Postgraduate scholarships for international students

We offer several scholarships for international students who wish to study postgraduate taught (PGT) degree programmes
Postgraduate scholarships for international students
To reward outstanding achievement the University of Plymouth offer scholarship schemes to help towards funding your studies. 
Students are only entitled to be awarded ONE scholarship for the highest value in any given academic year.

Postgraduate Taught International Merit Scholarship

This scholarship will be offered automatically providing you meet the eligibility criteria. A separate application will not be required.

Scholarship value: £2000 off your tuition fees in year one.

If you are studying a full-time two year postgraduate degree, to recognise continual academic achievement, you may also receive:

  • 10% off the successive year's tuition fee, if an overall grade of 60% or above is maintained.

To be eligible you must: Further information: please email us at: internationalscholarships@plymouth.ac.uk

Postgraduate Taught International Academic Excellence Scholarship

An application must be submitted to be eligible for this scholarship.

Scholarship value: 50% off your tuition fees in year one.

If you are studying a full-time two year postgraduate degree, to recognise continual academic achievement, you may also receive:

  • 50% off the successive year's tuition fee if an overall grade of 70% or above is maintained.

To be eligible you must: 

  • have an outstanding academic record
  • meet our standard English Language requirements.
  • have an unconditional/conditional offer letter from the University of Plymouth
  • complete a scholarship application form.
Please send your application form and supporting documents, by email, to: international.office@plymouth.ac.uk

For further information on eligibility or to apply download our application form.

International Partner Scholarship

If you are currently studying at an institution which has a partnership agreement with the University of Plymouth, you could be eligible for an International Partner Scholarship.

For further information please contact your home institution's international office or you can contact our Plymouth Global department to find out if your institution is one of our partners, or email plymouthglobal@plymouth.ac.uk

Alumni loyalty reward for postgraduate study

From September 2018, the University applies a discretionary alumni reward where alumni meet certain criteria on particular postgraduate taught courses.

  • a 20 per cent discount on home/EU tuition fees
  • or a £2,000 discount on international tuition fees.

PGCE programmes, Master of Architecture, MChem, MEng, MGeol, MPsych, MSci, ResM and postgraduate research degrees are not included in this reward.

For further details, and contact information, please review our alumni discount policy.

 

Faculty International Scholarships

In addition to our University international scholarships, we also offer Faculty and course-specific international scholarships.

Please note: To be considered for a scholarship, you must hold an offer to study at the University. 

We are currently offering course specific scholarships in the following Faculties: