Scholarships at Cardiff University

In recognition of the outstanding talent of our Indian students, we offer a range of highly prestigious scholarships designed to attract and reward the best students.

The 2025 Cardiff University £5,000 India Scholarships are open to all eligible India-domiciled students enrolling on a select number of postgraduate programmes commencing in both January and September 2025.

Cardiff University India Scholarship

The following programmes are part of the 2025 Cardiff University £5,000 India Scholarship scheme:

Cardiff Business School

• MSc Business Management

• MSc Business Management with a PP Year

• MSc Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship

• MSc Economics

• MSc Finance

• MSc Logistics and Operations Management

• MSc Marketing

• MSc Strategic and Digital Marketing

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

• MSc Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability

• MSc Environmental Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

School of Engineering

• MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering

• MSc Civil and Geo-environmental Engineering

• MSc Civil Engineering

• MSc Electrical Energy Systems

• MSc Robotics and Intelligent Systems

• MSc Structural Engineering

• MSc Sustainable Energy and Environment

• MSc Engineering Management

• MSc Engineering Net Zero

School of English, Communications and Philosophy

• MA English Literature

• MA Forensic Linguistics

School of Geography and Planning

• MSc Environment and Development

• MSc International Planning and Development

• MSc International Planning and Urban Design

• MSc Spatial Planning and Development

• MSc Sustainability Planning & Environmental Policy

• MSc Transport and Planning

School of Law and Politics

• LLM Governance and Devolution

• LLM Human Rights Law

• LLM Intellectual Property Law

• LLM International Commercial Law

• LLM Law

• MA International Relations

• MA Politics and Public Policy

School of Physics and Astronomy

• MSc Astrophysics

• MSc Compound Semiconductor Physics

• MSc Data Intensive Astrophysics

• MSc Data Intensive Physics

• MSc Physics

Welsh School of Architecture

• MA Architectural Design

• MSc Computational Methods in Architecture

• MSc Environmental Design of Building

• MSc Sustainable Building Conservation

Eligibility criteria

Conditional offer holders

• You must submit your eligible course application to the University by 31 July 2025.

• You must accept your offer and pay your deposit by 30 June 2025 unless your deposit deadline is after this date, in which case, your deposit must be paid by your initial deposit deadline and your offer accepted within 14 days of it being made. Deposit deadline extensions past the 30 June 2025 will not be accepted for scholarship purposes.

• You must meet all the offer conditions, including any English Language conditions as stated in your offer by 20 August 2025.

• Applicants who do not meet the conditions of their offer will not be eligible for the Cardiff University £5,000 India Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

Unconditional offer holders

• You must submit your eligible course application to the University by 31 July 2025.

• You must accept your offer and pay your deposit by 30 June 2025 unless your deposit deadline is after this date, in which case, your deposit must be paid by your initial deposit deadline and your offer accepted within 14 days of it being made. Deposit deadline extensions past the 30 June 2025 will not be accepted for scholarship purposes.

• You must meet the original, published admissions criteria for your programme. Applicants who do not meet the original admissions criteria will not be eligible for the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

All students

• The Cardiff University £5,000 India Scholarships are for Indian domiciled students studying on the programmes outlined above.

• The Scholarship of £5,000 will be awarded to students defined as being domiciled in India on your course application.

• No separate application for the scholarship is required. If you are holding an offer for an eligible programme and meet the criteria as set out in these terms and conditions, you will automatically be awarded the Cardiff University £5,000 India Scholarship upon enrolment.

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:

Our Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarships offer funding awards to international students across a variety of postgraduate taught programmes.

Awards between £3,500 to £10,000 will be awarded to eligible postgraduate-taught students and will be offered in the form of a tuition fee discount.

Eligible countries

Applicants domiciled in the countries listed below are eligible for awards of £3,500: