{"id":213310,"date":"2017-05-15T13:12:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/gsi_study_guides\/applying-scholarships-uk-universities\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:41:32","slug":"applying-scholarships-uk-universities","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/applying-scholarships-uk-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for scholarships at UK universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an international student, studying in the UK can be expensive. But the good news is that almost all UK\u00a0universities offer difference types of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/study-in-uk\/study-info\/scholarships\/\">scholarships, grants and bursaries<\/a>\u00a0to help fund your study in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the large number of students who wish to study at a UK university, this does mean that applying for a scholarship can be competitive, but doing your research and ensuring you meet any required deadlines, you will be in with a chance of securing funding.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the differences between different types of funding?<\/h2>\n<p>Generally speaking, scholarships, grants and bursaries can be broken down into three categories.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scholarship<\/strong>: A payment made to support a student&#8217;s education, awarded on the basis of academic ability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grant<\/strong>: A payment made to support a student&#8217;s education, awarded on the basis of ability, circumstance or financial need.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bursary<\/strong>: A payment made to support a student&#8217;s education, awarded on the basis of financial need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Be prepared<\/h3>\n<p>Scholarship deadlines are often months before the beginning of a course, so be sure to check the application process and what types of funding opportunities are available. If applying for a university scholarship directly, students may need to hold an conditional offer from the university before being eligible to apply for the funding.<\/p>\n<h2>What types of funding\u00a0are available?<\/h2>\n<p>There are many different types of scholarships that international and EU students can apply for.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Full scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0cover tuition fees and living costs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0can cover a variety or a small section of expenses you need to cover, such as living costs or whole or part of your tuition fees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Country-based scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0are only open to students of a particular region or country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0are only open to students on a particular course.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Government scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0are funded by the Government, run through companies such as Chevening or the Commonwealth Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3712\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studyin-uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chevening-scholarships.jpg\" 780\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What do universities consider when looking at applicants?<\/h2>\n<p>Depending on the award a student applies for, they will be judged on either academic ability or financial need.<\/p>\n<h2>Scholarship application help<\/h2>\n<p>If you are confused or need further assistance in applying to study in the UK and applying for a scholarship,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/study-in-uk\/free-consultation\/\">arrange a free consultation<\/a>\u00a0in London or Manchester today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[127],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[1565],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-213310","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-scholarships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/213310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=213310"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=213310"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=213310"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=213310"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=213310"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=213310"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=213310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}