Cardiff University 2025-2026 Alumni Discount Scholarship in UK

The alumni discount is available for Cardiff University graduates who are planning to start an eligible master’s in 2025/26.

The discount provides a reduction in tuition fees for home, international, and European students. If you are eligible then the discount will be automatically applied when you start your studies.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Study LevelMasters
• SponsorCardiff University
• City to studyCardiff
• School to studyCardiff University
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

The discount provides a 20% reduction in tuition fees for home, international, and European students.

Requirements

The alumni discount is available to any Cardiff University graduate progressing to an eligible master’s who has completed a credit-bearing qualification, including one of the following:

• An undergraduate degree awarded by Cardiff University
• An inbound Erasmus or Study abroad scheme at Cardiff University
• A credit-bearing Cardiff University International Summer School
• A National Qualification to become a Welsh for Adults tutor

To be eligible you must be progressing to a higher-level qualification than the one you already hold.

You will need to hold an offer for entry to study at Cardiff University on one of the eligible courses, full-time or part-time.

Eligible courses

Only complete full-time and part-time postgraduate taught courses that lead to a master’s degree are included within the alumni discount scheme:

• Full-time course leading to a taught master’s degree
• Part-time course leading to a taught master’s degree
• MRes Biosciences
• MRes Stem Cell Neurobiology

If you are studying your course part-time, you will receive the full discount in your first year of study.

Use our course search tool to check if the course you are interested in is eligible for the alumni discount.

Courses not included

The following courses are not included so aren't eligible for an alumni discount:

• Distance learning
• Taught courses leading to a graduate diploma (GDip), postgraduate certificate (PgCert) or postgraduate diploma (PgDip)
• Research degrees that lead to a master in Philosophy (MPhil)
• Clinical Dental courses
• Courses that allow for credit accumulation including  the part-time MSc Clinical Optometry

If you already possess a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma and are now progressing onto the master’s stage of the degree, you would also not be eligible.

Other than the MRes in Biosciences or Stem Cell Neurobiology, postgraduate research programmes that lead to the award of an MPhil, are not eligible for scholarship.

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Cardiff University on www.cardiff.ac.uk to apply

There is no formal application process for the alumni discount. We will assess whether you are eligible for the discount as part of your application to study a postgraduate taught course at Cardiff University. If you're eligible, then the appropriate tuition fee discount will then be applied automatically once you have enrolled on your chosen course and you will be notified. Note that your offer letter will show the full tuition fee amount.

For more details visit: Cardiff University website.