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Global Futures Scholarship 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 students applying for undergraduate and master’s degrees.
Undergraduate awards
The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 100 merit-based undergraduate scholarships of up to £24,000 (£8,000 per year over three years) to international students from a selection of countries across the globe.
The Global Futures Scholarships are open to applicants domiciled in select countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied for an eligible course and received an offer.
Each award comprises £8,000 for the first year of study, with a further £8,000 awarded in each of the second and final academic years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. Continuation of the award is conditional on attainment of 60% in exams and assessments each year. Scholarships will be awarded in the form of a discount on published international tuition fees.
Students must be taking one of the following qualifications:
- A-level
- IB Diploma
- Indian Standard XII (CBSE, CISCE, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat)
Scholarships will be awarded based on academic excellence, predicted and achieved grades, and your responses to questions in the online application form, which will be emailed to all eligible offer-holders.
Awardees will be selected primarily based on academic merit, though we will endeavour to achieve a balance in the allocation of the awards by gender, domicile, qualification type and course of study.
Please note that the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and received an offer (either ‘conditional’ or ‘unconditional’).
- Applications will be considered from international fee-paying students domiciled in the following countries: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- To be considered as domiciled in these countries, applicants must have predominantly resided there during the last three years.
- We consider your permanent country of residence to be the country in which you are ordinarily resident, not a country where you are only living for the purpose of full-time education.
- 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
- Indian Standard XII (CBSE, CISCE, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat)
- Scholarship applications from A-level, IB and Indian XII students will be assessed on the basis of any previously attained examinations, predicted grades in the above-listed qualifications and the strength of the personal statement.
- Applicants must be self-funded (not sponsored).
- Applicants for Medicine (MBChB), Dentistry (BDS), Architecture, or any courses with an integrated foundation year are not eligible for the award.
- Applicants must have selected The University of Manchester as their firm UCAS choice by 23 May 2025.
- Applicants who have previously studied a degree in the UK are not eligible for the award.
- The award applies only to full-time courses of study delivered at The University of Manchester’s UK campus in Manchester.
- Applicants for blended and distance learning programmes are not eligible for the award.
- The application form will be emailed automatically to all eligible applicants shortly after an academic offer is made. Forms will not be emailed until December 2024.
- Awards offers will be made by 17 June 2025, and will be conditional on academic performance as outlined in the full terms and conditions linked below.
- If offered an award, it is only valid for entry in September 2025. It cannot be deferred to a future intake.
The above is provided as a summary but please ensure that you download and read our full terms and conditions.
Those taking A-level, IB Diploma or Indian Standard XII (CBSE, CISCE, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat) should apply for the Global Futures Scholarship using the provided online form by 25 May 2025 (noting that you must have selected The University of Manchester as your firm UCAS choice by 23 May 2025).
Successful applicants will be notified by the 17 June 2025.
Master's awards
The University of Manchester is proud to offer more than 230 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 eligible students from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates 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 (either ‘conditional’ or ‘unconditional’).
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 been made an offer.
- Applications will be considered from international fee-paying students domiciled in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- To be considered as domiciled in either of these countries, applicants must have predominantly resided there during the last three years.
- We consider your permanent country of residence to be the country in which you are ordinarily resident, not a country where you are only living for the purpose of full-time education.
- Applicants must hold an offer by 3 June 2025 to study a full-time on-campus one-year master’s course starting in September 2025 at The University of Manchester
- Applicants must submit an online scholarship application form by the same deadline (3 June 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, though we will endeavour to achieve a balance by gender, domicile and course in the allocation of the awards.
- Applicants must be self-funded (not sponsored).
- 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 for blended, online and/or distance learning programmes are not eligible for the award.
- If offered an award, it is only valid for entry in September 2025. It cannot be deferred to a future intake.
The above is provided as a summary but please ensure that you download and read our full terms and conditions.
Applicants for the Global Futures Scholarship awards must hold an offer to study a full-time master’s programme at Manchester and must submit an online scholarship application form by 3 June 2025.
Please note the application form will only be made available to you once you have applied and been made an offer.
All successful applicants will be notified of the University’s decision by 30 June 2025.
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.