Gloucestershire at University of Gloucestershire

This merit scholarship is a tuition fee waiver designed to reward academic excellence or, a strong creative portfolio, or relevant work experience (where required). The value of the scholarship will be £5,000.

Amount 

£5,000 tuition fee waiver deducted from first years  tuition fee. 

Application deadline 

30 April 2025

Eligibility 

This is for new, self-funded international tuition fee-paying students studying full-time. Postgraduate Taught students must be studying on-campus. The scholarship is applicable to any postgraduate taught course starting in September 2025, studied for a minimum of 2 semesters.

Terms and conditions

• The scholarship is only available for the named programme in the offer letter and beginning in September 2025. 

• Scholarships are non-transferable.

• Students must be studying on campus on a full-time postgraduate taught degree, for a minimum of 2 semesters. 

• Applicants must be international fee payers and must be self-funding (see note 1) for at least 100% of tuition fee. 

• The Undergraduate Merit Scholarship is valid as a tuition fee waiver split over the 3 years of tuition fees.

• The Postgraduate Merit Scholarship is valid for first year of tuition fees. 

• Excellent work experience and/or portfolio will be considered in addition to grades. 

• Eligible applicants must have applied and meet set entry criteria. An interview may be required. 

• Applicants must accept scholarship and pay the full advised advanced payment by the CAS deadline.

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship from the University of Gloucestershire.

• Scholarships will not be awarded to deferred applications.

• On commencing studies at the University, scholarship holders will be contacted by the University’s Communications, Marketing and Student Recruitment Team (CMSR), and be required to periodically participate in marketing activity that includes (but is not limited to) video and photography content creation, blog commentary, supporting recruitment events.