Newcastle University 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships for International Postgraduate Students

Newcastle University is pleased to offer 39 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships (VCES) for outstanding international applicants who apply to commence full-time Master’s studies.

There are 37 50% tuition fee scholarships and 2 100% tuition fee scholarships.

• Table of Content
• About Newcastle University
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships
• Requirements for Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Newcastle University

Newcastle University (Officially, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England. The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form one division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Ac... continue reading

Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships

50% and 100% of tuition fees.

Requirements for Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarships Qualification

To be considered for the 50% scholarships applicants must:

• be a national of one of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador,  India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey,  USA, Venezuela
• be assessed as international for fee purposes
• hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2021/22 academic year
• already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second class UK honours degree or above

Further details, including a list of non-eligible courses, can be found in the VCES 50 per cent postgraduate regulations (2021) (MS Word: 33 KB).

To be considered for the 100% scholarships applicants must:

• be a national of one of the following countries: India, Egypt, Ghana and Nigeria 
• be assessed as international for fee purposes
• hold an offer for an eligible Master’s degree programme at the University’s Newcastle city centre campus for the 2021/22 academic year
• already have or expect to receive the equivalent of an upper second class UK honours degree or above

Selection Criteria: 

Eligible candidates will be assessed according to evidence of academic ability, evidence of commitment to studies and quality of application.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Newcastle University website.

Application Deadline:

• 25th March 2021 – China, India
• 29th April 2021 – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela
• 27th May 2021 – India, Canada, USA, Egypt, Ghana and Nigeria