Birkbeck is offering a limited number of scholarships to international students enrolling in the autumn 2025 and January 2026 intakes on a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme.
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Benefits
£1,000 to £3,000. The scholarship will be applied as a discount to the tuition fee for your first year of study only.
Requirements
To be eligible you need to meet all of the following conditions:
- you are an international overseas tuition fee-paying student holding an unconditional offer on a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme offered by Birkbeck, starting in autumn 2025. You must have been assessed as an international fee-payer to qualify.
- you are ordinarily resident of a country in the relevant region
- you are self-funded
- you are classified as an 'overseas' tuition fee payer.
Only one scholarship award can be offered per student and the scholarship cannot normally be held in conjunction with any other scholarship. You may apply for multiple scholarships; if you are successful in being awarded multiple scholarships, the highest value scholarship will be awarded to you.
Successful scholars will be selected based on a statement of no more than 4,000 characters in support of the application. The statement should detail why they are the ideal candidate for the scholarship. Applicants are required to demonstrate they have made provisions to fund the remainder of their tuition fees.
If you are successfully awarded this scholarship, you will be notified by e-mail. You must complete a payment of the Student visa non-refundable deposit within the time limit stated on your award letter (typically five to seven working days).
You must successfully enrol for the autumn 2024 intake to receive the award, and no later than 7 September 2025.
Interview Dates and Process
For courses starting in the autumn 2025, the deadline to apply for this scholarship is:
- Round 1: 11:59 pm (BST - UK time) on Sunday 18 May 2025
- Round 2: 11:59 pm (BST - UK time) on Sunday 22 June 2025
- Round 3: 11:59 pm (BST - UK time) on Sunday 20 July 2025
Please note: Students who have applied by the first deadline do not need to submit a new application to be considered for the second round.
Application Deadline
July 20, 2025How To Apply
Once you have received an unconditional offer from Birkbeck, you can apply using the online application form for the region where you ordinarily reside.
- Application form for those ordinarily residing in South Asia/Central Asia. You must be a national of, and living in, one of the following territories: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Please note that applicants ordinarily residing in India are not eligible for the International Excellence scholarship. Please refer above to our special Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarships for students domiciled in India.
- Application form for those ordinarily residing in East Asia/Southeast Asia. You must be a national of, and living in, one of the following territories: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau SAR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Application form for those ordinarily residing in Turkey and Northern Africa. You must be a national of, and living in, one of the following territories: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Western Sahara.?
- Application form for those ordinarily residing in The Americas. You must be a national of, and living in the Americas, with the exception of Brazil. If you are a Brazilian national and you hold an offer to study a master's programme at Birkbeck, you might be eligible for the Birkbeck Global Future Scholarship (see above). If you have an unconditional offer to study an undergraduate programme at Birkbeck and you are a Brazilian national or an international student living in Brazil, you can apply for this Birkbeck International Excellence Scholarship, which is applicable to the first year of your undergraduate studies only.
- Application form for those ordinarily residing in Sub Saharan Africa. You must be a national of, and living in, one of the following territories: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, eSwatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Application form for international students based in the UK. You must be an international student, of any nationality, living in the UK, and you must have been assessed as an international fee payer. You must hold an unconditional offer to study a full-time undergraduate or a full-time master's programme. If you do not require a Student Visa to study in the UK, then you can apply for this scholarship to study a part-time course. Please note that the scholarship will be awarded for the first year of your studies only, regardless of the duration of your chosen course.
For more details, visit Birkbeck University of London scholarship webpage.
