Queen's Belfast Vice-Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship

Queen's University Belfast is a Russell Group university in Northern Ireland, and its scholarship structure gives Sri Lankan applicants two very different things at once. At the top sits the Vice-Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship: four awards at undergraduate level and four at postgraduate taught level for the 2026/27 year, each a 50 per cent reduction on full tuition fees. At undergraduate level the reduction applies for all years of the programme, up to a maximum of four — so on a four-year degree it is worth half the total fee, which for a Sri Lankan family is transformative rather than cosmetic. Underneath that sits a much broader and much less competitive layer: the International Undergraduate Taught Scholarship, which requires no separate application at all and is awarded automatically on enrolment to offer holders on eligible programmes who meet the published criteria, and a £1,500 tuition discount for new international students progressing with an unconditional offer through the International Study Centre. Two exclusions are worth reading before you build a plan. Queen's Business School postgraduate taught programmes are not considered for the Vice-Chancellor's award at postgraduate level, which rules out the MSc Finance and MSc Management routes that many Sri Lankan graduates target. And a separate £6,000 Business School award is restricted to applicants from Europe and Central Asia, so it is not open to Sri Lankan applicants — a good example of why reading the regional eligibility of each named award matters. You must hold an offer to study a full-time course before you can apply for a scholarship, so admission comes first.