The Kinnessburn Scholarship

The Kinnessburn scholarship award is based on the following:

A panel will shortlist four candidates based on a two-minute video task.

Kinnessburn scholars will have an Ambassador role for IE whilst they are an undergraduate student at the University of St Andrews and in receipt of the Kinnessburn scholarship funding. This role will require up to ten hours per semester, and ambassadorial tasks may include:

Helping with conversion and orientation activities for foundation offer-holders and entrants. This may involve sending emails in response to offer-holder queries, participating in webinars to share student experience, attending or supporting in-person orientation events and recording videos about being a student in St Andrews.

An invitation to online recruitment events.

An in-person event in Kinnessburn early each semester, in January and September, to connect newly-started students with alumni.

Focus group work on marketing and conversion ideas.

Exit interviews with IE staff to reflect on the impact of their foundation studies on their undergraduate experiences. These interviews will take place when students graduate from their degree.

To be eligible to apply for the Kinnessburn scholarship, you must:

Be currently enrolled on a foundation programme at the University of St Andrews. This includes all International Foundation Programmes (IFP), the International Year One Business, Social Sciences and Humanities programmes, the International Year One Science Programme, and the Medical Sciences Pre-Med and Extended Pre-Med programmes. Extended Pre-Med students can only apply in their final year of the programme.

Be able to provide evidence that you meet the required academic criteria:

An overall grade of 16 or higher for programmes at Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) level 6. This applies International Year Zero Business and Social Sciences and Humanities programmes starting in September and January.

An overall grade of 15 or higher for programmes at SCQF level 7. This applies to International Year One Science and Medicine Sciences Pre-Med programmes starting in September, and Medical Sciences Extended Pre-Med programmes starting in September and January. Extended Pre-Med students can only apply in the final year of the programme.

The two successful scholarship recipients may be from the same foundation programme. We will choose the two strongest applicants overall, based on their videos rather than their grades.

Be moving onto an undergraduate degree programme at the University of St Andrews in the next academic cycle.

Be willing to be an Ambassador for IE and the foundation programmes whilst in receipt of Kinnessburn funding.

Being eligible does not mean an automatic entitlement to a scholarship. The scholarship committee will make a final selection based on your video submission.