Scholarships at Aberystwyth Üniversitesi

September 2025: Up to £8,000 for Bachelor’s students and £3,000 for Master’s students.

Aberystwyth Regional Scholarships for Undergraduate Students:

• Students must be applying for an undergraduate programme.

• Students must reside in one of the listed eligible countries.

• Students will be eligible for a £2,000 reduction in tuition fees for each year of their studies at Aberystwyth University.

• This scholarship can be combined with the International Accommodation Award (IAA). 

• Students must be international-fee payers.

• Students must be self-funding and not in receipt of any other Scholarships, apart from the IAA.

• Students should meet the University’s usual entry requirements. 

Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Postgraduate Students : 

• Students must be applying for a postgraduate programme to receive this prestigious Scholarship.

• Students must reside in one of the countries eligible for the Aberystwyth Regional Scholarships.

• Students with an equivalent of a UK First Honours degree will be eligible for a £3,000 discount.

• Students with an equivalent of a UK Upper Second (2:1) or Lower Second (2:2) degree will receive a £2,000 discount.

• This scholarship can be combined with the International Accommodation Award (IAA). 

• Students must be international-fee payers.

• Students must be self-funding and not in receipt of any other Scholarships, apart from the IAA.

• Students should meet the University’s usual entry requirements. 

Eligibility  

• These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely self-funded (students in receipt of a repayable loan to fund their studies are considered as self-funded).

• Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in one of the countries listed below. 

• The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other Aberystwyth University awards, bursaries or scholarships, apart from the International Accommodation Award.  

Students who are not eligible  

The following students are NOT eligible for this scholarship regardless of meeting the above criteria:  

• Students undertaking a programme of study normally delivered fully online.

• BVSc Veterinary Science or BSc Nursing students.

• Deferring students. Where a scholarship has been awarded to a student who subsequently defers entry to the following academic year, the award will be withdrawn and the applicant will be considered again in-line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry. 

• Applicants entering the second or third year as their first year of study with Aberystwyth. 

• Students who are resitting a year and therefore may not be paying full fees.

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored.

• Students who are assessed as Home-fee payers. 

• Current students whose first year of undergraduate study at Aberystwyth University, was prior to academic year 2025-26.