The Advanced Entry Scholarship (UG) 2026

The award

The Advanced Entry Scholarship is awarded to enrolled undergraduate international students who meet or exceed the published entry requirements on entry and who start their studies at Keele University part way through their undergraduate degree (after the first year).  

Awards of £3,000 will be awarded towards the tuition fee on the year of entry for students who meet or exceed published entry requirements. Awards of £1,000 will then be awarded for subsequent years of study (up to 4 years), not including placement years or repeat years of study. 

Eligibility

• Enrolled undergraduate international students who meet or exceed the published entry requirements (as per the website for the year of entry) will automatically be awarded the scholarship as a tuition fee discount.
• Enrolled undergraduate international students accepted below the published entry criteria will be awarded a £1,000 scholarship on the year of entry and for subsequent years of study.
• Only students who are starting studies at Keele, having studied at a different institution, are eligible for this award.
• Only self-funding international students are eligible and you must be confirmed as an overseas student for fee paying purposes. The scholarship is not open to students who are in receipt of funding from external bodies such as local Government, charities or private organisations
• The Scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students who will be based at Keele University and start their studies in September 2026. The award cannot be used for any other year of entry.  

Exceptions

The scholarship is not available for students on the following programmes:

• Medicine
• Programmes delivered through the Harper and Keele Veterinary School

Students transferring from one programme at Keele to another programme at Keele are not eligible for this award.

The scholarship is not available for students studying top-up degrees.

The scholarship is not available for students studying fully online courses delivered by Keele. 

The scholarship is not available for placement years or repeat years of study.

Further information how to apply

Your application will be assessed automatically when you apply so there is no need to provide a separate application for this scholarship. 

Qualifying recipients of the scholarship will receive the award in the form of a tuition fee discount. No cash alternative is available and the award cannot be used in place of any required deposit.

This scholarship cannot be combined with any other awards. 

Further terms and conditions apply, please see our Terms and Conditions for full details.