FAQs Undergraduate Students from South Asia
This information applies only to UNDERGRADUATE awards offered to international students from SOUTH ASIA paying the full international tuition fee rate and joining the University in the academic year 2025/26. If there are any questions, we haven't covered please contact us.
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I will be a new UNDERGRADUATE applicant from South Asia - which scholarships are available?
International Undergraduate Scholarship - For all* new undergraduate applicants NO application required.
Queen's Loyalty Scholarship - Application required.
Queen's Family Scholarship - Application required.
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship - Undergraduate - Application required.
Early Confirmation Award - Can be combined with another International Office administered scholarship to increase the value of your award.
LLB Law Senior Status Scholarship- No application required.
India Academic Excellence Award- Application required. For students from specified schools only.
Exceptions apply to all awards, please check the terms and conditions.
*Most programmes are eligible, but the following programmes are excluded:
- Undergraduate: Medicine, Dentistry, Agricultural Technology and Theology.
- ALL Distance Learning programmes, foundation degree programmes and non-standard fee courses, including part-time programmes.
- How do I apply for International Scholarships for undergraduates?
No application is required for the International Undergraduate Scholarship or the LLB Law Senior Status Scholarship. We will automatically assess your application and if you are eligible, we will issue confirmation of your award with your offer if you have made a direct application to study at the University or shortly after you've received your offer if you have applied through UCAS.
Contact us at International Scholarships quoting your name and application reference if you haven't received confirmation.
All other awards require you to make an application, but you should only do this after you have been offered a place to study on your chosen programme.
Links to application forms will be available shortly for the following awards:
Queen's Loyalty Scholarship
Queen's Family Scholarship
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship
India Academic Excellence Award
All awards are made subject to terms and conditions.
- What are the values of International Scholarships available for an undergraduate classroom based fee rate 1 programme?
Fee rate 1 programmes are classroom based and have a tuition fee of £20,800 for 2025/26
International Undergraduate Scholarship offers £3500 for eligible Fee Rate 1 Programmes for your first year of study.
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship-Undergraduate offers 50% reduction on tuition fees for all years of your programme.
Queen's Family Scholarship or Queen's Loyalty Scholarship offer 20% reduction on tuition fees for your first year of study.
Early Confirmation Award a £1500 reduction on tuition fees for unconditional offer holders paying tuition fees by the deadline.
LLB Law Senior Status Scholarship a fee reduction of £4000 for your first year of study.
India Academic Excellence Award a fee reduction of £7500 for your first year of study.
All awards are made subject to terms and conditions.
Scholarship values for undergraduate students paying full Fee Rate 1 international tuition fees (CLASSROOM based) £20,800 Award
VALUE
TOTAL VALUE
TOTAL PAYABLE
Fee Rate 1 Scholarship
Early Confirmation Award
Fee Rate 1 Scholarship + Early Confirmation Award
Fee Rate 1 Tuition fees - scholarship and Early Confirmation Award
International Undergraduate Scholarship
£3500
£1500
£5000
£15800
Queen's Loyalty Scholarship
£4160
£1500
£5660
£15140
Queen's Family Scholarship
£4160
£1500
£5660
£15140
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship
£10400
£1500
£11900
£8900
LLB Law Senior Status Scholarship
£4000
£1500
£5500
£15300
India Academic Excellence Award
£7500
£1500
£9000
£11800
- What are the values of International Scholarships available for an undergraduate laboratory based fee rate 2 programme?
Fee rate 2 programmes are laboratory based and have a tuition fee of £25,300 for 2025/26
International Undergraduate Scholarship offers £4000 for eligible Fee Rate 2 Programmes for your first year of study.
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship - Undergraduate offers 50% reduction on tuition fees for all years of your programme.
Queen's Loyalty Scholarship or Queen's Family Scholarship offer 20% reduction on tuition fees for your first year of study.
Early Confirmation Award a £1500 reduction on tuition fees for unconditional offer holders paying net tuition fees by the deadline.
India Academic Excellence Award a fee reduction of £7500 for your first year of study.
All awards are made subject to terms and conditions.
Scholarship values for undergraduate students paying full Fee Rate 2 international tuition fees (LABORATORY based) £25,300 Award
VALUE
TOTAL VALUE
TOTAL PAYABLE
Fee Rate 2 Scholarship
Early Confirmation Award
Fee Rate 2 Scholarship + Early Confirmation Award
Fee Rate 2 Tuition fees - scholarship and Early Confirmation Award
International Undergraduate Scholarship
£4000
£1500
£5500
£19800
Queen's Loyalty Scholarship
£5060
£1500
£6560
£18740
Queen's Family Scholarship
£5060
£1500
£6560
£18740
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship
£12650
£1500
£14150
£11150
India Academic Excellence Award
£7500
£1500
£9000
£16300
- Do all undergraduate programmes receive International Undergraduate Scholarships?
Most programmes are eligible, but the following programmes are excluded:
Undergraduate: Medicine, Dentistry, Agricultural Technology, Theology
ALL Distance Learning programmes, foundation degree programmes and non-standard fee courses, including part-time programmes.
Early Confirmation Award
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What is the Early Confirmation Award?
The Early Confirmation Award is a £1500 tuition fee discount for new international students who have an unconditional offer and pay tuition fees in full* by the specified deadline.
*Deduct the £1500 Early Confirmation Award and any other scholarship which has been confirmed by International Scholarships.
- How do I qualify for the Early Confirmation Award?
You must comply with all the following conditions by the appropriate deadline:
- Be a new student enrolling at Queen's University Belfast for the first time.
- Have an unconditional offer.
- Pay your tuition fees in full after deducting the £1500 Early Confirmation Award and any other scholarship which has been confirmed by International Scholarships.
- What are the deadlines for the Early Confirmation Award?
The following deadlines apply:
Undergraduate unconditional offer holders must pay their net Year 1 tuition fees by 31 August 2025.
Tuition fees - Scholarship + Early Confirmation Award = Net Tuition fees
- When will I receive my Early Confirmation Award?
Contact internationalscholarships@qub.ac.uk with your proof of payment and we will credit your discount to your tuition fee account. If you fail to notify internationalscholarships@qub.ac.uk we cannot award your discount.
Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship
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How do I apply for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship?
You must have received an offer of a place to study at the University on one of the programmes listed below which you have firmly accepted, completed the online application form and submitted a short video by the deadline.
- BSc Actuarial Science and Risk Management
- BSc Biochemistry
- BSc Biological Sciences
- BSc Biomedical Science
- BSc Business Management with Placement
- BEng Chemical Engineering
- BSc Chemistry
- BEng Civil Engineering
- BSc Data Science
- BA Education Studies
- BSc Environmental Management
- BSc Food Science & Nutrition
- LLB Law
- LLB Law Senior Status
- BSc Mathematics
- BSc Microbiology
- BSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences
- BSc Physics
The selection of our Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholars is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful.
All scholarships are offered subject to terms and conditions.
- Can I send supporting documents to support my application?
Please do not send references, academic transcripts or any form of supporting documentation with your scholarship application.
Any documents will be deleted and will not be taken into consideration by the panel.
Your application should consist of your online application form and video submission.
- Are there any guidance notes to help with my video?
Your video should outline why you want to come and study at Queen's University Belfast and how you believe your programme of choice will benefit you in your future career aspirations. Please keep to the subject matter, we do not require a list of your academic achievements.
Guidelines
The criteria are not for high quality video production, you will be judged on the content and the quality of presentation skills only.
- Please ensure that your video is clearly audible.
- If we cannot open your video your submission will not be accepted.
- Please ensure that you clearly identify your submission by including your Queen's University Belfast application reference and your full name on the email which accompanies your video.
- Any videos that exceed the requested length of 2 minutes will NOT be considered.
Please ensure that your video can be opened and viewed by us using VLC media player. VLC media player supports many video file formats, and we would recommend MP4.
We would suggest using WeTransfer to send your video and would ask that you test it to ensure that it can be opened, before sending.
- How many awards are there?
There are 4 awards for exceptional undergraduate students.
- How will I know if I have been awarded the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship?
We contact the successful candidates by telephone in the first instance no later than the end of July.
Please be aware we contact only the successful candidates.
If you have not been contacted by the end of July you may assume you have been unsuccessful.
India Academic Excellence Award 2024
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How do I apply for the India Academic Excellence Award 2024?
You must be a current student or have studied at a school in India and have achieved a minimum standard of 85% in CBSE examinations. Eligible students are then required to submit an online application which requires an essay of 750 words explaining why they want to study at Queen's University Belfast and how this programme will help them fulfil their career aspirations.
Terms and conditions apply.
- Can I send supporting documents to support my application?
Please do not send references, academic transcripts or any form of supporting documentation with your scholarship application.
Any documents will be deleted and will not be taken into consideration.
- How many awards are there?
There are 15 awards available.
Each award offers a discount of £7,500 on your first-year tuition fees.
The award can be used with the Early Confirmation Award.
General
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Do you have any full fee scholarships?
We do not offer full fee scholarships but for exceptionally talented undergraduate applicants we offer the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship.
This awards a 50% reduction in tuition fees for all years of the programme.
Vice-Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship
All awards are offered subject to applicants meeting the terms and conditions.
- I want to study UG Medicine or UG Dentistry– is there a scholarship for me?
UG Medicine and UG Dentistry are not eligible to receive any awards offered by International Scholarships.
- When will I receive my scholarship?
All International Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees.
This will be credited to your tuition fee account following enrolment.
No cash alternative is available.
- Do I need to provide evidence of my qualifications or references to access International Scholarships?
Where you are required to make an online application, academic or professional achievements will not be considered. Any documents, certificates or references attached to any application will be disregarded and deleted.
All applications are assessed on their individual merits and are considered equally.
- When can I apply for International Scholarships?
Applicants can only apply and be considered for awards administered by International Scholarships after they have been offered a place to study on their chosen eligible programme.
Where you are required to make an online application, this cannot be considered in advance of you receiving an offer of a place to study your chosen programme.
You will be automatically assessed for the International Undergraduate Scholarship - no application is needed.
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My tuition fees are being paid by a sponsor. Will I be awarded a scholarship from International Scholarships?
If your fees are being paid by a sponsor, which could include your government or a charitable organisation, you are not eligible for awards administered by International Scholarships.
Only self-funded international students paying the full international tuition fee rate are eligible for awards administered by International Scholarships.
- I am funding my studies with an educational loan. Will I be awarded a scholarship from International Scholarships?
Applicants funding their studies with educational loans are considered to be self-funded and are eligible to receive International Scholarships, subject to meeting terms and conditions.
- I have been awarded a scholarship from the Faculty I will be studying with or another part of Queen's University Belfast. Can I use this with my award from International Scholarships?
You may apply and/or be considered for more than one award administered by Queen’s University Belfast but if successful would receive only the highest value award with the lower value award cancelled or allocated to another applicant.
Please check the terms and conditions of an award for any exceptions.
- Are there any scholarships available from the International Scholarships for the second or subsequent year of my programme?
Please click below for details of the Queen's Excellence Award which is merit based award subject to terms and conditions:
The International Undergraduate Scholarship, Queen's Loyalty Scholarship, Queen's Family Scholarship, and the Early Confirmation Award are for your first year of study only.
The Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship is paid for all years of your programme.
All scholarships are offered subject to terms and conditions.
- I am a student from Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland or United Kingdom, can I get a scholarship from International Scholarships?
Only international students paying the full international tuition fee rate are eligible for awards administered by International Scholarships.