Scholarships at University of Portsmouth

If you are a self-funded international student, achieve a first or upper second (2:1) from your Bachelor's degree and accept an offer onto a Master's course before Monday 4 July 2021, you could get 50% off your course tuition fee with our Master's Scholarship.

Eligible programmes are:

• MSc Engineering Geology
• MSc Geological and Environmental Hazards
• MSc Environmental Geology and Contamination
• MSc Crisis and Disaster Management
• MSc Geographical Information Systems
• MSc Coastal and Marine Resource Management

Eligibility

To be considered for this Master’s Scholarship you must be a self-funding international student and:

• Accept an offer on a full-time masters programme listed above before Monday 4 July 2021, to commence in September 2021
• Achieve a first or upper second (2:1) honours in your undergraduate degree
• Hold nationality from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria or Ghana
• The scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount or fee offer. 

If you're a student from the European Union (EU) joining our Faculty of Business and Law on a full-time or part-time postgraduate course, you may be eligible for a 40% discount on your tuition fees.

You can apply to be considered for the scholarship if:

• You're fully self-funded
• You have UK or EU nationality
• You've been offered a place on a campus-based full or part-time 180 credit postgraduate course, excluding distance learning or 'top-up' courses
• You've achieved, or are predicted to achieve, a 2:1 from your undergraduate degree, or have significant, relevant managerial or professional work experience (if you're awarded a scholarship but don't achieve a 2:1 when you get your results, you won't be eligible)
• You haven't started your postgraduate course at the University of Portsmouth

For October 2021 entry onwards, eligible students will be able to receive the Vice Chancellor's Global Development Scholarship. This scholarship will take the form of a £1,600 fee reduction that will apply to your first year of study.

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

Terms and Conditions for Vice Chancellor's Global Development Scholarship

• 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 £15,500 or above for October 2021 and February 2022 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 £15,500 or above for October 2021 or February 2022 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 £1,600 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.

For October 2021 entry onwards eligible applicants will be considered for the Chancellors 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 would need to have accepted their offer by 1 June 2021 for October 2021 entry and 1 December 2021 for February 2022 entry. Applications will then be considered by the University's scholarship panel and the successful candidates will be contacted to confirm their status. 

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

• Bangladesh
• Egypt
• Ghana
• India
• Indonesia
• Kenya
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Myanmar
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Tanzania
• The Caribbean (including Dominican Republic)
• Vietnam
• Zimbabwe

Terms and Conditions for The Chancellor’s Global Academic Merit Scholarship

• 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 £15,500 or above for October 2021 and February 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 £15,500 or above for October 2021 and February 2022 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, provided they have successfully completed an eligible qualification.
• The scholarship is not available for ICP (International College Portsmouth) students.
• 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.
• 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.