Southampton Presidential International Scholarship

This scholarship is open to international students who will start their course and study for either:

• an undergraduate degree, or
• a postgraduate master’s degree

If your application is successful, we will award you with either:

• £10,000 off your tuition fees, or
• 100% off

The amount we award you will depend on your application.

Scholarships for undergraduate study will cover each year of undergraduate study.

Scholarships for postgraduate study will cover the first year of postgraduate study.

There are 25 scholarships available in total.

How we award scholarships This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful. 

There are 5 stages to the shortlisting process.  

• We check that you meet the eligibility criteria.
• We score and rank the answers you give on your application form.
• We shortlist applicants across all departments to recognise academic excellence in all areas. 
• We score your academic qualifications stated on your UCAS or PGT application form.
• A scholarship panel, chaired by the Vice President International, will assess your total score.

We may also shortlist applicants from Least Developed Countries, Low Income or Lower Middle Income countries.

The 10 applicants with the highest score will get 100% tuition fee waivers.

The next 15 applicants with the highest score will get £10,000 off their tuition fees.

The decision of the scholarship panel is final.

Eligibility We will only consider applicants who have an offer to study at the University of Southampton.

You must:

• be paying your own tuition fees
• need to pay the overseas tuition fee

You must not be in receipt of any external scholarship

The Southampton Presidential International Scholarship is not available to students studying:

• on PGCert, PGDip, Foundation or PGR courses
• on Distance Learning courses
• with a partner institution
• at our campus in Malaysia
• on continuing professional development (CPD) courses
• undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences
• only pre-sessional English – pre-sessional English students with an offer to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level can still apply.

Southampton Presidential International Scholarship This scholarship is open to international students who will start their course in 2023 and study for either:

an undergraduate degree, or a postgraduate master’s degree If your application is successful, we will award you with either:

£10,000 off your tuition fees, or 100% off The amount we award you will depend on your application.

Scholarships for undergraduate study will cover each year of undergraduate study.

Scholarships for postgraduate study will cover the first year of postgraduate study.

There are 25 scholarships available in total.

Eligibility We will only consider applicants who have an offer to study at the University of Southampton.

You must:

be paying your own tuition fees need to pay the overseas tuition fee You must not be in receipt of any external scholarship

The Southampton Presidential International Scholarship is not available to students studying:

on PGCert, PGDip, Foundation or PGR courses on Distance Learning courses with a partner institution at our campus in Malaysia on continuing professional development (CPD) courses undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences only pre-sessional English – pre-sessional English students with an offer to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level can still apply

Residency requirement

To apply for the Presidential International Scholarship you must be resident in one of the following countries: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana
Cambodia Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq
Madagascar Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia
Sudan Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

We determine your residency as where you have been living for a 3 year period or longer before the start of the course. This does not include where you are living for study purposes, if it is somewhere different to where you normally live.

Deadline to apply The deadline for applications is different for undergraduate and postgraduate applications.

We cannot accept late applications. If your application is successful, you will receive confirmation in an email with an attached letter.