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Vice Chancellor’s Global Impact and Leadership Scholarship (September Start)
The Vice Chancellor’s Global Impact and Leadership Scholarship is an application based scholarship open to Overseas fee status applicants who have been offered a place to study on a postgraduate taught course with UEA. It is designed to reward those who can clearly and concisely explain how studying here at UEA will help them to make an outstanding contribution to their chosen field of study and become a global leader.
Our panels will sit in March and June to review scholarship applications. Applications of a high quality will be offered £10,000 as a tuition fee discount. Successful applicants will be informed shortly after each panel. Where your programme of study is two years in length, the scholarship will be offered for the first year only.
Type of Course
- Postgraduate Taught
Funding Type
- Tuition Fees
Total Value
£10,000
Course Start Date
- September 2026
Criteria
Criteria
- International Fees
- Self Funded
Country / Region
- International
- Asia
- Africa
- South America
- Middle East
- North America
- Australia
- EU
- Europe
Further Criteria
The following courses are not eligible:
Integrated Master’s
MSc Global Plant Health
MSc Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement
MSc Occupational Therapy
MSc Physiotherapy
MA The Arts of Africa Oceania and The Americas
Online or distance learning courses.
Restrictions with other Scholarships
This scholarship cannot be combined with any other UEA scholarship apart from the International Early Payment Award. If you are eligible for another UEA scholarship of higher value, this will automatically replace this scholarship. Students receiving sponsorship covering full fees by an outside body or government organisation are not eligible for this scholarship. Government or educational loans that require repayment do not affect eligibility.
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Application Process
Applications to our 2026 Vice Chancellor’s Global Impact and Leadership Scholarship are to be submitted in written format. We would like you to answer the following three questions.
Why did you select UEA and apply for your chosen course?
How will your chosen course equip you to achieve your future career and leadership ambitions?
How will the knowledge and skills you will gain from your course equip you to become a global leader?
Each answer should be limited to 200 words.
When applying for this scholarship, you must already be in possession of a conditional or unconditional offer for an eligible postgraduate taught course starting at UEA in September 2026. You should have achieved or be expecting to achieve at least a 2:1, or equivalent, in your undergraduate degree to be eligible. Your offer letter should state that you are an Overseas fee-paying student.
The deadline for application is 23:59 (BST) on 26 June 2026.