Scholarships at University of Portsmouth

From January 2025 entry onwards, eligible applicants will be considered for the Chancellor's Global Academic Merit Scholarship. This scholarship will take the form of a £5,000 fee reduction that will apply to your first year of study.

This scholarship is merit-based and applicants will need to have applied and accepted their academic offer by the given deadline. To be considered, applicants will also need to complete this form as part of their application. Applications will then be considered by the University's scholarship panel and the successful candidates will be contacted by email to confirm their status shortly after the submission. 

To be eligible for this scholarship you must be a self-funded international student studying at our Portsmouth campus only. Only applicants who have been assessed as an overseas student for tuition fee purposes can access this scholarship.

Terms and Conditions

• If you're studying an undergraduate,  or postgraduate taught course, you must have applied as a self-funded student on a full-time, on-campus, course for January 2025 entry.

• The scholarship is available for students who have never studied at the University of Portsmouth previously.

• International College Portsmouth(ICP) students are excluded from this scholarship.

• The scholarship will take the form of a £5,000 fee reduction, effective at the time of registration and will only apply to your first year of study.

• To be considered, you will need to complete the scholarship application form as part of your application before 1 November 2024 (for January 2025 entry).

• The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount or fee offer.

• The discounted fee will be stated on your Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS). This is the final document you receive when you have an unconditional offer to study at the University of Portsmouth and have paid your deposit.

• Only applicants who have been assessed as overseas students for tuition fee purposes can access this scholarship.

• Due to the number of applications received, we are unable to offer individual feedback and only successful candidates will be contacted.

Due to the UK leaving the European Union, changes have been made to the tuition fees that EU, EEA and Swiss nationals pay to study in the UK. This page contains information about the fee changes and our EU Scholarship.

Following the UK's exit from the European Union, if you're an EU, EEA or Swiss national, starting a course at a UK University, you will no longer be eligible for the same fees as UK students. You'll pay the same fees as an international student.

At the University of Portsmouth an EU Scholarship will be applied to your fees reducing them to the same amount as UK students. To be eligible for an EU Scholarship you need to be an EU, EEA or Swiss national and resident. This means the tuition fee will be £9,535 for Undergraduate courses in the 2025/26 academic year (please see course pages for Master's and Postgraduate research course fees). All fees are subject to annual increases, please refer to your relevant course page for next year's fees.

The scholarship will apply to new undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research students for the following intakes: September and January 2025/26.

You won't be eligible for undergraduate, postgraduate or advanced learner financial support or loans from Student Finance England. 

EU Scholarship Terms and conditions

• The scholarship is only available to students who join us in January 2025, September 2025 and January 2026.

• You must be an EU, EEA or Swiss national and have been resident in the EU, EEA or Switzerland for a minimum of 3 years to be eligible for this scholarship. If you already meet the conditions to be classed as a UK student for tuition fees, you won't receive this scholarship. 

• The scholarship is available to on-campus full-time and part-time students studying an undergraduate, postgraduate taught or postgraduate research degree.

• The scholarship is also available to students on a study abroad programme bringing tuition fees in line with UK students (£4,625 for one term, £9,250 for the full 2024/25 academic year).

• The scholarship will take the form of a tuition fee reduction, resulting in the actual fee you pay being the equivalent to the fee of a UK student in the same academic year, effective at the time of registration and applied for the length of your course. 

• The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount or fee offer, apart from the Alumni discount.

• The discounted fee will be stated on your Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS). This is the final document you receive when you have an unconditional offer to study at the University of Portsmouth and have paid your deposit. 

• The scholarship is available to part-time distance learning students studying a postgraduate research degree.

The Advanced Diploma Scholarship from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is worth £4,000. You can apply for this scholarship if you meet the following conditions:

• You're a Chinese mainland student

• Graduate from SQA

• You've firmly accepted an unconditional or conditional offer with us

• You've achieved, or are predicted to achieve, a general Graded Unit of A (i.e. AAA or AA) with no subject grade below 60 from your academic studies or you have significant, relevant social practices experience, or managerial or professional work experience

• You've achieved English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0

• You haven't yet started your postgraduate course with us

You must apply for this scholarship before you start your course. Applications are open from 15 May 2025 – 15 June 2025 for September entry.

If your application is successful, we’ll assess your application and grades against other applications to decide the scholarship amount you’ll be granted. Your scholarship amount will be automatically discounted from your tuition fee at the start of your course.

For September and January 2025 entry, eligible students will be able to receive the Vice Chancellor's Global Development Scholarship. This scholarship will take the form of a £2,500 fee reduction that will apply to your first year of study.

Terms and Conditions

If you are from one of the countries below, you will be eligible for this award:

• If you're studying an undergraduate course, you must be a self-funded student on a full-time, on campus, course with annual fees of £16,200 or above for September 2024 and January 2025 entry.

• If you're studying on a postgraduate research or postgraduate taught course, you must be a self-funded student on a full-time, on campus, course with annual fees of £16,200 or above for September 2024 or January 2025 entry.

• The scholarship is not available for students who have previously studied other courses at the University of Portsmouth, who will instead be allocated the alumni discount.

• The scholarship is available for ICP (International College Portsmouth) students progressing to the University

• The scholarship will take the form of a £2,500 fee reduction, effective at the time of registration and will only apply to your first year of study.

• The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount or fee offer.

• The discounted fee will be stated on your Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS). This is the final document you receive when you have an unconditional offer to study at the University of Portsmouth and have paid your deposit.

• Only applicants who have been assessed as overseas students for tuition fee purposes can access this scholarship. Eligibility is determined by nationality.