University Of East Anglia Launches Scholarships For Indian Students

The University of East Anglia (UEA) has announced new scholarships for Indian students across multiple academic programmes. These scholarships are open to undergraduate and postgraduate applicants for the academic year 2024-2025.

The details of the scholarships available for Indian applicants:

1. UEA India Award: The UEA India Award is a scholarship valued at £4,000, exclusively for Indian postgraduate students. It is granted automatically to those who meet the entry requirements under the UEA India Award programme. This scholarship covers tuition fees for eligible programmes across schools including Economics, Faculty of Humanities, Engineering, Chemistry, Art, Media and American Studies, Music, Law and more.

To qualify, applicants must be citizens of India or residing here at the time of application. Additionally, they ought to have received either a conditional or unconditional offer for a postgraduate programme at UEA. The value of the award issubstantial, at £4,000 for meeting UEA entry criteria, £5,000 for achieving a final undergraduate grade of 65 per cent or higher and an extra £5,000 for an LLB score of 60 per cent or above.

2. UEA India Undergraduate Scholarship: This scholarship programme supports high-achieving Indian students by directly acknowledging and rewarding their accomplishments. An Indian national or resident to have received a conditional or unconditional offer for a full-time bachelor's degree at the University of East Anglia will receive a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for your first year.

3. The Global Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship: This scholarship is designed to honour and assist outstanding international students who have secured an offer to pursue their undergraduate studies at UEA. The primary aim of this scholarship is to offer financial assistance to overseas students embarking on their undergraduate journey at the university. With an annual grant of £4,000, it covers up to three years of undergraduate study where exceptional applications are considered for a £10,000 yearly award.

4. The Sonny and Gita Mehta India Scholarship: This will support talented Indian writers to enable them to undertake study in UEA’s prestigious Department of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing. Valued at £28,500, the scholarship requires applicants to submit a separate application.

5. The David Sainsbury Full MSc Scholarship: The David Sainsbury Full MSc Scholarship is offered to a restricted number of candidates applying for the MSc in Global Plant Health. This scholarship encompasses the entire tuition fee (£31,500), includes a maintenance grant and provides an extra £4,000 to cover travel expenses.

Each available scholarship is unique and cannot be combined with any other scholarship by the University. Each scholarship has specific deadlines.