Kent International Scholarship (KBS)- September 2026

We are delighted to offer automatic scholarships of £3,000 to Kent Business School applicants  who accept their offer to study at the University of Kent, and who are domiciled in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye or Vietnam. Applicants for other programmes are not eligible for this scholarship. Please instead refer to visit the Kent International Scholarship.

To be eligible for this scholarship, students must have applied for postgraduate taught, full-time programmes.  This is alongside our reduced Tuition fees, which could save you up to £4,000 in comparison to last year for KBS programmes starting in September 2026.

The scholarship will be applied to the tuition fees. 

• Table of Content
• About University Of Kent
• University of Kent Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of University of Kent Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for University of Kent Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

University of Kent Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of University of Kent Postgraduate Scholarship

• £3,000

Requirements for University of Kent Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• Applicants must be domiciled in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye or Vietnam. 
• Applicants must have applied for taught postgraduate programmes within Kent Business School.  
• Applicants who have applied for programmes outside of Kent Business School are not eligible. Please instead refer to visit the Kent International Scholarship.
• This scholarship is for students beginning their degrees in September 2026 only. 

Please note that this scholarship is only available to students assessed as self-funded overseas fee payers who are paying fees directly to University of Kent. 

Applicants are not eligible for this scholarship who:

• have applied for a Masters which includes an integrated pre-Masters 
• have applied for distance learning programmes 
• have applied for a PCert or PDip programme 
• are on short-term programmes 
• have applied to Finance, Investment and Risk (Dual Award) MSc or Business Analytics (Dual Award) MSc

This award is not stackable unless the applicant is coming to us through a progression agreement in which case both the Kent International Scholarship (KBS) and progression discount can be awarded. Should you apply for a higher value scholarship and be successful, then you will receive the higher value award. The Kent International Scholarship (KBS) will then be retracted. 

This award is also open to international students who are normally domiciled in an eligible country, but who are currently resident in the UK for purposes of study.  

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• There is no application process. All eligible applicants who have accepted their offer by the stated deadlines will be contacted with a scholarship offer in due course, which they will need to accept. 

If you would like to check your eligibility, or for any general queries regarding this award, please contact [email protected]. 

For more information, kindly visit University of Kent scholarship webpage.