UCA scholarships and fee discounts

Undergraduate creative scholarships 2025/26 entry

These scholarships are available for the 2025/26 academic year.

Care Experienced Bursary

• Course(s): Applications are welcomed from those entering embarking on their first year of an Undergraduate course as well as students continuing onto subsequent years.
• Value: £1000 per year for the duration of the course.
• Eligibility: To be eligible for the Care Experienced Bursary you should normally have spent time in local authority care, be adopted and previously in care or have experience of kinship care due to being looked after by relatives or a family friend. Applicants should also normally be under the age of 25 when entering the University. We do however aim to be flexible and respond to individual circumstances.
• Selection Criteria: Confirmation of status will be required at the time of application.
• Application: Download and complete the application form. Applications can be made to the Care Experienced Bursary all year round.

Completed application forms should be returned to: advicecant@uca.ac.uk.

These scholarships are available for the 2025/26 academic year.

Partner Scholarship

£500 bursary to all students from a partner school or college who enrol onto any undergraduate course and pay the full fee per academic year. For more details about this scholarship please contact out admissions team: admissions@uca.ac.uk

Grenfell Tower Scholarship

Full fee waiver for the duration of the course offered to any Category A Grenfell survivors. To apply and for more details about this scholarship please contact our admissions team: admissions@uca.ac.uk

These scholarships are available for the 2025/26 academic year.

Undergraduate to Masters

A fee discount off the first-year tuition fee is available to eligible UCA students who match the following criteria:

• A current UCA student in your final year or have graduated from UCA up to five years ago.
• The course you completed (or will complete) was a BA/BSc (Hons) degree at UCA.
• Applying to study a postgraduate degree (such as a MA, MFA, MSc, MBM, MBA, MArch) starting in 2025.

The discount available depends on the grade you achieved in your undergraduate course at UCA:

• If you achieved a 2:1 and above you will receive a 50% tuition fee discount
• If you achieved a 2:2 you will receive a fee discount of £1,500

You do not need to apply. The discount will automatically be deducted from your fees before you enrol. The fee discount will be split over two years for part-time courses.

Undergraduate to PhD

For PhD research courses, the progression discount depends on the grade you achieved in your undergraduate course at UCA:

• If you achieved a 1st you will receive a fee discount of £2,500 

This discount is off the fees of all years of the course you are progressing to and is available for graduates of all UCA undergraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your PhD course.

These scholarships are available for the 2025/26 academic year.

We have a range of fee discounts, also known as scholarships, available to our current students from international countries who would like to continue studying with us and International alumni who graduated within the last five years.

You do not need to apply. The discount will automatically be deducted from your fees before you enrol.

Integrated Foundation to Undergraduate 

If you are progressing from the Integrated International Foundation to an undergraduate course, you can get a progression discount of £1,500 off the fees for the first year of the course you are progressing to.

UCA Excellence Scholarships

• Value: £2,000 each year for the 2nd and 3rd years of an Undergraduate course (£4,000 per year for Nepalese applicants).
• Course(s): All full-time undergraduate degree courses
• Eligibility: All international students
• Criteria: Students need to achieve a pass or above in the previous year of study. 

UCA Continuing Performance Scholarships

• Value: £2,000 each year for the 2nd and 3rd years of an undergraduate course (£4,000 per year for Nepalese Students)
• Course(s): All full-time undergraduate degree courses
• Eligibility: All international students
• Criteria: Students need to have achieved 50% during the previous year of study.

Undergraduate to Masters

For postgraduate taught courses, the progression discount depends on the grade you achieved in your undergraduate course at UCA:

• If you achieved a 2:1 and above you will receive a 50% tuition fee discount
• If you achieved a 2:2 you will receive a fee discount of £3,000

This discount is off the fees of the first year of the course you are progressing to and is available for graduates of all UCA undergraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your postgraduate course.

Pre-Masters to Masters

If you are progressing from the Integrated International Pre-Masters to an postgraduate course, you can get a progression discount of £1,500 off the fees for the first year of the course you are progressing to.

Masters to PhD

For PhD research courses, the progression discount depends on the grade you achieved in your postgraduate course at UCA:

• If you achieved a distinction you will receive a fee discount of £3,000
• If you achieved a pass or merit you will receive a fee discount of £2,000

This discount is off the fees of every year of the course you are progressing to and is available for graduates of all UCA postgraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your PhD course.

These scholarships are available for the 2025/26 academic year.

We have a number of fee discounts, also known as scholarships, available to new students from international countries who would like study with us.

UCA Creative Europe Scholarship

• Value: Fee reduction to the equivalent of home student fee for duration of the course 
• Course(s): All full-time courses including PhD (excludes International Foundation in Creative Practices)
• Eligibility: All applicants who are a national of an EU country and a resident in the EU or UK.
• Criteria: The scholarship will be automatically awarded if you meet all the eligibility criteria. You do not need to complete an application form.

UCA Merit Scholarship

• Value: £4,500 fee deduction for the first year.
• Course(s): All full-time courses
• Eligibility: All international applicants
• Criteria: All applicants who achieve above and beyond the required academic level in their entry qualifications and who adhere to UCA deposit payment policies
  • Foundation requirements
  • Undergraduate requirements
  • Postgraduate requirements

UCA Creative Development Scholarships

• Value: £3,000 fee deduction for the first year
• Course(s): All full-time courses
• Eligibility: All international applicants
• Criteria: The scholarship will be automatically awarded if candidates meet all eligibility criteria. No application is required.

UCA International PhD Scholarship

• Value: £5,000 fee reduction for the first year and a £3,000 fee reduction for year two and three
• Course(s): All full-time PhD courses
• Eligibility: All international applicants
• Criteria: The scholarship will be automatically awarded if you meet all the eligibility criteria. You do not need to complete an application form.

Terms and conditions

Eligibility

• Applicable for the stated entry points.
• The scholarship cannot be combined with any other UCA scholarship.
• Successful applicants will be expected to get involved in promotional activities.
• There are a limited number of each scholarship available and they are awarded on a first come first serve basis so long as you meet the eligibility criteria and you have been nominated by an academic.
• Scholarships are awarded based on the information provided. If any information is later found to be falsified/misleading, the scholarship may be removed if this means that an applicant no longer meets the above criteria.

How to apply

You do not need to apply for the scholarships listed in this section. They will be applied automatically for anyone who is eligible once you have applied.

Saïd Foundation scholarships

The Saïd Foundation awards fully-funded scholarships to outstanding individuals from Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine who are looking to study for a master’s degree in the UK.

The Saïd Foundation has offered educational scholarships since 1984. This scholarships programme aims to empower people through educational opportunities and is targeted towards individuals who demonstrate the potential to become leaders and drivers of change within our target countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Scholarships are offered for one-year master’s degree courses at our UK partner universities.

Applications in all subject areas are considered but candidates should demonstrate how their chosen course will help them to contribute towards the development of the region.

Who can apply?

To be considered for a Saïd Foundation scholarship, candidates should:

• Hold Syrian, Jordanian, Lebanese or Palestinian nationality and be permanently resident in one of these countries. The Foundation will consider Syrians residing elsewhere due to current circumstances in the country.

• Hold an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:1 or higher (or be in the final year of an undergraduate degree)

• Have work and/or voluntary experience relevant to their field of study and a clear career plan

• Demonstrate leadership potential in their chosen field

Candidates must also:

• Apply for a course at one of the Foundation’s UK partner universities

• Meet the Foundation’s English language requirement

• Submit all required documentation

How to apply

Please go to the Saïd Foundation website www.saidfoundation.org/apply for more information and to apply online. Candidates will be asked to submit a number of supporting documents with their application, including educational transcripts/certificates, a CV and three recent references, so please read the guidance carefully before starting your application.

JuventudEsGto Scholarship
Residents of State of Guanajuato, Mexico, with an offer to study at postgraduate taught (Masters) and research levels (PHD) at the UCA are eligible for this scholarship.

Amount
£4,000 scholarship per student for our postgraduate taught programs (Masters) and £4,000 scholarship yearly on our postgraduate research programs (PHD) against UCA’s standard International tuition fees for the duration of the JuventudEsGto-UCA Scholarship.

Who is qualified to apply?
Residents of State of Guanajuato, Mexico, wishing to study at postgraduate taught and research levels.

For more information
Please visit JuventudEsGto for more information

UCA is proud to offer the GEMS for Life Scholarship, awarding £4,500 to GEMS students applying to study an undergraduate course at UCA.

Scholarship value:
£4,500 for the first academic year.

Eligibility:
The scholarship is available to applicants who have completed their studies at a GEMS high school, received an offer to study an undergraduate course at UCA and completed the scholarship application before the deposit deadline.

How to Apply:
To apply for the scholarship, please complete the online application form as soon as possible.

For further details, please contact us at internationalscholarship@uca.ac.uk.