2025/26 Postgraduate International Scholarship
We are delighted to offer the Northumbria International Scholarship, awarding Postgraduate Taught (PGT) students domiciled in Ghana and joining in September 2025 or January 2026, with a £3,000 fee discount, simply for choosing to study with us.
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Terms and Conditions
To be eligible for the Northumbria International Scholarship, you must:
- Be an International student with ‘Overseas’ fee status
- Be domiciled in Ghana
- Be a self-funded student (not in receipt of any sponsorship)
- Be accepted and enrolled on a Full-Time Postgraduate Taught course at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus, starting in September 2025 or January 2026 (**see exclusions below)
- Meet all individual course requirements
**Exempt Courses
- Any Advanced Practice or Study Abroad Masters course
- Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration) MSc
- Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Adult) MSc
- Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Child) MSc
- Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Mental Health) MSc
- Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities) MSc
- Midwifery Studies MSc
- Social Work MA
- Bar, Bar LLM, LLM Professional Legal Practice (SQE1)
Important Information
- The International Scholarship is applied automatically as a fee discount, so you do not need to make a separate application
- Students on an Advanced Practice or Study Abroad Masters who transfer to the non-Advanced Practice or non-study Abroad route more than four weeks after the start of their course, will not be eligible for the International Scholarship
- This scholarship is for new students only. If you are a graduate of Northumbria University and are eligible for the Alumni Discount, you will be awarded the scholarship of highest value
- Sponsored students are not eligible for the International Scholarship
- Students who are progressing from a partner institute where reduced fees and bespoke offers have been agreed, are not eligible for the International Scholarship
- Students studying on an Integrated Masters course are not eligible for the International Scholarship in their final year
- The International Scholarship is awarded as a fee discount and is not a cash sum
- If you defer your place, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
- The University's decision is final and cannot be challenged; there is no right of appeal
Last Updated: 04/03/2025
