Partially funded

Keates-Lee Educational Trust Bursary

Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Keates-Lee Educational Trust Bursary is a £4,000 first-year award for high-achieving undergraduate students from African nations, and for refugees domiciled in the UK. Two awards are made for each September intake.

Award Information

  • Applying for a 3- or 4-year undergraduate programme in Accounting and Finance, Agriculture, Biosciences, Business and Management, Ecological Sciences, Economics, Engineering, Geography Earth and Environmental Science, Law, Political and International Relations, or Veterinary Studies; top-up programmes are excluded.
  • Permanently resident in an African nation, or a refugee domiciled in the UK forcibly displaced by conflict, persecution or humanitarian crisis.
  • International fee-payer, self-funded (repayable loans count as self-funded) and without external scholarships.
  • Meets usual entry requirements, finished high school within 2 years of start.
  • High school grades of at least: A-level 3 x B; IB 32; US Diploma GPA 3.2; 3 x A1 at WAEC/NECO/WASSCE; overall A in KCSE; 3 x 7 in NSC; Moroccan or Algerian Bac 16/20; UACE 3 x B.
  • Ordinarily resident in an eligible country for the three years before the course start.
  • Can be combined only with the International Scholarship and International Accommodation Award.
  • £4,000 tuition fee reduction in the first year.
  • 2 awards per September intake.

September 2026 intake: application deadline 27 February 12:00 GMT; outcomes 27 March; successful candidates accept and pay £5,000 tuition deposit by 5 June 12:00 GMT; reserves have until mid-July.

  1. Hold or obtain an offer from Aberystwyth for the September intake.
  2. Complete the online application form before the deadline; the form closes automatically.
  3. If successful, accept the award and pay the tuition fee deposit by the stated date.

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How selection works

Awarded by the scholarship awards committee on school grades; successful, reserve and unsuccessful candidates are notified.

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