Postgraduate degrees for UCA students and alumni

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

Masters fee discounts

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 2024

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 fee discount of £2,000
• 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.

PhD fee discounts

For MPhil and PhD courses, the progression discount depends on the grade you achieved on your course at UCA:

Postgraduate students:

• If you achieved a Distinction you will receive a fee discount of £3,000
• If you achieved a Merit or Pass you will receive a fee discount of £2,000

Undergraduate students:

• If you achieved a first-class degree you will receive a fee discount of £2,500

This discount is off the fees of each year of the course you are progressing to and is available for graduates of all UCA undergraduate and postgraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your research degree course. Fee discounts will be applied pro-rata for part-time studies.

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.

To be eligible for a fee waiver discount under the new discount/ scholarship scheme, international applicants must have paid their deposit by the end of June.

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 courses
• Eligibility: All international offer holders
• Criteria: Students need to achieve 50% or above in the previous year of study. Please see our fee regulations for additional payment options and conditions.

Masters fee discounts

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 fee discount of £4,500
• 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.