Scholarships at University of York

To reward excellence, the Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship offers a tuition fee discount to talented undergraduate students within the faculties.

• Funding: Full tuition fee discount for the first year followed by £10,000 tuition fee discount for the second and third year.

• Academic year: 2025/26.

• Open to: International (including EU) students.

• Qualification level: Undergraduate.

• Number available: 2 per faculty, 6 overall.

Our scholarships are awarded to international students to support them in achieving their goals at the University of York. 

All undergraduate students holding an offer at York will be automatically considered. There is no need to formally apply for the scholarship.

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) students only.

To be eligible for the Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship, you must:

• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study at the University of York by 9 May 2025

• be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by 9 May 2025) 

• intend to study a full-time undergraduate course.

You will not be eligible if:

• you hold a 100% tuition fee scholarship or are fully sponsored.

Students on the following pathways are not eligible for these scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School

• International Pathway College

• Distance and online learning courses

• Part-time courses

• Kaplan International College London

Terms and conditions

Once offered a scholarship, you must:

• accept the scholarship offer formally by using the link provided within your offer email

• accept your offer of admission from York.

These actions must be completed by the deadline provided in your offer email. Otherwise, you will lose your scholarship, and it will be offered to a reserve candidate.

If you have been informed that you require a credibility interview, your scholarship will be conditional on the successful outcome of this interview. Should you be unsuccessful, the scholarship offer will be rescinded.

If you defer your place at the University of York you cannot keep your scholarship.