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Global Futures Scholarships 2025
The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 330 awards to international students commencing their studies in September 2025. The total value of scholarships offered will be over £4.5 million, and awards will be open to prospective bachelor’s and master’s students.
Undergraduate awards
The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 100 merit-based undergraduate scholarships of £24,000 to international students from a selection of countries across the globe.
The Global Futures Scholarships for North America are open to applicants domiciled in Canada.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and/or received an offer.
If you apply before the UCAS Equal Consideration Deadline (29 January 2025) you will be sent an application once you have applied. If you apply after this date, you must be holding an offer by 12 March to receive the application form from us.
Each award comprises £8,000 for the first year of study with a further £8,000 awarded in the second and third years of study, conditional on attainment of 60% average in each year. Scholarships will be awarded in the form of a discount on published overseas tuition fees.
Students must be taking one of the following qualifications: A-level, IB, Canada High School Diploma.
Scholarships will be awarded based on academic excellence, predicted grades and your responses to questions in the online application form, which will be emailed to all eligible offer holders.
Awardees will be selected based on academic merit, but we will endeavour to achieve a balance in the allocation of the awards by gender, domicile, qualification type and course of study.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and/or received an offer.
- Applications will be considered from international fee-paying students domiciled in the following countries: Canada.
- To be considered domiciled in Canada, you must have predominantly resided there during the last three years and not for the purpose of full-time education. This includes non-Canadian students living in Canada to attend a Canadian college or university.
- Applicants for blended and distance learning programmes are not eligible for the award.
- Applicants for Medicine (MBChB), Dentistry (BDS), Architecture, or any courses with an integrated foundation year are not eligible for the award.
- Applicants must be applying for direct first-year entry in 2025 and have, or be working towards one of the following qualifications:
- A-levels
- IB Diploma
- Canada High School Diploma
- If applying to the Canadian awards before 29 January 2025, applicants will be emailed the application form once an academic application has been made. Scholarship applications must be made by 13 March, 2025.
- If applying to the Canadian awards after 29 January 2025, applicants must hold an offer to study a full-time on-campus undergraduate course at The University of Manchester for a course starting in September 2025 and must submit an online scholarship application form by 13 March 2025. The application form will be emailed to all eligible offer-holders.
- Applicants for the Canadian awards must have accepted (made firm) a conditional or unconditional offer to study a full-time programme at Manchester by 23 May 2025.
- Scholarship applications from A Level, IB and Canadian High School Diploma students will be assessed on any previous examinations, predicted grades in the above-listed qualifications and the strength of the personal statement.
- Applicants must be self-funded (i.e. not sponsored by an external government agency or commercial funder). Provincial student loan recipients are eligible to apply for this award.
- Applicants who have previously studied at a higher education institution in the UK are not eligible for the award.
- The application form will be emailed automatically to all eligible applicants shortly after an academic offer is made.
- Awards offers will be made by 17 April 2025 and will be conditional on academic performance as outlined in the full terms and conditions linked below.
- Applicants must have selected The University of Manchester as their FIRM UCAS choice by 23 May 2025.
The above is provided as a summary but please ensure that you download and read our full terms and conditions (PDF, 157KB).
You must submit an online scholarship application form by 13 March, 2025.
The link to the online application form will be emailed to all relevant applicants and/or offer-holders.
All successful applicants will be notified of the University’s decision by 17 April 2025.
Applicants must have selected The University of Manchester as their FIRM UCAS choice by 23 May 2025.
Master's awards
The University of Manchester is proud to offer over 100 merit-based master’s scholarships to prospective international students from a range of countries across the globe.
The value of The Global Futures Scholarships for Canadian students is £8,000; scholarships will be awarded in the form of a discount on published overseas tuition fees.
Within North America, the awards are open to applicants domiciled in the following countries: Canada and the United States
If you apply before 31 January 2025 you will be sent an application once you have applied. If you apply after this date, you must be holding an offer by 12 March to receive the application form from us.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and/or been made an offer.
These scholarships of £8,000 will be awarded based on academic excellence and the quality of your responses in the online application form.
Scholarships will be awarded in the form of a discount on published overseas tuition fees.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and/or been made an offer. If you apply before 31 January 2025 you will be sent an application once you have applied. If you apply after this date, you must be holding an offer by 12 March to receive the application form from us.
- Applications will be considered from international fee-paying students domiciled in the following countries: Canada.
- To be considered domiciled in Canada, you must have predominantly resided there during the last three years and not for the purpose of full-time education. This includes non-Canadian students living in Canada to attend a Canadian college or university.
- Applicants for MBA, MPhil, Master of Architecture (MArch), Architecture and Urbanism (MA), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Clinical Medicine and Dentistry degrees are not eligible for the award. Some ‘Master’s by Research’ courses are also ineligible (see Terms and Conditions, below).
- Applicants who have studied a bachelor’s degree outside of Canada are not eligible for the award.
- Applicants for blended and distance learning programmes are not eligible for the award.
- If applying to the Canadian awards before 31 January 2025, applicants will be emailed the application form once an academic application has been made. Scholarship applications must be made by 13 March 2025.
- If applying to the Canadian awards after 31 January 2025, applicants must hold an offer to study a full-time on-campus master’s course at The University of Manchester for a course starting in September 2025 and must submit an online scholarship application form by 13 March 2025. The application form will be emailed to all eligible offer-holders.
- Applicants will be considered for the award based on academic merit and the quality of their scholarship application, but we will endeavour to achieve a balance by gender, domicile and course in the allocation of the awards.
- Applicants must be self-funded (i.e. not sponsored by an external government agency or commercial funder). Provincial Student Loan recipients are eligible to apply for this award.
- Awardees must accept (make firm) an offer to study a full-time on-campus master’s course at The University of Manchester for a course starting in September 2025, by 23 May 2025.
The above is provided as a summary but please ensure that you download and read our full terms and conditions (PDF, 156KB).
Applicants for the North America awards must hold an offer to study a full-time master’s programme at Manchester and must submit an online scholarship application form by 13 March 2025.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and/or been made an offer.
If you apply before 31 January 2025 you will be sent an application once you have applied. If you apply after this date, you must be holding an offer by 12 March to receive the application form from us.
All successful applicants will be notified of the University’s decision from 17 April 2025.
Awardees must accept (make firm) an offer to study a full-time on-campus master’s course at The University of Manchester for a course starting in September 2025, by 23 May 2025.
Awardees must accept their course offer and pay their CAS deposit, if required, by no later than 25 July 2025. If no deposit has been paid by this date, the award may be withdrawn.
In addition, a number of other faculty, school and programme-specific scholarships are available to students from North America.
For PhDs the University offers a number of competitive bursaries via individual Schools and research groups for well-qualified candidates. Please check with your prospective academic School for details and check the University’s postgraduate research funding database.
The Canadian Centennial Scholarship fund provides awards to Canadian students enrolled in a postgraduate programme at UK universities. More information is available on the Canadian Centennial Scholarship website.
The Government of Canada also has scholarships available.
Some of our Schools will offer small scholarships or bursaries; however, these do not usually cover the full cost of tuition and living expenses. Details will be advertised on the relevant School website if they are available.
The University of Manchester is recognised for Provincial Student Loans, so you should be able to transfer local funding to study in the UK. Check with your local Provincial Student Loan authority to confirm, or email the University at: