Merit scholarships for international undergraduates

The following merit scholarships are available to international students and offer up to £4,500 off the first year of tuition fees:

• Biological Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Business School Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Economic, Social and Political Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Education School Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Geography and Environmental Science Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Health Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Law School Undergraduate International Scholarship
• School of Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Ocean and Earth Science Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Physics and Astronomy Undergraduate International Scholarship
• Psychology Undergraduate International Scholarship

Eligibility 

To be eligible for a scholarship you must:  

• need to pay the overseas tuition fee
• have a conditional or unconditional offer to study an eligible course
• be starting in Year 1 of an eligible course

Other eligibility criteria depend on which school offers your course.

Please note that merit scholarships for international undergraduate students are awarded based on standard academic programme eligibility criteria as displayed on individual course pages.

Business, Law, Maths or Physics and Astronomy 

For scholarships offered by the University of Southampton Business School, the School of Physics and Astronomy, the School of Mathematics and Southampton Law School, you must both exceed your offer and achieve either: 

• an A level A* grade
• an International Baccalaureate grade 7 at Higher level  
• equivalent qualifications 

Chemistry, Economic, Social and Political Science or Education

For scholarships offered by the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the School of Economic, Social and Political Science and the Southampton Education School, you must both exceed your offer and achieve either:

• an A level A or A* grade
• an International Baccalaureate grade 6 or 7 or Higher level
• equivalent qualifications 

All other schools

For all other schools, you must achieve either: 

• an A level A or A* grade
• an International Baccalaureate grade 6 or 7 at Higher level  
• equivalent qualifications  

This applies to courses run by Biological Science, Geography and Environmental Science, Ocean and Earth Science, and Psychology.

Students who are not eligible

These scholarships are not available to students studying:

• on PGCert, PGDip, Foundation or PGR courses
• on Distance Learning courses
• with a partner institution
• at our campus in Malaysia
• on continuing professional development (CPD) courses
• only pre-sessional English - pre-sessional English students with an offer to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level can still apply

How we award merit scholarships

University of Southampton Business School

We award eligible students discounts of £1,500 for each A* grade above the standard course offer up to a maximum of £4,500.  

For example, if you need A, A and B in your A levels and you get A*, A and A, you will get £1,500 towards your first-year tuition fees. 

Chemistry, Economic, Social and Political Science, Education or Maths

We award eligible students discounts of £1,000 for each A or A* grade above the standard offer for courses run by: 

• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Economic, Social and Political Sciences
• Southampton Education School
• School of Mathematical Sciences 

For example, if you need A, B and B in your A levels and you get A*, A and B, you will get £2,000 towards your first year tuition fees. 

Law or Physics and Astronomy

We award eligible students discounts of £1,000 for each A* grade (up to the maximum of £3,000) above the standard offer for courses run by:

• Southampton Law School
• Physics and Astronomy 

For example, if you need A, A and B in your A levels and you get A*, A and A, you will get £1,000 towards your first year tuition fees.

Health Sciences

We award eligible students discounts of £1,000 for each A or A* grade (up to the maximum of £3,000) for the following courses:

• BSc Midwifery
• MNurs Nursing (Adult and Child)
• MNurs Nursing (Adult and Mental Health)
• BSc Nursing (Adult)
• MNurs Nursing (Child and Mental Health)
• BSc Nursing (Child)
• BSc Nursing (Mental Health)  

All other schools

We award eligible students discounts of £1,000 (up to the maximum of £3,000) for each A or A* grade for courses run by: 

• Biological Science
• Geography and Environmental Science
• Ocean and Earth Science
• Psychology

For example, if you need A, A and B in your A levels and you get A, A and A, you will get £3,000 towards your first year tuition fees. 

The most you can get is £3,000. The scholarships apply only to the first year of your tuition fees.

Southampton Canadian Prestige Scholarship for Law

This scholarship is available to Canadian citizens enrolling in any of our undergraduate law programmes in 2026. It offers £1,000 for each study year.

Visit the scholarship page to find out more information.

Conditions 

Find out the terms and conditions of getting a scholarship.  

How to apply

You do not need to apply for merit scholarships. If you meet the eligibility criteria, we will award you this scholarship and let you know by email.