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2025/26 UG International Scholarship for Nigerian Applicants

2025/26 Undergraduate International Scholarship

The Northumbria International Scholarship – for Nigerian applicants joining in September 2025

The Northumbria International Scholarship will award students who join at Level 4 (the first year of an Undergraduate degree) and those who join with advanced entry to Level 5 and Level 6 a £6,000 tuition fee discount.

Students will also receive £2,000 in subsequent years, up to a total of £10,000

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*Terms and Conditions

To be eligible for the Northumbria International Scholarship, you must:

  • Be an International student with ‘Overseas’ fee status
  • Be domiciled in Nigeria 
  • Be a self-funded student (not in receipt of any sponsorship)
  • Be accepted and enrolled on a Full-Time Undergraduate course at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus, in September 2025
  • Meet all individual course requirements

Important Information

  • The Northumbria International Scholarship is applied automatically as a fee discount, you do not need to make a separate application
  • Students joining with advanced entry to Level 5 and Level 6 are also eligible for the International Scholarship
  • Students will receive a maximum of three years' discount, to a total of £10,000
  • Sponsored students are not eligible for the International Scholarship
  • Students undertaking an integrated Masters course will not receive the Northumbria International Scholarship in the final year
  • Students who are progressing from a partner institute where reduced fees and bespoke offers have been agreed, are not eligible for the International Scholarship
  • The International Scholarship is not available to overseas students on courses delivered with the International Soccer Academy (i2i)
  • Students undertaking a placement or study abroad year are not entitled to the International Scholarship in this year
  • Students who are progressing from a Foundation Year are eligible for the International Scholarship
  • The International Scholarship is a fee discount and not a cash sum
  • If you defer your place, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn
  • If you decide to take a study break, discount applied to future years will be withdrawn 
  • If you are required to repeat a year, the scholarship will not be applied again
  • The University's decision is final and cannot be challenged; there is no right of appeal
Last Updated: 22/01/2025

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