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 2022, 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 Land 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 2022, to commence in September 2022

• Achieve a first or upper second (2:1) honours in your undergraduate degree

• Hold nationality from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Nigeria or Ghana

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

For September 2022 and January 2023 entry, 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 £16,200 or above for September 2022 and January 2023 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 2022 or January 2023 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 September 2022 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 30 May 2022 (for September 2022 entry).

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

• Philippines

• South Africa

• Tanzania

• Thailand

• The Caribbean (including Dominican Republic)

• Turkey

• Uzbekistan

• 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 £16,200 or above for September 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 £16,200 or above for September 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.