Partially funded

Undergraduate International Community Scholarship

Aston University, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Undergraduate International Community Scholarship (UG ICS) is Aston University's main tuition fee discount for self-funded international students starting a full-time undergraduate degree on the Birmingham campus.

The award is worth £9,000 in total, spread across the taught years of the degree. For the September 2027 intake it is an automatic, non-competitive award: there is no application form, and the discount is triggered by paying the programme deposit by the offer deadline and becomes active on enrolment.

For the September 2026 intake the scholarship ran as a competitive, application-based award with an early and a final application round, with links emailed directly to eligible offer-holders.

Award Information

  • Be classified as Overseas for tuition fee purposes.
  • Hold an offer for a full-time, taught undergraduate degree delivered on campus at Aston University, Birmingham, starting in September 2027.
  • Enter the first year of the degree (direct entry to Year 1); Top-up BSc (Hons) entrants receive the Year 1 payment only.
  • Apply to Aston directly. Students progressing or articulating under a formal partnership, progression or articulation agreement (foundation, pathway, International Year One, preparatory or partner-university routes) are not eligible and are covered by dedicated partnership scholarships instead.
  • Students who take an Aston pre-sessional English or study skills course remain eligible if entering Year 1 directly.
  • Meet all academic and non-academic conditions in the offer letter.
  • Be self-funded. Students wholly or partly funded by a sponsor are not eligible unless the sponsor has a written agreement with Aston confirming eligibility.
  • Excluded programmes: BSc Nursing Studies (Adult Nursing or Mental Health), MBChB Medicine, MOptom Optometry, MPharm Pharmacy, BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology). Online courses were also excluded for September 2026.
  • September 2027 intake: £9,000 total tuition fee discount: Year 1 £3,000, Year 2 £3,000, final year £3,000.
  • September 2026 intake: £9,000 total: Year 1 £5,000, Year 2 £2,000, Year 3 £2,000.
  • Year 2 and the final year are applied automatically on progression.
  • Taught years only: placement years, repeated years and repeated modules are excluded.
  • The CAS shows £3,000 (the Year 1 payment) only.
  • Tuition fee discount only; no cash alternative or cost-of-living payment.

September 2027 intake: no separate scholarship deadline. The deadline is the offer deadline (deposit payment) stated in the applicant's offer letter.

September 2026 intake (closed):

  • Early round: apply by Sunday 10 May 2026 (midnight UK time); outcome 25 May 2026; deposit by 15 June 2026.
  • Final round: apply by Sunday 5 July 2026 (midnight UK time); outcome 13 July 2026; deposit by 24 July 2026.
  1. Apply for and receive an offer for an eligible full-time undergraduate programme at Aston University, Birmingham.
  2. Meet all conditions of the offer.
  3. Pay the programme deposit by the deadline in the offer letter; this triggers the scholarship.
  4. Enrol within the required enrolment period, holding a CAS and a valid Student visa (or other visa permitting study). The discount is then applied to the student record.

Official links

How selection works

  • September 2027: automatic and non-competitive; eligible applicants are identified from their applicant record.
  • Only one Aston scholarship can normally be held per programme; where several apply, the highest-value award is used.
  • Availability during Clearing is not guaranteed.
  • To keep the award, students must remain fully enrolled and in attendance; withdrawal part-way through a year removes the discount for that year.
  • Appeals only on grounds of procedural error.

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