Newcastle University Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships 2025 for Postgraduate Students

Newcastle University is pleased to offer 30 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships (VCES) for outstanding international applicants who apply to commence full-time Master’s studies on an eligible programme.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineMay 29, 2025
• Study LevelMasters , PhD
• SponsorNewcastle University
• City to studyNewcastle upon Tyne
• School to studyNewcastle University
• Eligible CountryBangladesh , Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia , Canada , China , Colombia , Ghana , Hong Kong , India , Indonesia , Jordan , Korea , Kuwait , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan , Peru , Philippines , Singapore , Sri Lanka , Taiwan , Thailand , Turkey , Vietnam

Benefits

Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships offering up to 50% or 100% of tuition fees.

Requirements

To be considered for the up to 50% scholarships applicants must:

• Be domiciled in of one of the following countries/regions:
  • Canada, USA
  • China
  • Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea
  • Colombia, Peru 
  • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Turkey
  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam  
• Be assessed as international for fee purposes
• Hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year
• Already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second class UK honours degree or above

Eligible candidates will be assessed according to evidence of academic ability, evidence of commitment to studies and quality of application.

Further details, including a list of non-eligible courses, can be found in the VCES 50 per cent postgraduate regulations (2025) (PDF:92 KB).

 

To be considered for up to 100% scholarships applicants must:

• Be domiciled in Ghana or Nigeria.
• Be assessed as international for fee purposes
• Hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year
• Already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second class UK honours degree or above

Eligible candidates will be assessed according to evidence of academic ability, evidence of commitment to studies and quality of application.

Further details, including a list of non-eligible courses, can be found in the VCES 100 per cent postgraduate regulations (2025) (PDF:54 KB).

Application Deadline

May 29, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Newcastle University on applyto.newcastle.ac.uk to apply

For more details, visit Newcastle University Scholarshp webpage