Scholarships at Leeds University Business School

Value: 50% reduction in tuition fees for each of the three years of study.

Who is eligible: There are up to 50 scholarships available for self-funding applicants classed as International for fee purposes and who apply for Level 1 entry to an undergraduate course at Leeds University Business School.

Full eligibility criteria

The tuition fee reduction of 50% is for three years only and only against full fees. The year in industry or year abroad are not eligible. The scholarship will only be offered in subsequent years if the associated academic performance conditions have been met. Repeat years are not covered under this scheme.

Applicants progressing from the Leeds International Study Centre Foundation Year and the Leeds International Foundation Year programme are not eligible for this award.

Value: 10%, 25% or 50%

Who is eligible: Particularly deserving candidates for the full-time MBA.

Full eligibility criteria

The scholarships will be awarded to particularly deserving applicants to the full-time MBA starting in September 2023. Candidates will be assessed by their responses on their application form and their performance at interview with the MBA Programme Director.

To be considered, candidates must demonstrate:

• outstanding academic achievement 

• career progression

• their potential to contribute to the full-time MBA programme.

We are pleased to offer scholarships for forced migrants to the UK. The Sanctuary Scholarship is open to people who wish to study any undergraduate or postgraduate taught degree.

The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition and £10,000 a year towards study costs.

There are a limited number of scholarships available. Successful applicants will be chosen using a set of selection criteria before a shortlisted group will be invited to interview. Successful applicants will not have to repay any of the money they receive through the scholarship.

The Sanctuary Scholarship for 2023 entry will open in early March 2023 and will remain open until May 2023 (exact dates will be confirmed in early 2023).

Degrees you can study

You can apply for this scholarship if you have an offer or intend to study any of the following degrees full-time or part-time:

• Any undergraduate degree (including foundation degrees) starting in September 2023

• Any postgraduate taught degree starting in September 2023 or January 2024

Unfortunately, PGR/PhD study is not eligible for Sanctuary Scholarship funding.

Are you eligible to apply?

To apply for this scholarship you must:

• Be a forced migrant to the United Kingdom (a person displaced from their homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures)

• Be unable to access mainstream funding, for example from Student Finance England or a local authority grant

• Have already applied to study at the University in the 2023/24 academic year – you must have received your offer by the scholarship closing date in May 2023.

• Not have a degree from a UK university of the same level or higher that you wish to study at Leeds in 2023/24

As well as meeting all of the above criteria, you also will need to have the residency status of one of the following:

• Asylum Seeker – currently seeking asylum within the UK or Refused Asylum Seeker where your application for refugee status has been denied and a fresh claim is in process

• Refugee status or the spouse or child of someone with refugee status

• Limited or Discretionary leave to remain

• Humanitarian Protection status or the spouse or child of someone with Humanitarian Protection status

• Indefinite leave to remain 

• Section 67 Leave

• Calais Leave

• Granted leave in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) or the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS)

• Granted leave in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme, the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme or the Ukraine Extension Scheme.

Value: 50% fee reduction

Who is eligible: Particularly deserving international applicants (including EU) to Business Masters programmes for 2023 entry. 

Full eligibility criteria 

Scholarships will be awarded to particularly deserving applicants to Business Masters programmes in 2023/24: These awards are open to all international applicants. 

To be considered for the scholarship you must: 

• Be classified as an International student for fee purposes 

• Have applied for an eligible Business Masters programme for 2023/2024

• Be a self-funding student 

• Demonstrate an excellent academic track record, and be predicted to achieve or have achieved a Bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) or equivalent 

• Show excellent professional and personal skills evidenced through work experience and/or extracurricular activities 

• Demonstrate the potential to contribute to the social and cultural diversity of our Masters programmes and student community. 

If you are a former student of the University of Leeds you may be eligible for a 10% alumni tuition fee bursary.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible you must:

• Have previously studied at the University of Leeds at an undergraduate or postgraduate level, and this includes incoming study abroad students. See the later section further down this page to find the small number of previous courses that are not eligible for the alumni bursary.

• Be registering for an award leading to a postgraduate qualification (with the exception of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)).

• Be self-financing for at least part of the cost of your tuition fees. You are deemed to be self-funding if you have support from a friend or relative, or if you are receiving a postgraduate loan from the UK government.

• Have commenced your studies from September 2016 onwards. The bursary cannot be awarded retrospectively.

The University will review the bursary annually and reserves the right to vary or withdraw this bursary at its sole discretion but changes will not be applied retrospectively.

You must advise the University if at any time (before or after you register on your course) you obtain funding for your tuition fees from sponsors whether this is paid directly to the University or to yourself as a contribution to your tuition fees.

A sponsor is an employer or other industry or business sponsor, government, research council, charity or other third party organisation. If you are found to be in breach of your commitments, in any way have not acted in good faith, or have not responded fully or accurately to a University request for information, the University is entitled to immediately suspend a bursary. It may also then recover the 10% previously paid.

How much is it worth?

The University will pay 10% of the self-funded portion of your tuition fees. The bursary will not be applied in the overtime (writing-up) period for research degree students, taught students who are re-sitting examinations or student visitors registering and undertaking miscellaneous study.

The alumni bursary can be awarded in conjunction with other University of Leeds scholarships and awards.