The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce the award of 15 scholarships of £5,000 for international students domiciled in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa who are applying for entry to an undergraduate programme at the University starting September 2025.
University of Birmingham Undergraduate Scholarship
| Application Deadline | June 25, 2025 |
| Country to study | United Kingdom |
| School to study | University of Birmingham |
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Sponsor | University of Birmingham |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Benefits of University of Birmingham Undergraduate Scholarship
The scholarship is 15 x £5,000 towards tuition fees (for the first year only) of a full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Birmingham UK campus, starting September 2025.
Requirements for University of Birmingham Undergraduate Scholarship
Candidates must:
- Have received an offer and selected the University of Birmingham as their firm choice for a full-time undergraduate programme starting September 2025. The student must be entering the first year of an undergraduate programme based at Birmingham’s UK campus.
- Meet the academic conditions of their offer to the programme.
- Be classed as domiciled in one of the following countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa (i.e. habitually resident in one of these countries).
- Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.
- Have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.
- Start their studies at the University in September 2025 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).
- Be registered with, and have their undergraduate study application attached to, one of our local representatives listed below in alphabetical order.
- Submit your scholarship application through one of our local representatives by the deadline; 27 June 2025
- Upon enrolment in September 2025, pay their net tuition fees for the first year by 1 November, immediately following enrolment.
Application Deadline
June 25, 2025
How to Apply
- To apply for the scholarship students will need to have accepted an offer from Birmingham, have selected Birmingham as their firm choice, and be in contact with one of our local representatives listed above by the scholarship deadline of 27 June 2025. Selection for the award will be based on academic merit.
- Only under exceptional circumstances in which the University is unable to choose an awardee based solely on academic merit (for instance, if two candidates have identical grades) will applicants be asked to attend an online interview.
- Decisions will be announced in early July and the scholarships will be awarded upon the students’ enrolment in September 2025.
- If you do have outstanding questions please contact our local representatives.
For more details, visit University of Birmingham webpage