BU International student scholarships

Our scholarships are designed to reward excellence in all its forms, giving you additional support while you're studying with us. We offer a wide range of scholarships to our International postgraduate students. We have also partnered with certain institutions around the world to help make studying at a postgraduate level in the UK more accessible.

January-start scholarships

The following scholarships are available if you are starting your course in January:

Scholarship title and link to full details	Short eligibility criteria (see scholarship for full details)	Value	Application process
Academic Excellence Scholarship	A minimum of 65% in your Bachelor's degree, or an upper second-class Honours degree from a UK university, or equivalent	£3,500 tuition fee reduction	Automatically assessed
Faculty of Management Executive Dean's Scholarship (BU Business School)	Full-time applicants from Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, China and South Korea	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 18 November 2016
Faculty of Management Executive Dean's ASEAN Scholarship	Full-time applicants from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Brunei Darussalam	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 18 November 2016
Executive Dean's Scholarship - Faculty of Management (Department of Tourism and Hospitality)	Any applicant for a full-time Tourism and Hospitality Master’s degree	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 18 November 2016
BU Music Scholarships	Able to demonstrate that you are a talented musician or vocalist and that you have been involved in ensemble activity	£1,150 (major award) or £450 (minor award)	Apply online by 30 November 2016
BU Sport Scholarship	High performing sportspeople with the desire to continue to develop	£500 to £5,000	Apply online by 30 November 2016

September-start scholarships

Scholarship title and link to full details	Short eligibility criteria (see scholarship for full details)	Value	Application process
BU Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship - Most-promising applicant	Full-time applicants from China, India, Nigeria, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, the USA or Vietnam	Full tuition fee waiver	Apply online by 31 May 2017
BU Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (External Scholarship)	Applicants for MSc Public Health, LLM Public International Law or MSc Tourism Management who are resident in developing Commonwealth countries	Full tuition fee waiver, return airfare to the UK, and other allowances	Apply direct to the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship scheme by 1 April 2017
Chevening Scholarship (External Scholarship)	Full-time applicants who are a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country at the time of application and who intends to return there at the end of study	A tuition fee waiver plus other allowances	Apply online - the deadlines are country specific but the application window is usually August each year for September entry in the following year
Academic Excellence Scholarship	A minimum of 65% in your Bachelor's degree, or an upper second-class Honours degree from a UK university, or equivalent	£3,500 tuition fee reduction	Automatically assessed
International Partnership Excellence Scholarship: CUC(The Media School)	Applicants studying at Communication University of China (CUC)	£3,000 tuition fee reduction	Automatically assessed
Reham al-Farra International Scholarship in Journalism	Applicants for MA Multimedia Journalism	£3,000 tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
International Partnership Scholarship: CUC(The Media School)	Applicants studying at Communication University of China (CUC)	£2,000 tuition fee reduction	Automatically assessed
BU Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship	Full-time applicants from China, India, Nigeria, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, the USA or Vietnam	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Faculty of Management Executive Dean's Scholarship (BU Business School)	Full-time applicants from Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, China and South Korea	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Faculty of Management Executive Dean's ASEAN Scholarship	Full-time applicants Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Brunei Darussalam	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Faculty of Management Executive Dean's MBA Scholarship	Applicants for the MBA	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Executive Dean's Scholarship - Faculty of Management (Department of Tourism and Hospitality)	Full-time applicants for a Tourism and Hospitality Master’s degree	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Executive Dean’s Scholarship - Faculty of Science & Technology	Full-time applicants for a Faculty of Science & Technology Master’s degree	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Executive Dean's Scholarship - Faculty of Media & Communication	Full-time applicants for a postgraduate Media course	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
Executive Dean’s Scholarship – Faculty of Health & Social Sciences	Applicants for a Faculty of Health & Social Sciences postgraduate course	50% tuition fee reduction	Apply online by 31 May 2017
MSc Public Health Scholarship	Applicants for MSc Public Health	25% tuition fee reduction	Automatically assessed
Colombia Partnership Scholarship	Full-tine applicants resident in Colombia currently studying at EAFIT, Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia (EIA), Universidad del Rosario or Universidad de La Sabana	20% tuition fee reduction	Automatically assessed
BU Music Scholarships	Able to demonstrate that you are a talented musician or vocalist and that you have been involved in ensemble activity	£1,150 (major award) or £450 (minor award)	Apply online by 31 August 2017
BU Sport Scholarship	High performing sportspeople with the desire to continue to develop	£500 to £5,000	Apply online by 31 August 2017