at the University of York. 

All undergraduate students holding an offer at York will be automatically considered. There is no need to formally apply for the scholarship.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students only.

To be eligible for an International Undergraduate Regional Scholarship, you must:

• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of York by 9 May 2025

• be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by 9 May 2025) 

• intend to study a full-time undergraduate course.

You will not be eligible if:

• you hold a 100% tuition fee scholarship or are fully sponsored.

Students on the following pathways are not eligible for these scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School

• International Pathway College

• Distance and online learning courses

• Part-time courses

• Kaplan International College London

Terms and conditions

Once offered a scholarship, you must:

• accept the scholarship offer formally by using the link provided within your offer email

• accept your offer of admission from York

These actions must be completed by the deadline provided in your offer email. Otherwise, you will lose your scholarship, and it will be offered to a reserve candidate.

If you have been informed that you require a credibility interview, your scholarship will be conditional on the successful outcome of this interview. Should you be unsuccessful, the scholarship offer will be rescinded.

If you defer your place at the University of York you cannot keep your scholarship.

International Undergraduate Regional scholarships may be combined with University of York departmental scholarships as long as this does not exceed 100% of your tuition fees.

International Undergraduate Regional scholarships may be combined with external funding as long as this does not exceed 100% of your tuition fees.