This scholarship is an automatic award for students paying overseas fees joining an eligible Masters level or PGCE programme taught on campus at UEA.
This award is worth:
- £4,000 - if you achieve the equivalent of UK 2:2 bachelor's degree classification*
- £5,000 - if your final undergraduate grade is equivalent to at least UK 2:1 bachelor's degree classification*
*Grade equivalences can be found on our country pages.
For students from Bangladesh, India or Pakistan, please visit: International PG Merit Scholarship A (2026/7).
For students from Azerbaijan, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam or Zimbabwe, please visit: International PG Merit Scholarship B (2026/7).
The following courses are not eligible:
- Any MBBS course
- Any Integrated Masters
- MSc Global Plant Health
- MSc Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement
- MSc Occupational Therapy
- MSc Physiotherapy
- MA The Arts of Africa, Oceania and The Americas
- Any PGCert, PGDip, Pre-Masters, Graduate Diploma or integrated Masters programmes
- Online or distance learning courses
Restrictions with other Scholarships
This scholarship can only be received alongside the International Early Payment Awards. You are not able to receive any other UEA Scholarships in addition to this. If you are eligible for another UEA Scholarship of higher value, this will automatically replace this Scholarship. Students receiving sponsorship covering full fees by an outside body or government organisation are not eligible for this scholarship. Government or educational loans that require repayment do not affect eligibility.
