Looking to study in the United Kingdom? Below are 30 hand-curated scholarships open to students heading to the United Kingdom — including fully funded options covering tuition, living costs, and travel. Each listing shows the award amount, deadline, and who's eligible, so you can spot the right fit fast and apply directly on the official site.
Fully funded
United Kingdom
Undergraduate
Jardine Foundation
- Amount
- Full tuition fees, college fees, annual stipend, and return airfare for undergraduate study at selected Oxford or Cambri
- Deadline
- Oct 20, 2025
Applicants from eligible Jardine Matheson regions applying to selected Oxford or Cambridge colleges may compete for full undergraduate fund…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
The Beit Trust
- Amount
- Full tuition fees and living stipend through partner universities; exact full package varies by partner and course
- Deadline
- Feb 13, 2026
Nationals of Zambia, Zimbabwe, or Malawi may apply for Beit Trust postgraduate scholarships at partner universities after securing or pursu…
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Fully funded
Europe and Asia
Any level
Petroleum Technology Development Fund
- Amount
- Return flights, health insurance, tuition and bench fees where applicable, plus accommodation and living allowances
- Deadline
- Feb 27, 2026
Nigerian MSc and PhD applicants in PTDF-approved oil-and-gas-relevant fields compete for full overseas funding at partner universities.
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
Mo Ibrahim Foundation and SOAS University of London
- Amount
- £45,479 total value covering tuition fees and maintenance stipend
- Deadline
- Jun 17, 2026
African-focused overseas fee-status applicants with an unconditional SOAS offer may apply for full tuition and maintenance support for a on…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
Swansea University
- Amount
- Full tuition fee bursary plus either £14,400 living costs stipend or £4,250 study costs bursary
- Deadline
- Jun 23, 2026
People seeking sanctuary in the UK with an unconditional Swansea master's offer may apply for full tuition plus living or study-cost suppor…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
British Government (Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission)
- Amount
- University fees + a living stipend + fares to/from the UK and various grants (books, thesis, research/daily travel)
- Deadline
- Sep 29, 2026
US citizens with a recent four-year US bachelor's degree and a GPA of at least 3.7, endorsed by their institution and applying in one US re…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Phd
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / University of Cambridge
- Amount
- Full Cambridge cost (University Composition Fee) + £22,050/year maintenance + airfares, visa and health surcharge (plus
- Deadline
- US round: mid-October. International rou
Non-UK citizens applying for a full-time postgraduate course at Cambridge, submitted via the University application by the relevant round's…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
Rhodes Trust (University of Oxford)
- Amount
- All Oxford university and college fees + £20,400/year stipend (£1,700/month) + flights, visa, health surcharge and settl
- Deadline
- Varies by constituency (commonly June–Oc
Citizens/residents of an eligible Rhodes constituency who meet that constituency's age and academic criteria; selected on intellect, charac…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
Cambridge Trust (University of Cambridge)
- Amount
- Full-cost or part-cost scholarships covering the University Composition Fee and, for full awards, maintenance — for high
- Deadline
- No separate application — apply for Camb
Highly ranked applicants from outside the UK/Ireland for an eligible Cambridge master's or PhD; apply via Cambridge admissions and tick fun…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
University of Oxford (Clarendon Fund)
- Amount
- Full Oxford course fees (Home and Overseas) + an annual living-costs grant at least at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend
- Deadline
- No separate application — apply for your
Graduate applicants of any nationality, automatically considered on academic merit when they apply for an eligible Oxford course by its fun…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
University of Oxford
- Amount
- 100% of course fees + a living-costs grant of at least £20,780, for the full duration of the course, plus a leadership d
- Deadline
- Apply via the Oxford graduate applicatio
Graduates/professionals ordinarily resident in eligible (mainly developing) countries, offered a place on an eligible Oxford course, with l…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
British Council
- Amount
- Full scholarship worth at least GBP 40,000, including tuition, living stipend, travel, visa, health coverage, and Englis
- Deadline
- 2026-2027 applications are closed; unive
Vietnamese women applying to selected UK STEM master's programmes through partner universities can receive fully funded British Council sup…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
UK Government — Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- Amount
- Full tuition + monthly living stipend + return economy airfare + arrival and departure allowances
- Deadline
- Early October (applications open in Augu
Citizens of a Chevening-eligible country with about two years of work experience and leadership potential, returning home for two years aft…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Undergraduate
University of Oxford
- Amount
- Full remission of University and College fees plus grants toward living and travel expenses
- Deadline
- Apply in January of the year you will st
Undergraduate offer-holders (deferred entry) from low-income countries who cannot study for a degree at home; apply in January of the start…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (FCDO-funded)
- Amount
- Approved tuition fees + return airfare + monthly living stipend + grants (thesis, study travel, warm-clothing where appl
- Deadline
- Varies by scheme; applications usually o
Citizens or permanent residents of eligible Commonwealth countries (mainly low/middle income) who apply via an approved nominating body and…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Undergraduate
University of Westminster
- Amount
- Full tuition + accommodation + living expenses + flights to and from London, renewed each year subject to satisfactory p
- Deadline
- Annual — you must first accept your offe
International students from a developing country holding a Westminster undergraduate offer, judged on academic merit, financial need, and d…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Phd
Imperial College London
- Amount
- Full tuition fees + a generous stipend aligned to the UKRI London rate (£22,780/year, 2025-26) + a £1,000/year consumabl
- Deadline
- Considered at three points a year — an e
Outstanding new PhD applicants of any nationality with a confirmed Imperial supervisor; put forward by the department via the admissions ap…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Phd
University of Warwick
- Amount
- Full overseas-rate tuition fees + a maintenance stipend (at the prevailing UKRI rate) for up to 3.5 years (accommodation
- Deadline
- Early in the cycle (normally early Decem
Outstanding international (Overseas fee status) PhD applicants with a supervisor and research proposal; apply early via the Doctoral Colleg…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Phd
University of Manchester
- Amount
- A full tuition-fee award (home or international rate) + an annual maintenance stipend at the UKRI rate (£21,805/year) fo
- Deadline
- Round deadlines vary by faculty (e.g. ar
Outstanding PhD applicants (First/2:1 honours, ideally a strong master's) with a Manchester supervisor; nominated via the funding section o…
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Fully funded
United Kingdom
Masters
Swansea University Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science
- Amount
- Full tuition fee scholarship for one outstanding female student per academic year
- Deadline
- Cycle deadline varies; Swansea lists the
One outstanding female master's student from an eligible developing country may receive full tuition for a Swansea Faculty of Health and Li…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Any level
University of Bristol
- Amount
- Tuition fee scholarships for eligible international undergraduate and postgraduate students; amount varies by course and
- Deadline
- Apr 10, 2026
Overseas-fee applicants to eligible University of Bristol undergraduate or postgraduate courses may apply for Think Big tuition-fee scholar…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Masters
University of Nottingham
- Amount
- 50% or 100% of tuition fees (tuition only — living costs are not covered)
- Deadline
- Annual — around mid-April (15 April 2026
Students from African, South Asian, or selected Commonwealth countries holding a Nottingham master's offer, with a strong home-country deve…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Phd
University of Edinburgh
- Amount
- Covers the difference between the UK (home) and international tuition-fee rates for a PhD (the overseas fee premium); do
- Deadline
- Apply online via EUCLID after applying f
International (or UK) applicants starting a first-year on-campus PhD at Edinburgh who have applied for admission; apply via EUCLID by the S…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Masters
British Council & the UK government's GREAT Britain Campaign, with participating UK universities
- Amount
- A minimum of £10,000 toward tuition fees for a one-year master's
- Deadline
- Set by each participating university (va
Citizens of one of the ~18 eligible countries applying to a participating UK university's one-year master's; apply via that university.
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Partial
United Kingdom
Undergraduate
University College London (UCL)
- Amount
- £9,000 per year for three years (subject to satisfactory academic progress)
- Deadline
- Annual — apply after holding a UCL under
UCL undergraduate offer-holders (UK or Overseas) with financial need and a commitment to university life and extracurricular involvement.
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Partial
United Kingdom
Masters
University of Glasgow
- Amount
- A tuition-fee discount for one year — 3 awards of £10,000 and 20 awards of £5,000
- Deadline
- Per intake (September and January starts
International fee-paying students with a UK first-class-equivalent record starting a 1-year, in-person Glasgow master's; apply with a 500-w…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Undergraduate
RCN Foundation (Royal College of Nursing)
- Amount
- A grant to help with study and living costs while training to become a nurse (the current value is published on the RCN
- Deadline
- Grants open in seasonal rounds (spring a
UK-based career changers with a prior degree entering a nursing degree/PG diploma, 500+ hours of healthcare experience, intending to work i…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Any level
University of Manchester
- Amount
- More than £6 million total scholarship fund for September 2026 international undergraduate and master's students; indivi
- Deadline
- Deadlines vary by region and level for S
Self-funded international undergraduate and master's offer holders from listed countries may apply for Manchester Global Futures awards for…
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Partial
United Kingdom
Masters
University of Birmingham
- Amount
- £5,000 tuition fee scholarship for international master's students starting in September 2026
- Deadline
- Deadlines vary by scholarship route and
International students applying for University of Birmingham master's study in September 2026 may apply for £5,000 Global Masters support.
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Partial
United Kingdom
Undergraduate
University of Sheffield
- Amount
- £2,500 per year, up to £10,000 for four-year programmes, subject to progression
- Deadline
- Awarded through undergraduate admission
International undergraduate students at Sheffield may receive £2,500 per year, up to £10,000, if they meet progression requirements.
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