United Arab Emirates / Scholarships

Bicentenary Global Futures Scholarship

The University of Manchester is proud to offer awards totalling more than £3.5 million to international students starting their studies in September 2024, the year of our bicentenary. 

The scholarship is open to both undergraduate and master's students holding an offer from the University. 

  • Evaluation will primarily be based on academic merit and the quality of your scholarship application. 
  • To be eligible for a Global Futures Scholarship, you must be normally resident in either the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates. You must be self-funded (not sponsored) and assessed as ‘overseas for fee purposes’.
  • To apply for the scholarship, you must hold an offer of a place to study an eligible full-time programme of study taught at The University of Manchester’s campus in the UK which starts in September 2024. You will then be required to submit an online application form which will be emailed to all relevant offer holders. 

For further information you can contact the International Office

Undergraduate awards

The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 110 merit-based undergraduate scholarships of £21,000 to international students from a selection of countries across the globe, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. 

Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and received an offer.

 

Master's awards

The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 130 merit-based master’s scholarships to prospective international students from a selection of countries across the globe, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.  

The value of The Bicentenary Global Futures Scholarships for is £8,000; 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 been made an offer.

 

In addition, a number of other faculty, school and programme-specific scholarships are available to students.   

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.