Newcastle University Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships 2025 for Postgraduate Students

Newcastle University is pleased to offer 30 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships (VCES) for outstanding international applicants who apply to commence full-time Master’s studies on an eligible programme.

• Table of Content
• About Newcastle University
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships
• Requirements for Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Newcastle University

Newcastle University (Officially, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England. The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form one division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Ac... continue reading

Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships

Application Deadline	09 May 2025
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	Newcastle University
Type	Postgraduate
Sponsor	Newcastle University
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships

Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships offering up to 50% or 100% of tuition fees.

Requirements for Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships Qualification

To be considered for the up to 50% scholarships applicants must:

• Be domiciled in of one of the following countries/regions:
  • Canada, USA
  • China
  • Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea
  • Colombia, Peru 
  • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Turkey
  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam  
• Be assessed as international for fee purposes
• Hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year
• Already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second class UK honours degree or above

Eligible candidates will be assessed according to evidence of academic ability, evidence of commitment to studies and quality of application.

Further details, including a list of non-eligible courses, can be found in the VCES 50 per cent postgraduate regulations (2025) (PDF:92 KB).

 

To be considered for up to 100% scholarships applicants must:

• Be domiciled in Ghana or Nigeria.
• Be assessed as international for fee purposes
• Hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2025/26 academic year
• Already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second class UK honours degree or above

Eligible candidates will be assessed according to evidence of academic ability, evidence of commitment to studies and quality of application.

Further details, including a list of non-eligible courses, can be found in the VCES 100 per cent postgraduate regulations (2025) (PDF:54 KB).

Application Deadline

May 9, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Newcastle University on applyto.newcastle.ac.uk to apply

For more details, visit Newcastle University Scholarshp webpage