Newcastle University announces scholarship schemes to extend support to international students

Newcastle University announces scholarship schemes to extend support to international students

Newcastle University is pleased to extend its prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence and Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship schemes to international students.The Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships will provide successful international applicants with up to 100% of tuition fee coverage, with the total amounts varying between individual schemes.
With an additional institutional investment of half a millionGBP, the funding underlines the University’s continued commitment to supporting and attracting the best and brightest students from across the world to study for their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Newcastle.
Professor Richard Davies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, of Global and Sustainability, at Newcastle University, said: “Our students come from more than 170 countries around the world and contribute to the cultural and intellectual life of the university and the city, positively enriching the international experience for the whole community.
“In return, we are committed to providing them with excellent, research-led teaching delivered by dedicated and passionate teachers. We are a global leader in aging and health, data, energy, cities, culture, and the creative arts. This vision for excellence, creativity, and impact is embedded in our courses and the learning experience of our students.
“We are delighted to have been able to extend our scholarship scheme in this way and to support the next cohort of international students to achieve their academic ambitions. We look forward to welcoming them to campus later this year.”
Scholarships Schemes Outline:
The university is offering four scholarships under the scholarship schemes. These include:
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Undergraduate study): The university is offering 26 up to 50% tuition fee scholarships and two 100% tuition fee scholarships.
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Postgraduate study): The university offering 59 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships (VCES) for outstanding international applicants who apply to commence full-time Master’s studies on an eligible programme.There are 57 up to 50% tuition fee scholarships and two 100% tuition fee scholarships.
• Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Undergraduate study):The University is offering 25 Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarships for international applicants who apply to commence full-time undergraduate studies.There are 25 scholarships with£4,000 tuition fee awards.
• Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Postgraduate study):The University is offering 25 Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarships (VCGS) for £4,000 tuition fee awards for outstanding international applicants who apply to commence full-time Master’s studies.
Eligibility:
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Undergraduate study)& Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Undergraduate study): Indian applicants must hold an offer for an eligible undergraduate degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2024/25 academic year and already have or expect to receive a minimum of ABB at A level or equivalent.

• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Postgraduate study)& Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Postgraduate study): Indian applicants must hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2024/25 academic year and already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second-class UK honours degree or above.

Application Timeline:
The scholarships are now open for students who looking to starttheir studies in September 2024.
The last date of application deadline for the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (undergraduate) and Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Undergraduate study) is 9th May 2024and the deadline for the Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Postgraduate study) and Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Postgraduate study) is6th June 2024.
Application Process:
International students from India can apply for the scholarships according to their selected scheme. The links are mentioned below or visit the website (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/) for further details –
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Undergraduate study) – Link
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (Postgraduate study):Link
• Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Undergraduate study):Link
• Vice-Chancellor’s Global Scholarship (Postgraduate study):Link