Merit Scholarships for International Undergraduates

Who it is for

• To be eligible for a scholarship you must: need to pay the overseas tuition fee have a conditional or unconditional offer to study an eligible course be starting in Year 1 of an eligible course Other eligibility criteria depend on which school offers your course.
• Please note that merit scholarships for international undergraduate students are awarded based on standard academic programme eligibility criteria as displayed on individual course pages.
• Business, Law, Maths or Physics and Astronomy For scholarships offered by the University of Southampton Business School, the School of Physics and Astronomy, the School of Mathematics and Southampton Law School, you must both exceed your offer and achieve either:
• an A level A* grade an International Baccalaureate grade 7 at Higher level equivalent qualifications Chemistry, Economic, Social and Political Science or Education For scholarships offered by the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the School of Economic, Social and Political Science and the Southampton Education School,
• you must both exceed your offer and achieve either: an A level A or A* grade an International Baccalaureate grade 6 or 7 or Higher level equivalent qualifications All other schools For all other schools, you must achieve either:
• an A level A or A* grade an International Baccalaureate grade 6 or 7 at Higher level equivalent qualifications This applies to courses run by Biological Science, Geography and Environmental Science, Ocean and Earth Science, and Psychology.
• Students who are not eligible These scholarships are not available to students studying: on PGCert, PGDip, Foundation or PGR courses on Distance Learning courses with a partner institution at our campus in Malaysia on continuing professional development (CPD) courses only pre-sessional English - pre-sessional English students with an offer to study
• at undergraduate or postgraduate level can still apply

Good to know

Up to £4,500 off first-year tuition fees. Automatic award - no separate application required.