Partially Funded Undergraduate and Postgraduate Scholarship at Swansea University

The University of Swansea is offering the International Excellence Scholarship for international students who wish to start their undergraduate or graduate studies at Swansea University.

Eligibility and Conditions:-

• Applicants must be non UK/EU nationals.

• Applicants must have applied for and received an offer to study at Swansea University at Undergraduate or Master’s level. 

• Students studying for a PhD, MPhil, Masters by Research, Graduate Diploma in Law, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate or Erasmus Mundus programme are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.

• Students currently studying at the University are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.  This includes students progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate courses.  It is for new enrolments only. 

• Applicants must have demonstrated excellence in their academic performance to date and be able to show what they will achieve at Swansea University in their application.  

• Applicants must be self-funded i.e. not in receipt of funding from their home country / sponsor body, or external third party organisation.  If funding is confirmed after the scholarship is awarded, then the University reserves the right to remove it according to this condition.

• Scholarships will be used to offset tuition fees only and cannot be used for any other purpose.  

• The scholarship will be applied to the course fees for the academic year stated in the offer letter.  If an offer for a course is deferred, then an applicant must reapply for the scholarship, unless there are exceptional circumstances, to be confirmed by the University.  

• Candidates must confirm acceptance of their scholarship, accept an offer of a place on a course and pay their £2,000 deposit.

• Successful undergraduate applicants awarded the maximum (£4000) International Excellence Scholarship in the first year, who achieve 65% and above in their first year of study will be eligible for a further £2,000 in year two.

• International Excellence Scholarships are available for the first year only of a Postgraduate degree programme. 

• Applicants can be in receipt of an International Excellence Scholarship in addition to a scholarship or bursary awarded by another department in the University, subject to those eligibility, terms and conditions also allowing.  Students are responsible for checking the criteria for each scholarship or bursary applied for.  

• Scholarship holders, having accepted an award, are reasonably expected to co-operate in Swansea University recruitment activities and automatically agree to their names and details being released by the University’s International Development Office for marketing purposes. 

• If it is deemed necessary for a Scholarship holder to suspend their studies, the scholarship will be held on university account and carried forward to the year of resumption of studies and the candidate will be expected to pay their personal contribution on a pro-rata basis.

• Having accepted an award, should a Scholarship holder withdraw from the University, the holder will be liable to repay to the University any award which has been made, either in whole or in part, as determined by the Committee.

• The International Development Office reserves the right to make, amend, withdraw, suspend or cancel without notice these and such other regulations as may be in force from time to time and such decisions shall be final.

• Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the awarding committee, and it may be that applicants are awarded a scholarship of a higher or lower amount to the one for which you may have originally applied.

Benefits:-

• The scholarship value is up to £4,000 as a reduction in the tuition fees. 
• Successful undergraduate applicants awarded the maximum (£4000) International Excellence Scholarship in the first year, who achieve 65% and above in their first year of study will be eligible for a further £2,000 in year two.

About Swansea University:-

Swansea University is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. Swansea University has 8 colleges spread across its two campuses which are located on the coastline of Swansea Bay. It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. It currently offers about 330 undergraduate courses and 120 post-graduate courses to 20,620 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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