Scholarships at Queen's University Belfast

Scholarship Value

• £3500 or £4000

• Depending on Fee Rate. Includes advanced entry into Year 2 or Year 3.

Who is Eligible

• New undergraduate students studying full-time undergraduate programmes.

Terms and Conditions

• The International Undergraduate Scholarship is exclusively for new international students.

• Application is not required. Eligible students will be notified automatically with their offer or shortly after receiving their offer, depending on their application method.

• Students must hold an offer for a place on a full-time undergraduate programme at the Queen’s University Belfast campus, starting in the academic year 2025/26 and prior to commencement of study have met any academic and language conditions attached to their offer as stated in their offer letter.

• Students must be classified as international fee-paying students paying the full international tuition fee rate in order to be considered for this discount. Students paying NI, ROI, EU or GB fees are not eligible for the International Undergraduate Scholarship.

• The discount is awarded for the first year of study only and is deducted from gross tuition fees upon enrolment. The scholarship cannot be used in lieu of any required deposit and no cash alternative is available.

• Any International Undergraduate Scholarship awarded is for entry to Queen’s University Belfast in the autumn semester of the academic year 2025/26 and cannot be used for 2026/27 entry or any other year.

• If you wish to defer your entry to the University your scholarship will not be transferred. However, you will be automatically assessed if you chose to defer your entry until 2026/27.

• Students must be self-funded i.e. be paying the tuition fees for the course yourself at the international rate.

• If you are in receipt of funding (either tuition fees or tuition fees and living costs) from an external sponsorship body such as Government, a charity or a private organisation you will not be eligible for an International Undergraduate Scholarship. This excludes students in receipt of educational loans.

• The following programmes are excluded from eligibility for the International Undergraduate Scholarship:

  • Undergraduate: Medicine, Dentistry, Agricultural Technology, Theology.

  • ALL Distance Learning programmes, foundation degree programmes and non-standard fee courses, including part-time programmes.

• Students must request authorisation from International Scholarships before making any changes to their programme of study. Where changes are made without authorisation being granted, the scholarship may be withdrawn, and students may be required to repay the scholarship in full.

• In the event that a student has received scholarship offers for a number of different programmes at Queen’s University Belfast, they will only be able to redeem one scholarship award. This will be the scholarship award for the course onto which they enrol in the 2025/26 academic year.

• Applicants may apply and/or be considered for more than one tuition fee award administered by Queen’s University Belfast but if successful would receive only the highest value award with the lower value award cancelled or allocated to another applicant, with the exception of the Early Confirmation Award, INTO Progression Scholarship or Brickfields Exceptional Student Scholarship where applicable.

• International scholarships cannot be used in conjunction with any other University tuition fee scholarship.

• Where eligible students can use their scholarship in conjunction with the Early Confirmation Award or INTO Progression Scholarship.

• The University is unable to consider requests for increased and/or further funding. The amount of scholarship offered is non-negotiable.

• The University reserves the right to vary all or any scholarship awards, discounts and regulations at its sole discretion.