UCL Scholarships

The United Kingdom is one of the top study destinations among students. However, the financial requirements to study in the UK are high. This is why universities offer scholarships to students to help with their financial needs. One such world-ranking University is the University College London(UCL). Located in the best student city in the world, London, UCL offers a variety of scholarships, studentships, and bursaries to its prospective students. This blog is your source of information regarding the UCL scholarships!

About UCL

University College of London, popularly known as UCL, is the third oldest university in the United Kingdom founded in 1826. Located in London and Ranked #8 in the world and 4th in the UK, UCL is known for world-leading research and teaching excellence. UCL has a total of 30 Nobel Laureates among its faculty and alumni, with 840 professors and 7,000 academic staff committed to research and teaching throughout 11 faculties. The 11 faculties namely Arts & Humanities, Bartlett (Built Environment), Brain Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Institute of Education, Law, Life Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Social & Historical Sciences and offers 440 UG programs and 675 PG programs. The university also offers around 400 short courses and teacher training programs. Around 41% of the students at UCL come from outside the UK, from more than 150 countries and UCL is also a secular institution allowing students of any religion.

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UCL Popular Courses

The following subject areas offered at UCL are globally ranked:

• Education
• Architecture and the Built Environment 
• Archaeology
• Anatomy and Physiology 
• Anthropology 
• Geography
• Life Sciences and Medicine
• Pharmacy and Pharmacology
• Psychology 
• Library & Information Management
• Environmental Sciences 
• Mathematics
• Dentistry
• Politics & International Studies
• Law 
• Economics & Econometrics 

UCL Cost of Studying

Although the annual tuition fee in UCL may vary according to the particular course, here is a basic estimation of UCL courses according to the degree standard.

Level of Study	Annual Tuition Fees 2022/23
Undergraduate	£24,000 –  £32,100 (INR 22 – INR 29 Lakh)
Postgraduate taught courses	£18,800 – £51,370  (INR 17- INR 59 Lakh)
Postgraduate research courses	£21,780 – £46,440 (INR 20 – 43 Lakh )

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Cost of Living

The average student cost of living in the UCL halls is as follows:

Undergraduate Courses	£291 per week or £11,349 per year (INR 10 Lakh)
Postgraduate courses	£254 per week or £13,208 (INR 12 Lakh)

UCL Undergraduate Scholarships

Given below is a list of scholarship, bursaries, or funding offered to prospective students wanting to pursue undergraduate courses at UCL:

• Access Opportunity Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: Full tuition and £11,000 per year

Criteria: Merit and financial need

Deadline: 20 May 2022

• Ashinaga Africa Initiative Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students

Value: 30% contribution towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

• Bartlett Promise Scholarship – Undergraduate

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: Tuition fees plus £15,364 maintenance/yr

Criteria: Financial need-based

• Care-leaver Bursary

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: £1,000 per year

Criteria: Financial need-based

• Douglas Johnson Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: £25,000/yr up to 3yrs

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Criteria: Financial need-based

• Estranged Student Bursary

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: £1,000 per year

Criteria: Financial need-based

• Helena Kennedy Foundation Bursaries

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £2,250

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

• London Opportunity Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £4,000/yr

Criteria: Financial need-based

Deadline: 1 July 2022

• Oman Embassy Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• Professor Sir Malcolm Grant Undergraduate Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £25,000 spread equally over the duration of the study

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

• Statistical Science E. J. Gumbel Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £3,000/yr

Deadline: 31 August 2022

Criteria: Merit-based

• The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £15,000 per year for a three-year programme; £11,250 per year for a four-year programme

Deadline: 1 July 2022

• UCL – United World Colleges And International Student House Scholarship (UCL – UWC/ISH Scholarship)

Eligibility: International Students

Value: Full tuition fees, a maintenance stipend, visa costs, flights and free accommodation

Deadline: 4 February 2022

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

• UCL Undergraduate Bursary

Eligibility:  UK Students

Value: Up to £2,500 per year

Criteria: Financial need-based

• Undergraduate Funding And Access Awards

Eligibility:  UK Students

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline:  1 July 2022

• Unite Foundation Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: Accommodation in Unite Halls

Deadline: 1 June 2022

Criteria: Financial need-based

• UPC Progression Scholarships

Eligibility: the UK and International Students

Value: £5,000 per year

Criteria: Merit-based

• Watkins Bursary

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £2,500 per year

Deadline: 1 July 2022

Criteria: Financial need-based

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UCL Graduate Taught Scholarships

Given below is a list of scholarship, bursaries, studentships or funding offered to prospective students wanting to pursue graduate taught courses at UCL:

• Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)/UCL Msc Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students

Value:  Full tuition fees, airfare, living allowance, NHS surcharge and Tier 4 Visa costs 

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline: 1 April 2022

• Arnold Hayward Stevenson Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £10,000 towards tuition fees (50% per year if part-time)

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 29 April 2022

• Bartlett Promise Scholarship – Master’s

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: Tuition fees plus £15,364 maintenance/yr

Criteria: financial need-based

Deadline: 31 May 2022

• Bartlett School Of Planning Centenary Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £9,200 towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 30 June 2022

• Bolashak Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit-based

• Colfuturo Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  25% contribution towards tuition fees.

Criteria: Merit-based

• Colfuturo-semillero De Talentos Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students

Value: full tuition fees

Criteria: Merit-based

• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Awards

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  20% contribution towards tuition fees.

Criteria: Merit-based

• Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme (CSSS)

Eligibility: International Students

Value: Full fees, flights, stipend, and other allowances

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

• Conacyt Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: 30% contribution towards tuition fees

• Daad (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students

Value: 30% fee contribution

Criteria: Merit-based

• Digital Media Programme Bursary

Eligibility: UK students

Value: £5,000

Criteria: financial need-based

Eligibility: UK and International Students

• Division Of Medicine Postgraduate Bursary

Value: £5,000

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 31 July 2022

• Ecclesiastical Insurance Bursary

Eligibility: UK students

Value: Up to £24,150 (to cover the cost of fees and a stipend)

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 13 May 2022

• EGA Institute For Women’s Health Bame Master’s Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £10,000 toward tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 31 July 2022

• Egypt Missions Scheme Scholarships

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  25% fee contribution to research students

• Fer-garb Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value:  Full fees plus stipend

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 29 April 2022

• Funed-UCL

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: 10% contribution to fees for Funed scholars

Criteria: Merit-based

• Great Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: £10,000 towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 31 May 2022

• Great Scholarship For Justice And Law

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: £10,000 towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 31 May 2022

• Guatefuturo Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• Heritage And Museums Opportunity Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: Full Home Fees

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline: 1 March 2022

• Institute For Global Prosperity Bame Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: £2,500 towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 31st May 2022

• Institute Of Archaeology International Masters Student Award

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  Up to £26,000

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline: 1 March 2022

• Jackson Widening Participation Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: £6,000

Criteria: Financial need-based

Deadline: 9 June 2022

• Masters Funding Awards

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: Varies

Criteria: Financial need-based

• Msc Data Science And Public Policy Scholarship

Eligibility: the UK and International Students 

Value: Full tuition fees

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 1 July 2022

• Oman Embassy Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• Professor Sir Malcolm Grant Postgraduate Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value: £25,000

Criteria: Financial need-based

Deadline:  9 June 2022

• Queen Square Ion International Excellence Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: £6,000 towards tuition fees

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline: 4 April 2022

• Sasakawa Studentship

Eligibility: International  and UK Students

Value: £10,000

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 16 March 2022

• Thomas Witherden Batt Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £10,000

Criteria: financial need-based

Deadline: 9 June 2022

• Turkish Embassy Fee Partnership

Eligibility:  International Students

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• UCL Institute For Risk And Disaster Reduction Master’s Scholarship

Eligibility: International and UK Students

Value: 1 full fee award for UK Home students, and 10 open £3,000 awards towards fees

Criteria: financial need-based

Deadline: 21 February 2022

• UCL Laws Academic Excellence Scholarship

Eligibility: International and UK Students

Value: £10,000 towards fees

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline:  31 January 2022

• UCL Laws Future Scholars’ Award

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: Full fees and £15,000 living costs

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 28 February 2022

• UCL Laws LLM Opportunity Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: Full fees, plus £15,000 towards living costs

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 28 February 2022

• UCL Masters Bursary

Eligibility: UK Students

Value:  £10,000

Criteria: financial need-based

Deadline: 9 June 2022

• UCL Queen Square Institute Of Neurology Bame Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value:  £4,000 towards fees

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline: 4 April 2022

• UCL Queen Square Institute Of Neurology Stroke Academic Excellence Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value:  £4,000 towards fees

Criteria: Merit-based

Deadline:  4 April 2022

UCL Graduate Research Scholarships

Given below is a list scholarship, bursaries, or funding offered to prospective students wanting to pursue graduate research courses at UCL:

• Anid Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  25% contribution towards tuition fees.

• Bartlett Promise Scholarship – Research

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: Full fees, plus £17,631 maintenance

Deadline: 29 April 2022

Criteria: financial need-based

• Colfuturo Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  25% contribution towards tuition fees.

Criteria: Merit-based

• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Awards

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  20% contribution towards tuition fees.

Criteria: Merit-based

• Conacyt Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: 30% contribution towards tuition fees.

• Critical Histories Of Art Studentship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: Fees plus stipend (£17,609) for 3 years

Criteria: Merit-based

• CSC-UCL Joint Research Scholarship

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: Fees, maintenance and travel

Criteria: Merit-based

• EGA Institute For Women’s Health Bame Phd Scholarship

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: £5,000/yr for 3 years

Criteria: financial need-based

Deadline: 30 September 2022

• Egypt Missions Scheme Scholarships

Eligibility: International Students 

Value:  25% fee contribution to research students

• Graduate Research Scholarship For Cross-disciplinary Training (GXD)

Eligibility: the UK and International Students 

Value: Full tuition fees plus stipend

Criteria: Merit-based

• Graduate Research Scholarships (GRS)

Eligibility: the UK and International Students 

Value: Full fees plus stipend

Criteria: Merit-based

• Guatefuturo Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students 

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• History Of Art Departmental Bursary

Eligibility: the UK and International Students 

Value: One-off award of up to £15,000   

Criteria: Financial need-based

• History Of Art Departmental Research Studentship

Eligibility: UK Students 

Value:  Fees plus stipend (£17,609) for 3 years

Criteria: Merit-based

• Oman Embassy Fee Partnership

Eligibility: International Students

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS)

Eligibility:  International Students

Value: Full tuition fees

Criteria: Merit-based

• Sasakawa Studentship

Eligibility: International  and UK Students

Value: £10,000

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

Deadline: 16 March 2022

• Turkish Embassy Fee Partnership

Eligibility:  International Students

Value: 10% contribution towards tuition fees

• UCL Research Opportunity Scholarship (Ros)

Eligibility: UK Students

Value: UK rate fees, a maintenance stipend, conference costs and professional development package 

Criteria: Merit and financial need-based

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