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.