University of Essex

If you’re an international student studying at one of our global channel partners, you could be eligible for a 20% tuition fee discount or a scholarship worth £3,000, which you’ll receive as a tuition fee discount on your first year of study.

Terms and conditions 

Eligibility

• These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely selffunded.

• Applicants joining Essex from one of our Global Channel Partners listed above will be considered for this award.

• Students must be studying on one of the accelerated Master’s progression programmes outlined in the link/partnership agreement between the University and the appropriate Global Channel Partner listed in these terms and conditions. 

• Applicants who have firmly accepted an offer of a place by 14 July 2023 (for October 2023 start) or 13 October 2023 (for January 2024 start) and met the academic conditions of entry, will be considered for these scholarships. 

• Students must be starting their Masters 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 Masters study at Essex only.

• Students must be applying directly, not through an agency, for admission to any of our Masters courses.

• 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 the scholarship regardless of meeting the above criteria:

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

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored. 

• Students undertaking a Masters course that is normally delivered wholly 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has been awarded to a student who subsequently defers entry to the following academic year, the award will be withdrawn and the applicant will be considered again in line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry