Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award 2025 entry
This prestigious award recognises academic excellence and is awarded to selected students starting a degree at the University of Surrey in February 2025, who understand social responsibility and demonstrate the potential to be future leaders.
About
The scholarship is awarded as a £7,500 fee waiver. It is open to self-funded international fee-paying students domiciled in specific countries. The scheme is application based and awards are decided by a scholarship awards panel. The panel will assess previous academic performance, predicted grades (if applicable) and the personal statement to make their decision.
Eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible applicants must:
- Be an overseas fee-paying student domiciled in one of the following countries: Algeria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe
- Hold an offer to study a full time degree programme at Surrey in February 2025. This should be either a Bachelor degree at FHEQ Level 4 (first-year entry) or a full-time Master’s degree, taught on-campus in Guildford
- Be self-funded (you must be paying for your studies independently rather than being sponsored or in receipt of another scholarship)
- This Scholarship is not open to students from Surrey International Study Centre (SISC)
- Applicants in receipt of the Future Leaders scholarship will not be eligible for any other Surrey Scholarship.
This scholarship cannot be combined with the alumni discount.
How to apply
This scholarship is application-based. Surrey offer-holders may apply via the online form.
- Applications are reviewed monthly between July and December 2024
- Applications for this scholarship will close on 14 December 2024
- You must have an offer (for February 2025 entry) from the University to complete the Scholarship application form
- Applications without a valid student ID and offer will not be assessed.
For application enquiries please contact international@surrey.ac.uk.
Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award
Application deadline
Contact details
For all enquiries regarding this scholarship, please contact international@surrey.ac.uk.
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