Southampton Electronics and Computer Science Global Scholarship

There are 12 scholarships for £5000 each. These are available to international students applying to study for an Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) undergraduate or postgraduate master's degree.

Deadline to apply: 24 April 2026, 5pm (UK time)

Eligibility

To get this scholarship you must:

• apply for an eligible course before you apply for the scholarship
• receive a course offer before the closing date of the scholarship
• be a resident of a country listed in the additional eligibility criteria
• not be in receipt of any external scholarship that covers your full fees
• be an international student paying the overseas fee
• for undergraduate applications, you must have selected the University of Southampton as your firm choice

Check if you will pay the Overseas fee.

This computer science scholarship is 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 Study Abroad courses
• as an exchange or partner student
• 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

Eligible countries

You are eligible to apply for this scholarship if you are resident in:

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo
• Costa Rica
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Cuba
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominica Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Fiji Islands
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Hati
• Honduras
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Libya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Marshall Islands
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Niue
• North Macedonia
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Samoa
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• St Helena
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Syrian Arab Republic
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkiye
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Wallis and Futuna
• West Bank and Gaza Strip
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

We determine your residency as where you have been living for a 3 year period or longer before the start of the course. This does not include where you are living for study purposes, if it is somewhere different to where you normally live

How to apply

To apply for this scholarship:

1. apply for an eligible Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) course
2. fill out the scholarship expression of interest form 

Apply now

We will contact you by 29 May 2026 if your application is successful. If your application is not successful we will contact you by 3 June 2026. 

We cannot accept late applications.

Supporting your application

You'll need to:

• explain your future goals and how your chosen course at Southampton will help you achieve that (200 words maximum word count).
• show how you might act as an ambassador for the University as a Southampton ECS Global Scholarship awardee? (200 words maximum word count)

How we award scholarships

There are 5 stages to the shortlisting process.

1. we check that you meet the eligibility criteria
2. we score and rank the answers you give on your application form
3. we shortlist candidates, prioritising applicants from low income countries
4. we score your academic qualifications stated on your UCAS or PGT application form
5. a scholarship panel assess your total score

This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful. The decision of the scholarship panel is final.

Contact us

Have a question about this scholarship? Our friendly scholarships team can support and guide you.

international-scholarships@soton.ac.uk