GREAT Scholarships are jointly funded by Cardiff University with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.
In order to apply, you must be holding an offer to study at Cardiff University.
Students from China, Indonesia, and Pakistan who will enrol onto a one-year postgraduate programme in the 2025/26 academic year are invited to apply for a GREAT scholarship, offering £10,000 towards tuition fees.
Three scholarships are available, with one scholarship allocated to each of the three eligible countries.
Eligible
As part of your application, you will be required to answer the questions below with a maximum of 200 words each per topic:
What are your reasons for wanting to study at Cardiff University, on your chosen programme of study?
Describe a significant achievement in your student life or in your working career to date, and explain the impact it had on other people or the organisation.
How would you help spread the word about Cardiff University as a study destination?
Describe your career objectives beyond the course you have applied to, indicating the type of role you would like to occupy in five years' time and how the course you are interested in studying can help you in achieving these objectives.
Applications for GREAT scholarships must be submitted by 23:59 (UK time) on 31 May 2025.
Our MBA Public Value Scholarship scheme recognises high-quality candidates who share our Public Value ethos and ambitions and want to take the next step in their career by studying for their MBA at Cardiff Business School.
Scholarships of £7,500 are available to applicants who successfully progress through the admissions process and enrol as a student on any of our MBA programmes. We will inform you of your eligibility for a Scholarship when we make you an offer for study with us.
Terms and conditions
The following full terms and conditions apply for this scholarship:
The MBA Public Value Scholarship is available to applicants who meet the terms of their offer and enrol on any Cardiff University MBA programmes.
The scholarship is worth £7,500 and will be awarded in the form of an automatic tuition fee discount. It cannot be used in place of any required deposit. No cash alternative is available.
Applicants who are in receipt of the MBA Public Value scholarships are not eligible for any other University bursaries or scholarships.
For our full-time programmes, only self-funding international and home fee status students are eligible. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations. This excludes postgraduate loans from the UK Government and postgraduate loans and bursaries from the Welsh Government. Applicants to the part-time MBA who may receive financial support from their employers are eligible for a scholarship. The £7500 discount will be split evenly across the two years of study.
If you are an international student, you must satisfy all financial requirements as part of your visa application for study in the UK. You should not be solely relying on receiving the Cardiff University MBA Public Value Scholarship to meet the UKVI financial requirements.
Undergraduate International Excellence Scholarships
Academic Year
2025
Scholarship Deadline
4 April 2025
Our Undergraduate International Excellence scholarships for 2025 offer several half-fee scholarships to undergraduate international students who can demonstrate their academic potential.
Key dates
scholarship application deadline: 23:59 on 4 April 2025.
scholarship acceptance deadline: 2 weeks after award allocation.
meeting of offer conditions: 20 August 2025.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the scholarship you must:
be classed as an international student for fee-paying purposes.
be self-financed and not in receipt of non-repayable funding from alternative sources.
be holding an offer for an eligible undergraduate degree commencing in autumn 2025 at the point of submitting your scholarship application.
achieve a minimum of AAB at A-level or equivalent qualification.
submit your scholarship application by 23:59 Friday, 4 April 2025 (UK time).
be able to evidence that you meet all entry requirements of your chosen course, including English language requirements by the required UCAS deadline.
Conditional offer holders
you must confirm Cardiff University as your firm choice by the UCAS deadline, and meet all offer conditions, including any English language conditions, by 20 August 2025.
applicants who do not meet the requirements of their formal UCAS offer will not be eligible for the Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship, even if they are accepted to the university.
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