Partially funded

International PG Merit Scholarship B (Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and others)

University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

An automatic tuition fee award for students paying overseas fees who join an eligible Masters-level or PGCE programme taught on campus at UEA. This page covers group B of the three country-based tiers of the International Postgraduate Merit Scholarship for the 2026/27 cycle, with the course start date shown as January 2027.

Group B applies to the nationalities listed below; Bangladesh, India and Pakistan fall under Group A and the rest of the world under Group C.

The amount depends on the grade of the final undergraduate degree, converted to its UK equivalent using the grade equivalences on UEA's country pages.

Award Information

  • Nationals of, or students domiciled in: Azerbaijan, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam or Zimbabwe.
  • Paying overseas (international) tuition fees.
  • Holding an offer for an eligible on-campus Masters-level or PGCE programme.
  • Final undergraduate grade equivalent to at least a UK 2:2 (lower amount) or UK 2:1 (higher amount).
  • Not receiving sponsorship covering full fees from an outside body or government organisation. Repayable government or educational loans do not affect eligibility.
  • Not eligible: Any MBBS course; Any integrated Masters; MSc Occupational Therapy; MSc Physiotherapy; MSc Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement; MSc Global Plant Health; MA The Arts of Africa, Oceania and The Americas; Any PGCert, PGDip, Pre-Masters or Graduate Diploma programme; Online or distance learning courses.
  • £5,500 for a UK 2:2 equivalent
  • £6,500 for at least a UK 2:1 equivalent
  • Deducted from tuition fees; no cash is paid to the student.
  • Two-year or longer programmes receive the award for the first year only.
  • Can be held together with the International Early Payment Awards only; no other UEA scholarship can be held alongside it, and a UEA scholarship of higher value replaces it.

No separate application deadline. The award is confirmed automatically shortly after an offer is made.

  1. Apply for an eligible Masters or PGCE programme at UEA.
  2. Receive an offer.
  3. The scholarship is confirmed automatically shortly after the offer; no separate application is needed.

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How selection works

Awarded automatically on grade band and country group.

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