Where Do I Look for Financial Help?

Government Awards - Your first approach should be made to the Ministry of Education in your own country which will have details of government scholarships for overseas students. These are very competitive and are mainly for postgraduate study in the UK. Applications for undergraduate study are usually only considered where there is no appropriate course available in your own country. The British Council, British High Commission or British Embassy in your own country will also have information on relevant award schemes.

University Awards - Many universities in the UK also provide scholarships (mostly for PhD candidates) and other awards to those wanting to study at that particular institute. In fact many scholarships go unclaimed every year. UniAdmission have created a database of scholarships offered by our Partner Universities. In order to gain access to the updated and most recent list of scholarships on offer you must register now.

Other Organisations - A small number of charitable trusts and some professional bodies sometimes give limited financial support to overseas students (usually no more than a few hundred pounds). Very few of them have enough money to fund more than a very small proportion of what is needed to survive during a course of study in the UK. Most of these organisations will want to know that you have sought help elsewhere. You should only approach them if you have already succeeded in getting most of the help you need from government schemes or from the place at which you wish to study.