Lancaster University International Scholarships

Lancaster is a consistently top-fifteen UK university with a campus a few miles outside the city in the north-west of England, and it operates one of the clearer scholarship ladders in British higher education. At undergraduate level, the Excellence Scholarship for international students is worth £3,000 as a tuition fee reduction every year of study, and it goes to high-achieving applicants who make Lancaster their firm UCAS choice with A*AA or equivalent. A parallel International Regional Scholarship, also £3,000 a year, is awarded on an average grade at first-class or upper second-class level. Students progressing from the Lancaster International Study Centre with at least 75 per cent overall receive a £3,000 fee reduction. At postgraduate level the headline number is larger — an International Regional Scholarship worth £10,000 off a taught Master's — but read the terms carefully, because it is offered to international students from a defined list of around fourteen under-represented countries rather than to all internationals. Whether Sri Lanka appears on that list varies by cycle and it is the single thing to confirm with admissions before you build a plan around the figure. Students moving up from a Pre-Master's programme can also receive percentage reductions of up to twenty per cent in the Management School and up to thirty per cent in Science and Technology. You are automatically considered for Lancaster's major scholarships when you apply, and you must be classed as an Overseas or International fee-paying student for the duration of your studies. As always, these are tuition reductions rather than living costs, and the UK Student visa requires you to evidence maintenance funds separately.