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Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarships 2026

We have 500 scholarships, worth either £3,000, £6,000 or £16,000 available to support eligible international students.

The awards recognise and reward high academic achievement for students applying to study a taught Masters course starting in September 2026.  

At Leeds, we welcome international students from over 140 countries or regions to our multicultural campus. Our Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarship supports students to fulfil their potential and join our diverse community.

We also offer undergraduate and Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Foundation Year scholarships for international students.

Applications for Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarships 2026 are now closed.

Eligibility criteria

To apply for an Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarship, you must:

  • be classified as an international student for fee purposes;
  • have a conditional or unconditional offer for an eligible taught Masters course starting in September 2026;
  • be self-funded or partially-funded;
  • demonstrate an excellent academic track record, and be predicted to achieve or have achieved a minimum  of a Bachelor’s degree with a 2:1 (hons) or equivalent;
  • show excellent professional and personal skills evidenced through work experience and/or extracurricular activities.

Excluded courses

The following Masters courses are not eligible for the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarship:

  • MBA: the MBA currently offers a generous
  • All fully-online courses

Application outcome – key dates

Applications for Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarships 2026 are now closed.

If you applied by the 29 May deadline, you will be notified of the outcome of your application by 26 June.

Terms and conditions

  • This scholarship can be combined with our Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Regional Scholarship or external funding as long as this does not exceed 100% of your tuition fees. You may also be able to combine this scholarship with a School or Faculty scholarship.
    • Please check the terms and conditions of any other scholarships that you have received to ensure that they can also be combined.  
  • If you are applying through an Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Partner Agreement and are offered more than one Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ scholarship, you can only accept one scholarship (this will be whichever award represents the highest value). 
  • The scholarship award cannot be deferred to the following year and is non-transferable to other courses at the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥.
  • This scholarship is paid as a fee reduction for your first year of study only and can only be used as a fee reduction. It cannot be used towards other costs, including but not exclusive to maintenance or accommodation costs.   

Questions about the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Excellence Scholarships

If you have any questions about these scholarships, please email the Admissions Enquiries team at study@leeds.ac.uk.