- These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely self-funded*.
- Students must be ordinarily resident (see below for the definition of ordinary residence) in one of the countries specified above.
- Students must register for the first year (Year 1) of a full-time undergraduate degree** at the University of Essex in October 2024-25.
- UCAS applicants must actively make Essex their firm choice by 15 September 2024. Applicants that become firm with Essex through rejection by their original firm choice selection elsewhere are not eligible. Direct Applicants must accept their offer by 15 September 2024.
- The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships.
- This scholarship is available for the first year of study (Year 1) at the undergraduate level in 2024-25 only.
- Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities.
*Students receiving a repayable loan to fund their studies will be considered self-funded.
**Courses leading to the award of a Diploma of Higher Education, Bachelors Degree, Integrated Masters (four years)
Students who are not eligible:
The following students are not eligible for the Scholarship regardless of meeting the above criteria:
- Students undertaking courses at East 15 Acting School.
- University of Essex International College (UEIC) Pathway students.
- Students undertaking a degree that is normally delivered wholly online.
- Students who are not ordinarily residents of one of the listed countries.
- This scholarship award does not apply to deferred entry. Where a scholarship has been awarded to a student who subsequently defers entry to the following academic year, the award will be withdrawn, and the applicant will be considered again in line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry.
- Students entering the second and third year.
- Students who are fully or partly sponsored.
- Students who are assessed as Home fee payers.
- Current students whose first year of undergraduate study at the University of Essex was prior to the academic year 2024-25.