Lord Paul Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship

As a student of the University of Wolverhampton you could be eligible for the Lord Paul Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship.

Value: £1,000 for achieving our standard entry criteria for each year of study on your chosen undergraduate programme

Or

£1,500 for achieving a minimum of BBB at A Level or equivalent for each year of study 

Or 

£2,000 for achieving a minimum of ABB at A Level or equivalent for each year of study 

Eligibility Criteria: 

• Students receiving any of the Lord Paul Excellence Scholarship would not be eligible for any other scholarships, bursaries or discounts.

• Applicants must hold an offer for a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme at University of Wolverhampton for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• Scholarships are not transferrable and are only available for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees

• Applicants must be privately funded (i.e., full fees being paid from their own or their family’s resources)

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship or financial award

• Applicants must not have previously been enrolled on the same course, or a course leading to this award (e.g. DipHE or PGDip)

How to apply

There is no requirement to make a formal application for this scholarship. Our Admissions Team will detail the scholarship on your offer letter for your degree programme; reducing the tuition fee payable for each year of study on your chosen programme.

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk 

Lord Paul Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship (First year of study only):

As a student of the University of Wolverhampton you could be eligible for the Lord Paul Postgraduate Exellence Scholarship.

Value: £1,000 for achieving a minimum of standard entry 

Or

£1,500 for achieving a minimum of 2:1 

Or

£2,000 for achieving a minimum of 1^st Class 

Eligibility Criteria:

• Students receiving any of the Lord Paul Excellence Scholarship would not be eligible for any other scholarships, bursaries or discounts.

• Applicants must hold an offer an offer for a full-time postgraduate taught programme at University of Wolverhampton for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• Scholarships are not transferrable and are only available for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees

• Applicants must be privately funded (i.e., full fees being paid from their own or their family’s resources)

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship or financial award

• Applicants must not have previously been enrolled on the same course, or a course leading to this award (e.g. DipHE or PGDip)

How to apply

There is no requirement to make a formal application for this scholarship. Our Admissions Team will detail the scholarship on your offer letter for your degree programme; reducing the tuition fee payable for each year of study on your chosen programme.

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk 

The University of Wolverhampton are pleased to announce the Global Opportunities Office Regional Awards. There are 20 scholarships of £3,000 per year for students from the following regions:

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Middle East and North Africa
• East Asia and Pakistan
• Europe
• The Americas

Eligibility Criteria:

• Students must hold a minimum of ABB at A Level or equivalent.

• Students receiving any of the Regional Scholarships would not be eligible for any other scholarships, bursaries or discounts.

• Applicants must hold an offer an offer for a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme at University of Wolverhampton for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• Scholarships are not transferrable and are only available for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees

• Applicants must be privately funded (i.e., full fees being paid from their own or their family’s resources)

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship or financial award

• Applicants must not have previously been enrolled on the same course, or a course leading to this award (e.g. DipHE or PGDip)

How to apply

You will be required to support your application with a 500 word statement, on how you would benefit from this scholarship and how you would be an ambassador to the university. All applications will be assessed with consideration to the following: overall presentation; originality of thought; fluency in communication of ideas; evidence of motivation for study; ability to succeed and contribute to university life. 

Please fill in and submit the Regional Scholarship form by 31st July 2022. Please submit your predicted grades if you do not have your final results by then, the award will be dependent on your final results.

Our Admissions Team will detail the scholarship on your offer letter for your degree programme; reducing the tuition fee payable for each year of study on your chosen programme.

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk 

International Academy Scholarship

Value: £2,000 per student for all 3 years of Undergraduate study

Eligibility Criteria:

• All students who successfully complete the Pre-Sessional Programme and join the University of Wolverhampton for a three year university degree.

• Applicants must hold an offer for a full-time undergraduate programme at University of Wolverhampton for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• Scholarships are not transferrable and are only available for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees

• Applicants must be privately funded (i.e., full fees being paid from their own or their family’s resources)

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship or financial award

How to apply

There is no requirement to make a formal application for this scholarship. Our Admissions Team will detail the scholarship on your offer letter for your degree programme; reducing the tuition fee payable for each year of study on your chosen programme.

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk 

Alumni Scholarship

Available for University of Wolverhampton graduates (including those from our partner institutions) for postgraduate taught on-site study only. 

If you have obtained a First or Second class degree with us and choose us for your postgraduate taught studies, you can receive between £2,000 and £3,000 dependent upon your results.

For postgraduate taught study only – payable for one year only. To be offered to University of Wolverhampton graduates from University of Wolverhampton and its partners.

Value: £2k for Second class honours

Or

£3k for First class achievement 

Eligibility Criteria:

Progressing students would not be eligible for any other scholarships, bursaries or discounts

• Applicants must hold an offer for a full-time postgraduate taught programme at University of Wolverhampton for entry in academic year 2022/2023

• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees

• Applicants must be privately funded (i.e., full fees being paid from their own or their family’s resources)

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship or financial award

• Discount not available for PGCE, CIM qualifications or integrated Master’s. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to combine with any other tuition fee discount, bursary or scholarship. 100% online courses are only eligible for a 10% discount. 

How to apply

There is no requirement to make a formal application for this scholarship. Our Admissions Team will detail the scholarship on your offer letter for your degree programme; reducing the tuition fee payable for each year of study on your chosen programme.

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk  

Please note that this discount only applies to students who are enrolling to study at postgraduate level based at one of the University's UK campuses. The undergraduate award may have been studied either at the University or at any of our international partner institutions - where the undergraduate degree is a University of Wolverhampton Award only.

University of Wolverhampton Sanctuary Scholarship                                                                      

Two scholarships available a year for students who have sought refuge in the UK:

• Undergraduate University of Wolverhampton Sanctuary Scholarship. Tuition Fee Waiver and Living Costs Bursary of £1,000 per year

• Postgraduate (Taught) University of Wolverhampton Sanctuary Scholarship. Tuition Fee Waiver and Living Costs Bursary of £1,000 per year

Eligibility Criteria:

The following categories of applicant would be eligible to apply for the scholarship.

• An asylum seeker or the partner/dependant** of an asylum seeker; OR
• An asylum seeker/partner/dependant who has been granted Discretionary Leave to Remain (DLR) or some other form of temporary status
• From another forced migrant background and not eligible to apply for Student Finance
• Applicants must hold an offer an offer for a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme at University of Wolverhampton for entry in academic year 2022/2023
• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees
• Applicants must be privately funded (i.e., full fees being paid from their own or their family’s resources)
• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship or financial award
• Applicants must not have previously been enrolled on the same course, or a course leading to this award (e.g. DipHE or PGDip)

**Spouses/ civil partners must have been the spouse/ civil partner on the date which the asylum application was made. Children/step-children must have been aged under 18 on the date on which the asylum application was made.

How to apply

Please fill in and submit the Sanctuary Scholarship form by 31st July 2022. If successful, you may be requested to submit evidence that you are eligible for this scholarship

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk  

University of Wolverhampton Sports Scholarship is intrinsically linked to our Focus Sports (football, basketball, combat sports and netball); athletes outside of these sports are still considered and more favourably if their sport is recognised within the BUCS competitive framework.

Tier One Scholarship:    

• Available to students competing at junior and senior international level. 
• Scholars can receive up to £1,500 per academic year for their course of study

Tier Two Scholarship:    

• Available to student athletes competing at a nationally recognised standard within their sport.
• Scholars can receive up to £1,000 per academic year for their course of study.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Athlete performance level is decided on a sport by sport basis but follows the below criteria;
• International – Junior/ Senior
• National – Junior/ Senior
• County/ Regional league
• Be able to demonstrate sporting achievements, particularly in BUCS representation
• Be able to demonstrate a commitment to striving for personal excellence and act as a role model for other students
• Be a registered and enrolled student at the University of Wolverhampton.
• Provide supporting evidence with your application such as; sporting highlights and coach references
• Adhere to all terms and conditions of the sports scholarship programme

How to apply

To apply for the WLV Sport Scholarship please complete the application form on our website: www.wlv.ac.uk/university-life/wlv-sport/sport-scholarship/

Contact:

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk or sportsscholarships@wlv.ac.uk   

GREAT Scholarships are jointly funded by University of Wolverhampton with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign and the British Council.

We are offering [a minimum of £10,000] towards tuition fees for one-year master’s programmes to students from: Nepal, Indonesia, and Pakistan, who will enrol into UK higher education institutions in the 2022-23 academic year. 

Only three scholarships are available and applications will open to relevant offer-holders in November 2021 and applications close on 27^th May 2022

Successful candidates will be required to represent the University of Wolverhampton and the British Council as an ambassadors for the GREAT Scheme

What country must I come from to be eligible for the scholarship?

Nepal, Indonesia, Pakistan

What scholarships are on offer?

Nepal £10,000 (all subjects)

Indonesia £10,000 (all subjects)

Pakistan £10,000 (all subjects)

How will I receive my scholarship?

The University of Wolverhampton GREAT scholarships will be awarded in the form of a partial fee waiver.

Key Dates:

Application Opens: November 2022

Application closes: 27^th May 2022 at 11:59pm

Eligibility:

• Passport holder/citizen from Nepal, Indonesia and Pakistan only
• Hold a conditional or unconditional offer to study a postgraduate taught course at the University of Wolverhampton before applications closes
• Is an international student for fee purposes and self-funding
• Has met any other condition of the offer by 27^th May 2022
• These scholarships are available only to students paying international fees

Successful applicants will be notified by 24^th June 2022 and will be required to firmly accept their offer of a place by 30 June 2022 in order to confirm their scholarship.

Application details:

You need to complete the application and answer: how will the scholarship benefit you in your future and improve your career prospects and how you would promote and be an excellent ambassador during and after your studies.

How to apply:

Please fill in and submit the GREAT Scholarship Form by 27th May 2022.

Selection Panel:

All applications will be assessed by senior members from the Global Opportunities Office, faculty and or External Engagement Directorate. This will be a competitive and only shortlisted applicant who are eligible will be assessed based on the strength of the answers given on the application form.

The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are jointly funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and UK universities.  Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are for candidates from least developed and lower middle income Commonwealth countries.  Available for full-time Master’s study on selected courses with the aim of contributing to the UK’s international development aims and wider overseas interests, supporting excellence in UK higher education, and sustaining the principles of the Commonwealth.

These awards are offered under six development themes:

1. Science and technology for development
2. Strengthening health systems and capacity
3. Promoting global prosperity
4. Strengthening global peace, security and governance
5. Strengthening resilience and response to crises
6. Access, inclusion and opportunity

The University of Wolverhampton is offering two Commonwealth Shared Scholarships for the academic year 2022/23:

• MSc Advanced Technology Management (Sustainability)
• MSc in Health & Social Care

Applications closed at 16.00 (GMT) 20th December 2021

If you should have a query about the scholarship scheme, please contact the Global Opportunities Team: Email: international@wlv.ac.uk 

Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships are for candidates from low and middle income Commonwealth countries, for full-time Master’s study at a UK university.

Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.

These scholarships are offered under six themes:

1. Science and technology for development
2. Strengthening health systems and capacity
3. Promoting global prosperity
4. Strengthening global peace, security and governance
5. Strengthening resilience and response to crises
6. Access, inclusion and opportunity

To apply for these scholarships, you must:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person

• Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country

• Be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year

• Hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2.1) honours standard, or a second class degree (2.2) and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree).  The CSC would not normally fund a second UK Master’s degree.  If you are applying for a second UK Master’s degree, you will need to provide justification as to why you wish to undertake this study.

• Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship

• Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format

Eligible Commonwealth countries (countries to be confirmed)

Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia

Please click here for additional information.

Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships are for PhD candidates from low and middle income Commonwealth countries, to spend up to 12 months at a UK university as part of their doctoral studies in their home country.

Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships enable talented and motivated individuals to gain the knowledge and skills required for sustainable development, and are aimed at those who could not otherwise afford to study in the UK.

These scholarships are offered under six themes:

1. Science and technology for development
2. Strengthening health systems and capacity
3. Promoting global prosperity
4. Strengthening global peace, security and governance
5. Strengthening resilience and response to crises
6. Access, inclusion and opportunity

Split site scholarships are for:

• 12 months study at a UK university as part of an applicant’s doctoral studies in their home country, 

• Applicants who are registered for a PhD at a university in an eligible Commonwealth country

• Study at a UK university with which your home university has an established institutional or departmental link

• Study at a UK university which has a part funding agreement with the CSC.

Eligible Commonwealth countries (countries to be confirmed)

Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji ,The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa. Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia

Please click here for additional information.

We are pleased to announce that applications for 2022/2023 Chevening Scholarships will open on 3rd August 2021 at 12:00 GMT (midday) and close on 2nd November 2021 at 12:00 GMT (midday).

You can start to prepare your application by viewing all necessary information, including eligibility, on the Chevening website: Who can apply? | Chevening

Chevening is the UK Government’s international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations, Chevening offers two types of award – Chevening Scholarships and Chevening Fellowships – the recipients of which are personally selected by British embassies and high commissions throughout the world.

Chevening offers a unique opportunity for future leaders and influencers from all over the world to develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK.

Scholarship covers:

• Full tuition fees
• Return flights
• Stipend for living expenses

For further information on Chevening Scholarships, please visit the Chevening website www.chevening.org/ or contact S.Hazeldine@wlv.ac.uk

The University of Wolverhampton does not manage the following external scholarships, they are managed by external organisations and as such applications for these scholarships should be made directly through their websites (links below).  

They have their own application processes and the closing dates are often different from the university's application deadlines. Information and application criteria about each of the scholarships can be found on the individual websites. 

• Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds - PhD 
• Foundation For Women Grants- final year of a PhD or DPhil (living expenses) 
• Postgrad Solutions Ltd all nationalities- PG
• RADMA- PG & PGR 
• Single Parent Scholarships -UG 
• The International Research Foundation for English Language Education- PhD 
• The Whitworth Scholarships Trust Fund- UG & PG EU+UK only