Eligibility

These scholarships recognise and reward high academic achievement for students applying to study a taught Masters degree starting in September 2027.  

To apply for a Masters International Excellence Scholarship, you must: 

  • Be classified as an international student for fee purposes.
  • Have a conditional or unconditional offer for an eligible full-time taught Masters course starting in September 2027.
  • Be self-funded or partially-funded.
  • Demonstrate an excellent academic track record, and be predicted to achieve or have achieved a minimum  of a Bachelor’s degree with a 2:1 (hons) or equivalent.
  • Show excellent professional and personal skills evidenced through work experience and/or extracurricular activities. 

Excluded courses

The following Masters courses are not eligible for the Masters International Excellence Scholarship: 

  • MBA: the MBA currently offers a generous MBA Excellence Scholarship scheme.
  • All fully online courses. 

Terms and conditions

  • This scholarship can be combined with our Masters International Regional Scholarship or external funding as long as this does not exceed 100% of your tuition fees. You may also be able to combine this scholarship with a School or Faculty scholarship. 
  • Please check the terms and conditions of any other scholarships that you have received to ensure that they can also be combined.   
  • If you are applying through an International Partner Agreement and are offered more than one University of Leeds scholarship, you can only accept one scholarship (this will be whichever award represents the highest value). 
  • The scholarship award cannot be deferred to the following year and is non-transferable to other courses at the University of Leeds. 
  • This scholarship is paid as a fee reduction for your first year of study only and can only be used as a fee reduction. It cannot be used towards other costs, including but not exclusive to maintenance or accommodation costs.    
  • The final scholarship awarded to an applicant is determined by the University and all decisions are final.  

 

How to apply

You can only apply for this scholarship once you have a conditional or unconditional offer for a Masters degree.

If you have an offer for multiple courses at the University of Leeds, you will need to submit a separate scholarship application for each course. We open for applications for our Masters degrees on 1 October.  

We will notify offer holders by email with details of how to apply for the scholarship when the scholarship application form is available.

Application deadlines

There are two opportunities to apply for the scholarships.

Application round one deadline: Sunday 28 February 2027. 

You will be notified if your scholarship application has been successful by 2 April 2027. Applications remain under consideration until all scholarship awards have been allocated.

Eligible applicants who are not selected in the first round may be considered again in later rounds. 

Application round two deadline: Sunday 16 May 2027. 

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their scholarship application by​ 11 June 2027. 

Information for students starting in 2026

Information about the International Excellence Scholarships for students starting their course in 2026 can be found on the 2026 scholarships page.

 

Disclaimer

Our scholarships directory provides information about scholarships available at the University of Leeds. This directory is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer of a scholarship.

Information about scholarships, including eligibility criteria, deadlines, and availability, may change from time to time. You should always refer to the full terms and conditions of any scholarship before applying.

Scholarship offers are made through a separate process. In the event that a scholarship offer is made in error, the University reserves the right to review and, where appropriate, withdraw or amend that offer prior to the student's acceptance. Once an offer has been accepted, the University will act in accordance with the applicable scholarship terms and conditions.