International Merit Scholarship

Heriot-Watt University welcomes students from all over the world. This year, we are providing support by awarding over £500,000 in merit scholarships to international fee-paying students enrolling in January & September 2025.

In most instances, scholarships awarded to international fee-paying students will be paid as a partial fee abatement for the first year of study only, unless stated otherwise on your offer letter.

For more information on available scholarships, international fee-paying students should email their Regional Team Manager. Contact details for Regional teams can be found below:

• CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States): Alexander Leonets (A.Leonets@hw.ac.uk)
• Europe (Countries outside of the EU): Michelle Sauer (m.sauer@hw.ac.uk)
• Europe (EU Countries): Undergraduate - Undergraduate European Union Scholarship, Postgraduate - Postgraduate European Union Scholarship
• East Asia: Landry Lan (landry.lan@hw.ac.uk)
• India, Nepal and Sri Lanka: Meenu Sharma (meenu.sharma@hw.ac.uk) or Sabarinath Vijayakumar (s.vijayakumar@hw.ac.uk)
• MENA (Middle East and North Africa): Wazeem Fazal (Wazeem.Fazal@hw.ac.uk)
• Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa: Olufunke Etu (olufunke.etu@hw.ac.uk)
• North, Central and South America: Michelle Sauer (m.sauer@hw.ac.uk)
• Pakistan: Srishti Agarwal (S.Agarwal@hw.ac.uk)
• South East Asia: scholarships@hw.ac.uk
• Other overseas areas not listed: scholarships@hw.ac.uk

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria will vary by region, as stated above please contact the relevant regional manager for more details.

How to apply

Please contact the relevant regional manager as listed above.

Please be aware you can only receive one Heriot-Watt funded scholarship towards your programme of study. So, for example, you cannot receive both this scholarship and the alumni discount.