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Scholarships for international students

We offer prestigious, competitive scholarships to new international and European students. You must have an offer to study a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate course at NTU to apply for a scholarship.

You'll find all the details on this page, with application advice, deadlines, and terms and conditions.

NTU International Scholarships

Our scholarships range from £2,000 up to 50% off your tuition fees. They are applied as tuition fee reductions once you enrol on your course at NTU.

These are awarded to Bachelors and Masters students who can demonstrate excellent academic achievement and the potential to contribute to the University community.

Discover all of our scholarships for September 2025 entry.

Our NTU Excellence Scholarships are competitive and will be awarded based on the strength of your application.

Undergraduate

  • 50% or 25% off your first year tuition fees, plus 3,000 for each subsequent year of your course.

Postgraduate

  • 50% or 25% off your first year tuition fees.

For example if your tuition fee was £24,500 and you were awarded a 50% scholarship, your new tuition fee would be £12,250.

We have a range of country and school scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students. These scholarship are competitive and will be awarded based on the strength of your application.

Undergraduate

  • Sri Lanka Scholarship: £4,000 for each year of study, excluding any placement years.
  • Taiwan Scholarship: £5,000 for the first year of study.
  • Taiwan STEM Scholarship: 50% of tuition fee for the first year of study.
  • USA Excellence Scholarship: 25% or 50% of tuition fee, plus £3,000 for each subsequent year of your course excluding any placement years.

Postgraduate/Masters

  • Ghana Law School Scholarship: 50% of tuition fee
  • LLM Scholarships (Vietnam, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa): 50% of tuition fee
  • Makerere Uganda Scholarship: 100% of tuition fee
  • Postgraduate Scholarships for Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Latin America and Caribbean, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Serbia, Turkey: £4,000
  • Postgraduate Scholarship for Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam. Taiwan: £5,000
  • Taiwan STEM Scholarship: 50% of tuition fee
  • Women in Computer Science: 50% of tuition fee

We have a number of High Achievers Awards for high achieving students. These awards are based on a certain criteria and provided you meet the requirements, you will be award the relevant scholarship.

You must still submit an application form to be considered but you can choose to apply for these awards only by ticking the box stating you wish to be considered for the High Achievers Scholarship.

Please check individual country pages for criteria as these vary:

Undergraduate

  • Canada Law High Achievers Award: £3,000

Postgraduate

  • Bangladesh High Achievers Award: £3,000
  • India Prestigious University Award: Up to £4,000
  • Sri Lanka High Achievers Award: £3,000
  • Sub-Saharan Africa High Achievers Award: £3,000
  • Thailand High Achievers Award: £4,000

All Undergraduate and Postgraduate students can apply for the below scholarships:

NTU International Merit Scholarships

  • £3,000

NTU International Scholarships

  • £2,000

To be considered for the below reward, you must email international@ntu.ac.uk with copies of your and your sibling’s birth certificates and both of your NTU ID numbers.

Sibling Loyalty Reward

  • 20% discount on tuition fees

The GREAT Scholarship programme is a joint initiative by the British Council and the UK Government. We are delighted to offer one competitive scholarship of £10,000 to students from select countries.

Please check individual country pages for more details:

  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • Italy
  • Kenya
  • Pakistan

We have some new Impact Scholarships in partnership between NTIC and NTU:

  • Women in STEM Impact Scholarships: £3,000 award to students progressing to undergraduate degrees in STEM subjects at NTU (first year only).
  • Sustainability Impact Scholarships: £3,000 award to students progressing to sustainability-related undergraduate degrees at NTU (first year only).

You will need to apply directly through NTIC. You can find out more on their website.

There may be external scholarships and loans you can apply for. As these are external to NTU, we encourage you to find more details on their individual websites. You cannot apply for any of these scholarships through the NTU application form.

Please note we cannot waive your £6,000 advance payment when you apply for any of these external scholarships or loans.

If your only remaining condition of your offer is the £6,000 advance payment, you can request an academic unconditional offer letter. This will be accepted by the awarding body as an unconditional offer letter for your scholarship application.

Please email international@ntu.ac.uk to request an offer letter.


Chevening Scholarships

Chevening is the UK government’s global leadership programme, offering fully-funded scholarships and fellowships to study a one-year taught master's degree at a UK institution. To find out more and to see if you're eligible, please click below.

Find out more about Chevening Scholarships

Commonwealth Masters Scholarships

Commonwealth Masters Scholarships are for candidates from eligible Commonwealth countries to undertake full-time taught Master’s study at a UK university. To find out more and to see if you're eligible, please click below.

Find out more about Commonwealth Master's Scholarships

Entente Cordiale Scholarships

The British Council in France have announced a number of scholarships for French students to study in the UK. The Entente Cordiale scholarships are aimed at those wanting to undertake law or environmental studies in the UK.

Find out more about Entente Cordiale Scholarships

Prodigy Finance

Loans for international postgraduate students for study in the UK. If interested, please register with Prodigy to tell them your study plans. Please note NTU is not a lender and is not recommending, endorsing or in any way connected with this loan provider. The University is providing this for information without guarantee of accuracy. We recommend that candidates investigate all financing options available. Please note that students with Prodigy Loan letters are still required to make the £6,000 advance payment.

Find out more about Prodigy Finance

Last year we awarded over 1,000 scholarships to students from more than 70 countries.

How to apply

To apply, you must have an offer to study at NTU in September 2025.

You only need to submit one application form and you will be considered for all the scholarships and awards you are eligible for.

Deadlines for September 2025 entry:

  • Wednesday 29 January 2025, 16:00 GMT
  • Wednesday 26 February, 16:00 GMT
  • Wednesday 26 March, 16:00 GMT
  • Wednesday 30 April, 16:00 GMT
  • Wednesday 18 June, 16:00 GMT

Current NTU students are not eligible to apply for our international scholarship scheme. We recommend you visit our managing your money webpage for some helpful guidance and advice.

To be eligible for an NTU International Scholarship award, you must:

  1. Have an offer of a place on an eligible course at Nottingham Trent University.
  2. Be classed as an overseas student for tuition fee purposes (‘international student’). Please visit ntu.ac.uk/scholarships for information on scholarships for UK students.
  3. Be due to enrol on the first year of a new course of study (or year 2 or 3 of an undergraduate course in the case of advanced entry) in September 2025. International students enrolled before September 2025 and due to progress onto the second, third or fourth year of their course of study in September 2025, or repeating the first year of study, are not eligible to apply.

Terms and Conditions for International Scholarships

  1. Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC) progression students are not eligible to apply for an NTU International Scholarship award.
  2. International students who receive sponsorship (your tuition fees are being paid by an employer, government, or funding body in full or in part) are not eligible to apply for an International Scholarship.
  3. If you are studying at an institution that has a partnership agreement with NTU you are eligible for either an NTU International Scholarship award (if your scholarship application is successful) or the Partner Progression Discount (the higher amount would be deducted from your tuition fees).
  4. If you are awarded a Scholarship by an external body, you can only be awarded an NTU International Scholarship award if the total combined amount of both awards is not higher than 50% of your first year’s tuition fees. Please check the Terms and Conditions of the external award to make sure any award from NTU would not impact your external award.
  5. Applicants may only apply for an NTU International Scholarship award once per academic year per offer of a place on a qualifying course.
  6. Applications received after 16:00 GMT (4 pm) on each deadline will automatically be considered for the next available deadline. For example, application forms submitted after the first deadline and before the second deadline, will be considered for the second deadline.
  7. Applications received after the final deadline will not be considered.
  8. This application form is for eligible undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses only. Please do not use this form to apply for research funding.
  9. If you are awarded any other scholarship, bursary and / or tuition fee reduction from NTU you will only be eligible for the higher award (except for candidates who are awarded a Sport Scholarship or if you are eligible for the Alumni discount and the combined awards are not higher than 50% of your first year’s tuition fees).
  10. If you receive an award for each year of study, the award will be deducted from your tuition fee at the start of each year. You must successfully complete each year of the course to continue to receive this. Scholarships are not applied when a placement year is undertaken but will resume for your final year of study.
  11. NTU Scholarship awards can be transferred between courses within the same academic School and academic year. In the case of a 50% Excellence award your scholarship would be reviewed by the course team for your new course. Scholarships cannot be transferred to a different academic School or academic year.
  12. Applicants will be informed whether they have (or have not) been awarded an NTU International Scholarship award (and of the value of the scholarship award if they have been awarded) within five weeks of the application deadline.
  13. The scholarship will be applied to your tuition fee when you accept your scholarship offer, accept and meet the conditions of your course offer and you are eligible to enrol on your course.
  14. Scholarships are competitive and selection is based on the information provided on the scholarship application form. It is particularly important that you give your scholarship statement careful thought and preparation, and that you refer to the criteria provided.
  15. If applying for the High Achievers Award, you must be able to provide a graded transcript in order to evidence that you meet the criteria of the High Achievers award.
  16. If your scholarship application is successful and you enrol at NTU, we may ask you to become a student ambassador, or to appear in online and / or printed marketing materials for NTU. For example, providing a student profile and a photograph which may be used to promote NTU and NTU’s scholarship schemes and courses. Your name and course may be printed in any Scholarships Awards event materials. If you do not wish us to use your data in this manner, please notify us by email at international@ntu.ac.uk.
  17. If you fail to complete your course and choose to retake the course or undertake another eligible course, any scholarship you were originally awarded will not be applicable.
  18. If you fail to complete your course and the scholarship was not applied (i.e., you did not pay the tuition fees, or the tuition fees were reimbursed) and you choose to retake the course or undertake another eligible course you may re-apply for a scholarship provided you still meet the eligibility criteria. Consideration of any new scholarship application will be in accordance with the stated criteria and there is no guarantee that the application will be successful.
  19. If you withdraw from your course while owing a proportion of your tuition fees to NTU, application of the scholarship shall be at the discretion of NTU, and the scholarship may be withdrawn.
  20. Eligible postgraduate Masters courses are Master level awards (full-time and part-time only).  Excluded courses: LLM BTC, LLM LPC (full-time, part-time, distance learning), LLM (distance learning), MSc Human Resource Management (part-time), MA Social Work, MA Advanced Social Work Practice, MSc Biomedical Science (flexible learning), SQE courses, PGCE courses. See our scholarships for Professional Law courses. If any queries please contact ntu.scholarships@ntu.ac.uk to confirm whether your course is eligible for the scheme. NTU reserve the right to exclude other courses at their discretion.
  21. NTU may close International Scholarship award applications to individual courses at any time.
  22. We cannot accept scholarship applications written by ChatGPT or other AI technologies. The application form must be completed by individuals using your own words.
  23. NTU’s decision in all matters relating to the scholarship is final.

Additional Terms and Conditions for Sibling Loyalty Reward

  1. To be considered for this reward, you must email international@ntu.ac.uk with copies of your and your sibling’s birth certificates and both of your NTU ID numbers.
  2. There must be at least one shared parent between siblings to be eligible.
  3. The reward is given for your first year of study only.
  4. The reward does not apply to a sibling currently studying at NTU unless they are also in their first year of study.
  5. Deadline for claiming this reward for September 2025 entry is 31 August 2025. For January 2025 entry the deadline is 20 December 2024.

Additional Terms and Conditions for GREAT Scholarships

  • Scholarships will be open only to target country passport holders and residents, and in respect of China, mainland passport holders and residents only.
  • The scholarship can only be used towards tuition fees.
  • UK HEIs should award the scholarships by 30 June 2025. Application deadlines may vary for individual institutions.
  • The Study UK team must be informed of any other scholarships awarded to a GREAT scholar in the same academic year.

Additional Terms and Conditions for NTU & NTIC Impact Scholarships – Women in STEM and The Sustainability Scholarship

  1. To be eligible for an NTU & NTIC Impact Scholarship, you must have an offer of a place on an eligible NTU undergraduate course with progression from Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC) and be classed as an overseas student for tuition fee purposes (‘international student’).
  2. Eligible undergraduate courses include all courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths or which are a sustainability-related degree, and which are eligible for progression from courses at NTIC. Excluded courses include postgraduate courses, SQE preparation courses, PGDL, LPC, BTC, distance learning and exchange students.
  3. Please submit your application through NTIC/Kaplan and agree to the terms and conditions when you apply. You can apply on the NTIC Kaplan website Impact Scholarships.
  4. You are only eligible for this scholarship if you are due to enrol on the first year of a course (or year 2 of an undergraduate course in the case of advanced entry) in September 2025 or beyond having progressed from NTIC. If you have already commenced your NTIC pathway programme or degree at NTU you cannot apply for these scholarships.
  5. This scholarship can be combined with the NTIC/NTU Early Payment Discount. If you pay at least £1,000 towards your NTU fees before the stated deadline we will automatically deduct £500 from your first year tuition fee only – please refer to the terms and conditions of this fee discount. This scholarship can also be combined with the Distinction Scholarship which is a yearly payment to the student of £1000 per year, except for placement year, for those students who achieve 70% or above in their NTIC subject.
  6. If you are awarded the scholarship this will be for the first year of your undergraduate study.
  7. If you transfer to a different NTU course before progressing from NTIC to NTU the scholarship will be transferable if the course is eligible within this scheme.
  8. Applicants will be informed whether they have (or have not) been awarded a scholarship by NTIC/Kaplan. Kaplan will notify scholarship applicants of the outcome of their application by email within 4 weeks of the scholarship application deadline. The NTU part of the award is a fee reduction which will be applied to the NTU tuition fee when an applicant meets the conditions of their offer and enrols on the NTU degree course.
  9. To be awarded this scholarship when you progress to NTU, you must achieve a 70% overall grade or above at NTIC.

Scholarship Application Advice

Our scholarships are competitive so it is important to make yourself stand out from the crowd. Here are some of our top tips for completing your application:

  • Spend good time on the application – you only have 500 words so make sure you use them wisely.
  • Express your interests and your achievements - we want to know all about you and your goals for the future.
  • Believe in yourself – you are good enough to apply so why not give it a go.

Frequently asked questions about NTU scholarships

Once you have an academic offer for a course at Nottingham Trent, you can apply through our simple application form on our website.

Our scholarships are competitive so it is important to make yourself stand out from the crowd. Here are some of our top tips for completing your application:

  • Spend good time on the application – you only have 500 words so make sure you use them wisely.
  • Express your interests and your achievements - we want to know all about you and your goals for the future.
  • Believe in yourself – you are good enough to apply so why not give it a go.

Your application must be written and completed by you. We cannot accept scholarship applications written by ChatGPT or other AI technologies as our scholarships are awarded based on your individual skills and merit.

We have a range of International Scholarship available that you can apply for. These range from £2,000 to 50% off your tuition fees.

We also have some external scholarships available that are run in collaboration with NTU. These include the British Council Scholarship and Chevening Scholarship among others.

More details can be found on our webpages or through your own research.

We offer multiple application deadlines throughout the year and the results of your scholarship will be shared around 4 weeks after each deadline.

Applications for our January 2025 scholarships are closed. Applications for September 2025 will be open later in the year.

We always list the deadlines on the scholarships page and will indicate when the final scholarship deadline for the academic year is to ensure you have an opportunity to apply. You can only apply as a prospective student who has yet to begin their studies at NTU.

No, we do not currently offer any automatic awards.

Our scholarships are assessed based on the application form where we will consider you for all of the awards you are eligible for.

Some of our scholarships are criteria based so provided you meet the requirements and have submitted an application by the deadline, you will be awarded the appropriate scholarship.

The majority of our scholarships are competitive and so are awarded based on the essay you provide. This must be written by you and share information about your achievements, your goals and any interests.

You will need to contact the international team with the details of your award and which course you will now be studying. We will then review your scholarship to see if it can be applied to your new course.

Unfortunately you are not allowed to use your scholarship to make your advance payment. If you are awarded a scholarship from NTU, this will only be applied to your tuition fee records once you have enrolled. This means you need to have met all of the conditions of your offer, including the advance payment, before you receive your scholarship.

If you are deferring your academic course from a September to January intake, we can honour your scholarship for the same course. If you are changing course, please contact the international team.

If you are deferring to the following academic year, you will not be able to defer your scholarship. You will need to reapply for the international Scholarship Scheme for the new intake.

Kindly note a previous award does not guarantee a future award. Each application is considered against the round it is submitted in.

Unfortunately, we cannot reconsider any applications once a decision has been made. Students can only apply once each academic year so make sure you include all details and information you wish the panel to know about in your sole application. Please do not use the personal statement submitted for your academic application for your scholarship application.

No, we only offer scholarships to students who have yet to begin their studies at NTU. As a current student you can check with your course team to find out if they offer any subject-specific scholarships. If you are struggling with your finances you can read some helpful information on our website.

Your scholarship will be a reduction to your tuition fees. Scholarships are normally applied when your CAS is issued but may not show on your finance record until you fully enrol and start your course.

To enrol you must choose to either pay the balance in full, or in two instalments on the dates stated in the enrolment portal. Your scholarship will be split between these two payments and not just discounted from the first payment. Please budget accordingly.

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