Scholarships at University of Liverpool

We’re offering two scholarships for students joining our M100 LLB (Hons) Law degree from Bridge House College, a top sixth form college in Nigeria.

Amount

• £2,000 for one student who successfully completed the Foundation Course at Bridge House College and registered on year 1 of our LLB (Hons) Law degree (M100).

• £2,000 for one student who successfully completed the A Level course at Bridge House College and registered on year 1 of our LLB (Hons) Law degree (M100).

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Have successfully completed the Foundation Course or A Level course at Bridge House College.

• Be registered on year 1 of our LLB (Hons) Law degree (M100).

The University, in partnership with Chevening, is delighted to offer this generous scholarship to students who are studying a master's programme and who have future leadership potential.

Amount

Full funding of tuition fees and living costs stipend.

Open to

Students studying a master's programme.

Key information

Please note that there is a fee cap applied to MBA programmes that requires applicants to cover any additional tuition costs over £18,000. You will still receive all additional allowances.

Eligibility criteria

The scholarship is open to all subjects offered as a one-year taught master's programme at the Liverpool campus. 

The Hodgson Law Scholarship, which has been made possible through the generous benefaction of Elizabeth Hodgson, widow of the Liverpool Solicitor Joseph Hodgson, who expressed a wish to advance the education and training of lawyers who might work for the benefit of Merseyside.

Amount

The Scholarship includes full tuition fees for a full-time postgraduate taught degree in law (LLM), and a stipend of £9,207.

Open to

The Scholarship is available to all prospective Overseas candidates (i.e. non UK, non EU) intending to pursue a postgraduate taught degree in law at the University of Liverpool.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must have completed or be in the final year of completion of a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent degree at a minimum 2.1 (UK Upper Second) or equivalent standard and have an excellent standard of English.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate:

• Academic excellence.

• Evidence of an interest in legal and public service which may benefit the Liverpool City Region.

• Potential and ambition for future leadership.

• That they are not otherwise able to undertake a postgraduate degree at either institution.

Application deadline: 1 May 2024

The University is able to offer one award to a new postgraduate taught master’s student from Thailand.

Amount

Full tuition fees and living stipend of £9,000.

Open to

Students from Thailand who are new to the University and planning to study a master's programme.

Eligibility criteria

The scholarship is open to all subjects offered as a one-year taught master's programme.  However, priority will be given to those students who wish to study in a subject area associated with HRH Princess Sirindhorn such as science, IT, medicine, the arts, geography, history and languages.

The University of Liverpool is pleased to offer tuition fee and maintenance support for up to two postgraduate taught students who have sought international protection outside of the UK so they can proceed with their education.

Award amount

• This scholarship will provide a full fee waiver for the year long programme as well as accommodation costs and a stipend to support living costs up to the value of £18,688.00.

• Scholars benefitting from this scholarship will also be supported during their time at Liverpool, including language support and visa applications.

• We cannot provide financial or administrative support for family members.

Eligibility

This scholarship is intended to support international students who have recognised status as either refugees or under humanitarian protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention. This status must be held outside of the UK. It is also open to Ukrainian Nationals with European Union temporary protected status and who are currently living in an EU state and who would be eligible to apply for a student visa to come to the UK.

We hope to encourage well-qualified students to continue their education with us here in Liverpool studying a postgraduate taught course (MA or MSc). Please note - Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science and Nursing courses are excluded.

All applicants for this scholarship must:

• Be able to evidence their Refugee Status, or Humanitarian Protection as recognised by the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. For Ukrainians with European Union temporary protected status, relevant documentation which evidences this, such as a residency card for the EU state you are in or a residency extension letter to March 2025.

• Have applied to study for either an MA or MSc degree at the University of Liverpool.

Application deadline: 30 April 2024, 17:00 BST

The University of Liverpool will award five University of Liverpool International College students, who achieve the highest academic excellence (minimum 75%) in their UoLIC Pre-Master’s programme, the prestigious UoLIC Excellence scholarship.

Amount

£5,000 tuition fee reduction.

Open to

Five students who achieve the highest academic attainment (minimum 75%) in a UoLIC Pre-Master’s programme who are progressing from UoLIC onto a University of Liverpool master's programme.

The University of Liverpool International College (UoLIC) First Class Award is available to non-EU international students who have progressed from UoLIC to a non-clinical, undergraduate degree programme at the University of Liverpool who achieve an overall average of 70% or above in any year of study excluding final year. 

International (non-EU) fee-paying students who achieve an overall average of 70% or over will receive £1,000 off tuition fees each year of their (non-clinical) degree at the University of Liverpool excluding final year.

Eligibility

You must:

• Be liable to pay full tuition fees at the overseas rate.

• Be continuing on a non-clinical undergraduate programme.

• Have achieved an overall average of 70% or over in any year at the University of Liverpool (excluding final year) after progressing from UoLIC.

In partnership with Kaplan, the University of Liverpool is offering up to 7 x £3,000 scholarships for students progressing from the University of Liverpool International College in 2024.

Amount

£3,000 tuition fee reduction.

Open to

To be eligible for our Impact Progression Scholarships, students must apply for one of the Kaplan Impact Scholarships demonstrating their commitment to making an impact across issues of importance to the University and Kaplan.  Themes include:

• Sustainability

• Women in STEM

• Community

• Career Focus (Employability).

Key information

UoLIC recipients of the Kaplan awards will receive the £3,000 Progression Impact Scholarship, deducted from first-year tuition fees, on successful progression to their UoL degree programme.  Where there are more than 7 Kaplan award holders, preference for the University’s Progression Scholarships will be given to those holding a Sustainability or Women in STEM award. On progression to the University, awardees will be expected to demonstrate their continued commitment to the theme of their scholarship by producing a short vlog or case study and by contributing to impact-themed sessions for College students.

The Liverpool Law School is offering two scholarships for new international students, awarded on merit.

Amount

Two scholarships worth £1,000 each.

Open to

Students from Hong Kong studying a LLM programme.

If you're an MBA offer holder, with four or more years of professional or managerial experience and a strong academic background, you could be eligible for a discount of up to 75% off your tuition fees. You'll need to be joining the Liverpool MBA or Football Industries MBA and studying on campus.

Award

75%, 50% and 30% tuition fee discounts are available.

Eligibility criteria

The ULMS MBA Excellence Scholarship will be awarded to eligible UK, Republic of Ireland and international applicants joining the Liverpool MBA and Football Industries MBA and studying on campus in academic year 2024/25.

You'll need to demonstrate academic and professional excellence. You must:

• hold at least a high 2:1 or equivalent (65%+ in your undergraduate or postgraduate degree).

• have four or more years of professional/managerial experience.

• be able to demonstrate leadership potential.

You could receive a discount of up to £7,500 off your tuition fees. Our Postgraduate Global Advancement Scholarship is available to eligible new international students starting a master’s course with us from September 2024.

Award

We're offering a generous tuition fee discount for eligible international students across more than 150 of our master's courses.

If you're a new international student, who hasn't studied with us before, you could be eligible for a tuition fee discount of up to £7,500, depending on your choice of course.  

If you combine this tuition fee discount with other scholarships or bursaries, the total discount will be capped at 50% of your tuition fee. 

Courses

The tuition fee discount you might be eligible to receive varies by course. You can:

• See if your course offers a tuition fee discount from the options below.

• Check you meet our eligibility criteria.

Courses with a tuition fee discount of £7,500 for all eligible international students

You could be eligible for a tuition fee discount of £7,500 if you're joining one of the courses below and meet our eligibility criteria.

• Energy and Power Systems MSc (Eng)

• Energy and Power Systems with a Year in Industry MSc (Eng)

• Master of Public Health MPH (Liverpool)

• Strategic Communication MSc

Courses with a tuition fee discount of £5,000 for all eligible international students

You could be eligible for a tuition fee discount of £5,000 if you're joining one of the courses below and meet our eligibility criteria.

• AI for Digital Business MSc

• Archaeology MA

• Archaeology MSc

• Archives and Records Management MARM

• Archives and Records Management (Digital Pathway) MARM

• Archives and Records Management (International Pathway) MARMI

• Art, Philosophy and Cultural Institutions MA

• Bioinformatics MSc

• Cancer Care MSc

• Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting MA

• Classics and Ancient History MA

• Creative and Critical Writing MA

• Data Science for Economics MSc

• Economic Policy and Data Analytics MSc

• Egyptology MA

• English Language MA

• English Literature MA

• English Literature: Modern and Contemporary Literature MA

• English Literature: Renaissance and Eighteenth-Century Literature MA

• English Literature: Science Fiction Studies MA

• English Literature: Victorian Literature MA

• Environment and Climate Change MSc

• Environmental Sciences MSc

• Financial Mathematics MSc

• Geographic Data Science MSc

• Global Healthcare Ethics MSc

• Health, Cultures and Societies MA

• Health Data Science MSc

• History: Cultural History MA

• History: Eighteenth Century Worlds MA

• History: Medieval and Renaissance Studies MA

• History: Twentieth Century History MA

• Housing and Community Planning MA

• Infection and Immunity MSc

• International Business and Commercial Law LLM

• International Human Rights Law LLM

• International Relations and Security MA

• International Slavery Studies MA

• Investigative and Forensic Psychology MSc

• Law, Medicine and Healthcare LLM

• Mathematical Sciences MSc

• Media and Politics MA

• Media, Culture and Everyday Life MA

• Media, Data and Society MA

• Microelectronic Systems MSc (Eng)

• Microelectronic Systems with a Year in Industry MSc (Eng)

• Money and Banking MSc

• Music and Audiovisual Media MA

• Music Industry Studies MA

• Music Management MA

• Paleoanthropology MSc

• Palliative and End of Life Care MSc

• Performance MMus

• Pharmacology and Toxicology MSc

• Philosophy MA

• Political Science and International Relations MA

• Product Design and Management MSc (Eng)

• Research Methods in Psychology MSc

• Screen Studies MA

• Social Research Methods MA

• Sustainable Heritage Management MA

• Telecommunications and Wireless Systems MSc (Eng)

• Telecommunications and Wireless Systems with a Year in Industry MSc (Eng)

• The Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage MA

• Town and Regional Planning MA

• Town and Regional Planning MCD

• Urban Design and Planning MCD

Courses with a tuition fee discount of up to £5,000 for eligible international students. This includes £2,500 for a first-class degree and £2,500 for specific nationalities.

You could be eligible for one or both of:

• A tuition fee discount of £2,500 if you have a first-class degree or an equivalent qualification as defined by the University of Liverpool. If you're domiciled in the People's Republic of China when making your master's application, we're unable to offer you this £2,500 discount, but you can apply for our Vice-Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship for China

• A tuition fee discount of £2,500 if you're from one of the following countries:

  • Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Kingdom of Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia.

  • Asia: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka .

  • Caribbean and Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.

  • Europe: Cyprus, Malta.

  • Australia and Pacific: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

You'll need to be joining one of the courses below and meet our eligibility criteria.

• Accounting and Finance MSc

• Adult Nursing with Registered Nurse Status MSc

• Advanced Aerospace Engineering MSc (Eng)

• Advanced Biological Sciences MRes

• Advanced Computer Science MSc

• Advanced Computer Science with a Year in Industry MSc

• Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Technology MSc (Eng)

• Advanced Marketing MSc

• Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc (Eng)

• Advanced Practice in Healthcare MSc

• Applied Lingustics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MA

• Archaeology MRes

• Architecture MA

• Archives MRes

• Basque Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Big Data and High Performance Computing MSc

• Big Data and High Performance Computing with a Year in Industry MSc

• Biomedical Engineering MSc (Eng)

• Biomedical Engineering (Healthcare) MSc (Eng)

• Biomedical Engineering with Management MSc (Eng)

• Biomedical Engineering with Management (Healthcare) MSc (Eng)

• Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine MRes

• Biotechnology MSc

• Building Information Modelling and Digital Transformation MSc

• Business Analytics and Big Data MSc

• Cancer Biology and Therapy MSc

• Catalan Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Chinese Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Classics and Ancient History MRes

• Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability in Architecture MSc

• Clinical Ophthalmology and Vision Science MSc

• Clinical Sciences MRes

• Communication and Media MRes

• Computer Science MSc

• Criminological Research MRes

• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence MSc

• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with a Year in Industry MSc

• Data Science and Communication MSc

• Diagnostic Radiography (Pre-registration) MSc

• Digital Marketing and Analytics MSc

• Economics MSc

• Egyptology MRes

• Emerging Infections and Pandemics MSc

• English MRes

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management MSc

• Environmental Assessment and Management MSc

• Film Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Finance MSc

• Finance and Investment Management MSc

• Financial Technology MSc

• French Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• German Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Hispanic Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• History MRes

• Human Resource Management MSc

• International Business MSc

• International Relations and Security MRes

• Irish Studies MRes

• Italian Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Law (General) LLM

• Management MRes

• Marketing MSc

• Master in Management MIM

• Master of Business Administration (Football Industries) MBA

• Master of Business Administration (The Liverpool MBA) MBA

• Mechanical Engineering Design with Management MSc (Eng)

• Mechanical Engineering with Management MSc (Eng)

• Mental Health Nursing with Registered Nurse Status MSc

• Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Music MRes

• Nursing MSc

• Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration) MSc

• Occupational and Organisational Psychology MSc

• Operations and Supply Chain Management MSc

• Oral Maxillofacial Surgery MSc

• Organisational Psychology MSc

• Orthoptics (Pre-registration) MSc

• Paediatric Dentistry DDSc

• Palaeoanthropology MRes

• Philosophy MRes

• Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) MSc

• Portuguese Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Project Management MSc

• Psychology (Conversion) MSc

• Radiometrics: Instrumentation and Modelling MSc

• Radiotherapy MSc

• Researching Crisis and Change in Human Geography MA

• Social Research MRes

• Sociolinguistics - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Spanish Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

• Sports Business and Management MSc

• Sustainable Civil and Structural Engineering MSc (Eng)

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA

• Theoretical Computer Science MSc

• Theoretical Computer Science with a Year in Industry MSc

• Therapeutic Radiography and Oncology (Pre-registration) MSc

• Translation Studies - Modern Languages and Cultures MRes

Eligibility criteria

To receive this scholarship, you'll need to:

• Be joining an eligible master's course, including MRes awards, from September 2024.

• Be studying on campus in Liverpool.

• Be paying the tuition fees for the course yourself at the overseas/international rate.

• Accept your offer of a place and pay your tuition fee deposit by the deadline indicated in your offer letter.

We won't be able to offer you this scholarship if you:

• Studied at Liverpool International College, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), or completed your undergraduate degree at the University of Liverpool. If you've studied with us before, including as a Study Abroad, Exchange or XJTLU student, you could be eligible to receive a tuition fee discount through our University of Liverpool Graduate Loyalty Advancement Scholarship.

• Will be studying online.

• Are having your fees paid by a sponsor, such as a government, commercial organisation or employer, on your behalf.

• Are joining a PGCert, Professional Doctorate (including DDSc awards), MPhil, MArch or PhD.

If you have applied for or intend to study part time, any tuition fee discount you're eligible to receive will be applied at a pro-rata rate over the duration of your course. For example, if you intend to study over two years, you'll receive 50% of the tuition fee discount in each year.

If you're joining an MSc in the Management School and studying on campus, you could receive 50% off your tuition fees with a ULMS Excellence Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded based on your academic excellence, CV and personal statement.

Award

50% tuition fee discount.

Eligibility criteria

The ULMS Excellence Scholarship will be awarded to eligible UK, Republic of Ireland and international applicants joining one of the Management School's MSc programmes in academic year 2024/25 and studying on campus.

You'll be considered for this award based on your academic excellence, CV and personal statement.

You'll need to have, or be on track to obtain, a first class degree, or equivalent, with no marks below a 2:1 (60%) or equivalent in modules relevant to your chosen postgraduate programme.

Relevant work experience (paid, internship, shadowing or voluntary positions) would be advantageous, as would previously studying at a highly-ranked university.

Please note, scholarship selection is based purely on the above factors. We're unable to award scholarships based on requests relating to financial need.

This award can't be combined with centrally-awarded funding from the University since it already meets the maximum fee discount of 50%. 

Joining our Football Industries MBA? If you're a female offer holder, with three or more years of professional or managerial experience and a strong academic background, you could be awarded 50% off your MBA tuition fees with a ULMS Women in Football Scholarship.

Award

Two 50% tuition fee discounts are available.

Eligibility criteria

The ULMS Women in Football Scholarship will be awarded to eligible UK, Republic of Ireland and international female applicants joining the Football Industries MBA in academic year 2024/25.

You'll need to be able demonstrate academic and professional excellence. You must:

• hold at least a high 2:1 or equivalent (65%+ in your undergraduate or postgraduate degree).

• have three or more years of professional/managerial experience.

• be able to demonstrate leadership potential.

If you don’t have a degree equivalent to a high 2:1 or above, you could still be considered for this scholarship. You’ll need to have 10 or more years of professional or managerial experience and be able to demonstrate your continuing professional development.

Please note, scholarship selection is based purely on the above factors. We're unable to award scholarships based on requests relating to financial need.

You could be eligible for up to £5,000 off your undergraduate tuition fees with our new scholarship.

The University of Liverpool Undergraduate Global Advancement Scholarship rewards high-achieving international students starting an undergraduate programme at the University of Liverpool in September 2024.

Award

£3,000 will be deducted from your tuition fees in your first year of study.

If you achieve first class honours (70%) in your first year, you'll then receive a £1,000 fee reduction in your second year of study. 

If you maintain this grade in your second year, you'll then receive a £1,000 fee reduction in your third year of study. 

All tuition fee discounts are capped at 50% of the relevant fee.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this award you must:

• be liable to pay full tuition fees at the overseas rate

• be starting a new non-clinical undergraduate programme at our Liverpool campus in academic year 2024/25

• achieve AAA grades in A levels or equivalent qualification.

You'll be assessed on the qualifications used to gain entry into the University only.

Exceptions

We won't be able to offer you this scholarship if you're undertaking one of the following clinical programmes:

• Dental Surgery 

• Medicine and Surgery 

• Veterinary Science.

We also can't offer you this scholarship if you'll be studying online or if your fees are being paid by a sponsor, such as a government, commercial organisation or employer, on your behalf.

Joining year 2 or year 3 of the LLB (Hons) Law degree at the Liverpool Law School as a high-achieving direct entry student from one of our partner institutions in Malaysia or Singapore? You could be eligible for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship for Malaysia.

Amount

The scholarship includes a £2,500 tuition fee discount off your first year of study with us.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, you'lll need to:

• achieve 55% overall with no module below 50% for year 2 entry or 62% overall with no module below 58% for year 3 entry

• be paying tuition fees at the overseas/international rate without external sponsorship

• be progressing into years 2 or 3 of our full-time LLB (Hons) Law degree (M100) from Brickfields Asia College, Brickfields Asia College Singapore, HELP University, Advanced Tertiary College or Taylor's University.

There are 15 (fifteen) £5,000 scholarships for students domiciled in Mainland China when applying for the programmes which are not included in the University of Liverpool Postgraduate Global Advancement Scholarship, who have a bachelor's degree awarded (or to be awarded) by a recognised university in Mainland China with equivalent to UK first class degree.

Amount

There are 15 (fifteen) scholarships in total. Details are:

• 15 (fifteen) £5,000 scholarships.

• Domiciled in Mainland China when applications are made.

• Have Bachelor's Degree awarded or to be awarded by a recognised university in Mainland China with a minimum average grade of 80% overall.

• Have accepted and paid deposit on one of the postgraduate taught programmes which are not included in the £7,500 and £5,000 fee discounts as part of the University of Liverpool Postgraduate Global Advancement Scholarship at the University of Liverpool’s campus.

• Are self -financed (which means tuition fees are to be paid by students or the parents).

All scholarships will be awarded after the formal registration at the University and will take the form of a fee waiver.

Please note: this scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarships or bursaries provided by the University.