Scholarships at University of Manchester

Faculties and Schools across the University have developed a range of subject-specific schemes to support students for 2023 entry.

The Manchester International Excellence scholarships are open to fee-paying undergraduate students from Bangladesh, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

Awards will be made to the highest-performing applicants and based on the information provided in the UCAS application. For 2023 entry, there are 50 competitive scholarships available. The award is £4,000 for the first year of study and then £1,500 per year of study, up to Year 4.

To be considered for this scholarship, you need to meet the following criteria:

• be an international fee-paying, self-funded student from one of the countries listed above;

• be holding an offer of a place for a full-time undergraduate course in the Faculty of Science and Engineering;

• have accepted this offer and made The University of Manchester your firm choice on UCAS by the end of June;

• maintain a 60% average performance each year of your undergraduate studies and engage with marketing activities to support future students who apply from these regions;

• ensure you're fully registered with your Department on an undergraduate degree course as a new student.

There'll be no separate application form. All eligible international students who're holding an offer of a place within the Faculty of Science and Engineering will automatically be considered for a scholarship. Awards will be given on academic merit.

More information

If you're looking for scholarships from one of the other Faculties, they may have more information on their websites. If you're not sure which Faculty your subject falls into, you can check our list of Faculties and Schools. 

• Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

• Faculty of Humanities

Number of Awards : Ten

Award amount : £7,500 reduction in tuition fees.

Eligibility criteria

All self-sponsored applicants, who hold an offer of a place to study on one of the Manchester Institute of Education master's full-time courses and are a national of or permanently live in one of the following countries are eligible:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Channel Islands, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Bahamas, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Deadline date : 30 June 2023

Social responsibility and inclusion lie at the heart of our University and we are committed to playing our part in supporting those fleeing conflict and persecution by offering access to higher education.   

We’ve set up a new Humanitarian Scholarship programme for international students, which is available for any undergraduate and postgraduate-taught programmes, excluding medicine, dentistry, nursing, and architecture.