International scholarships

Amount 

£1,500 tuition fee waiver deducted from first years tuition fee at the point of offer. 

Application deadline 

No application required – this is an automatic tuition fee waiver.

Eligibility 

This is for new, self-funded international tuition fee students studying full-time for a minimum of 2 semesters:  

• Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught students must be on campus  

• Postgraduate Research students can be distance learning or on campus

Study levels eligible include: 

• Undergraduate 

• Postgraduate taught 

• Masters by Research 

• Master of Research (MRes) 
• PhD

The Global Scholarship will be automatically awarded at the point of offer and detailed in the offer letter. Professional Doctorate programmes (eg. DBA, EdD) are not eligible for the Global Scholarship.

• The scholarship is only available for the named programme in the offer letter and beginning in September 2026. 
• Scholarships are non-transferable.
• Students must be studying on a full-time undergraduate taught, postgraduate taught, Masters by Research, Masters of Research, or PhD 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. 
• Eligible applicants must have applied and meet set entry criteria. An interview may be required. 
• Applicants must accept the scholarship by paying the advance tuition fee by 9 July  2026.
• 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, 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.

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 £7,500.

Amount 

£7,500 tuition fee waiver split over the three years of tuition fee. 

Application deadline 

30 June 2026.

Eligibility 

This is for new, self-funded international tuition fee-paying students studying full-time. Undergraduate taught students must be studying on-campus. The scholarship is applicable to any undergraduate course starting in September 2026. It does not apply to level 6 top up degrees.

• The scholarship is only available for the named programme in the offer letter and beginning in September 2026. 
• Scholarships are non-transferable.
• Students must be studying on campus on a full-time undergraduate taught degree, for a minimum of 3 years.
• 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.
• 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 the scholarship by paying the advance tuition fee amount by 9 July 2026.
• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship from the University of Gloucestershire and should not have previously been awarded an Undergraduate Merit or Postgraduate Merit Scholarship from the University. 
• Scholarships will not be awarded to deferred applications.
• On commencing studies at the University, scholarship holders will be contacted by the University, 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.

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, deducted from first year’s tuition fee.

Amount 

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

Application deadline 

30 June 2026.

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 2026, studied for a minimum of 2 semesters. 

• Students must be studying on campus on a full-time postgraduate taught degree, for a minimum of 2 semesters (PhD/other doctoral qualifications/research Master’s degree are not eligible for this award. I.E. Professional MSc by Research).
• The scholarship is only available for the named programme in the offer letter and beginning in September 2026. 
• 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 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 the scholarship by paying the advance tuition fee amount by 9 July 2026..
• 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, 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.

The Sports Excellence Scholarship is aimed at high performing student athletes who wish to combine high performance sport alongside undergraduate or postgraduate taught study at the University of Gloucestershire. This is applied as a tuition fee waiver designed to reward sporting excellence. The Scholarships are open only to international fee-paying students. 

Applicants must be able to demonstrate they are performing at the required level in the performance sport. 

What you’ll get in addition to the fee waiver:  

Our Global Sports Scholars and those athletes in a first team in one of our performance sports can also expect to receive: 

Amount 

The value of the scholarship will be £7,500 (spread over the 3 years) for Undergraduate students and £5,000 for Postgraduate students.

Application deadline 

30 June 2026.

Eligibility 

This is for new, self-funded international tuition fee-paying students studying full-time. Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught students must be studying on-campus. The scholarship is applicable to any undergraduate and postgraduate taught course starting in September 2026, studied for a minimum of 2 semesters. 

• The scholarship is only available for the named programme in the offer letter and beginning in September 2026 and for the following high-performance sports: women’s soccer, men’s basketball and volleyball. Other sports may be considered.
• Scholarships are non-transferable.
• Students must be studying on campus, full-time on either an undergraduate degree for a minimum of 3 years, or for a 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 Scholarship is valid as a tuition fee waiver split over the 3 years of tuition fees.
• The Postgraduate Scholarship is valid for the 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 the scholarship by paying the advance tuition fee amount by 9 July 2026.
• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship from the University of Gloucestershire.
• Scholarships will not be awarded to deferred applications.
• An interview may be required. The allocation of the scholarship is competitive, and so not all applications received will be successful. Scholarships will be awarded by the Sports Scholarship Group comprising of coaching staff. Applicants must meet the set and required entry criteria as well as performance criteria.
• Students receiving the Sports Global Excellence Scholarship will also be subject to the sport scholarship terms and conditions.  
• On commencing studies at the University, scholarship holders will be contacted by the University, 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.

If a student wishes to transfer to an undergraduate programme at University of Gloucestershire from an overseas progression partner, the University will offer a Progression Partner Scholarship worth £5,000.

Amount 

£5,000 tuition fee waiver deducted from first years tuition fee at the point of offer. 

Application deadline 

No application required – this is an automatic tuition fee waiver.

Eligibility 

Students who wish to transfer to an agreed progression pathway from an overseas partner are eligible. 

Please see all agreed Progression Pathways for the following countries: 

• Canada 

• Hong Kong  

• Malaysia 

• UAE 

• Vietnam 

The £5,000 scholarship is split across the number of years of study at the university, as outlined in the table below.

• This scholarship only applies to self-funded, undergraduate students, studying for a minimum of two semesters (one academic year) on campus, paying international tuition fees.
• A valid Progression Agreement should be in place between the University and the partner for students to qualify for the award. Check our list of progression partners and eligible transfer options. 
• On commencing at the University, scholarship holders will be contacted by the University, 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.  

• *Students are considered to be self-funded when they are paying their own tuition fees or receiving financial help from family or friends to allow them to pay their tuition fees.
• If a student meets the criteria for more than one of the scholarships outlined, they will qualify for the discount offering the largest reduction of the standard tuition fee. Only one financial award will apply in any programme of study undertaken by the student.
• For full eligibility criteria, please refer to the terms and conditions outlined above.