Excellence for Energy Scholarship

Our Excellence for Energy scholarships are designed to prepare you for a future tackling some of the world's biggest energy and environmental challenges.

Worth up to £10,000, these scholarships are open to talented postgraduate students from nominated countries in Southeast Asia.

The scholarships will be awarded based on academic merit to high performing students joining one of our two Energy postgraduate programmes in September 2026:

• MSc Global Energy Technologies and Systems or
• MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering

Who can apply?

In order to be eligible to apply for the scholarships, you must:

Be classed as domiciled in (living in) Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, or Vietnam.
Hold and accept an offer by 24th July 2026 from University of Birmingham to start in September 2026 for one of the following courses at Birmingham's UK campus

• MSc Global Energy Technologies and Systems
• MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering

Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.
Expect to at least meet the entry requirements for the programme, applicable to your country of domicile by 24th July 2026
Have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.
Following enrolment in September 2026, you will be required to pay your net tuition fees for the first year by 1 November 2026

Eligible Domiciles:

Students applying to this scholarship must be domiciled (live) in one of the following countries:

Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam.