Undergraduate International Excellence Scholarship (Africa)

Eligibility, Terms and Conditions

• Applicants must be classed as overseas fee payers. If the fee status of the applicant changes after the scholarship application is made, then the University will need to remove the scholarship.
• Applicants must have applied for and received an UNCONDITIONAL offer to study at Swansea University on a course starting in the academic year 2025/26 at Undergraduate or Master's level.
• Students studying for a PhD, MPhil, Masters by Research, Graduate Diploma in Law, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, Go Global Visiting, Exchange or Erasmus Mundus programme are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
• Students on BSc, BA, BEng, LLB, MEng, MSci, MSc, MPharm, MBBCh, MA, LLM, MRes (not the same as Masters by Research) are eligible.
• Students applying to study at Master's level must hold a minimum 2:1 from their undergraduate degree.
• Students who will undertake part-time study or distance learning are not eligible to apply.
• Students whose course fees are lower than £16,000 are not eligible to apply.
• Students progressing from UG to PG are eligible to apply.
• Alumni are eligible to apply. Other terms and conditions apply with regards to other awards open to alumni, which may result in an award not being made in the full amount, or at all.
• Applicants must have demonstrated excellence in their academic performance to date and be able to show what they will achieve at Swansea University in their application.
• Successful undergraduate applicants awarded the maximum (£5,000) International Excellence Scholarship in their first year of study at Swansea, who achieve 70% and above in their first year of study will be eligible for a further £2,000 in their second year.