Scholarships at University of Bradford

All alumni of the University of Bradford, regardless of when they have graduated, will receive a 10% discount on their tuition fees.

Please note that students can only receive one scholarship or discount.

Eligibility

The discount is available for:

• self-funded students only

• all students progressing onto a Master's or a PhD programme from an undergraduate degree

• students progressing from a taught Master's onto a PhD programme

• alumni wishing to study a second undergraduate or postgraduate degree (full Master's or PhD only)

• students who have studied here as part of an exchange, e.g. Erasmus

• students who have completed an undergraduate programme at one of our partner institutions and then wish to continue their studies at postgraduate level here at Bradford; or students studying a premium fee programme by distance learning.

• Please note that students can only receive one scholarship or discount so students who are eligible for more than 1 award will be given the award of the highest value.

The University of Bradford is pleased to announce that the Bestway Foundation is supporting five scholarships.

These scholarships will be for students domiciled in Pakistan who are starting full time Master's course at the University of Bradford in September 2025

Applicable courses

Master's courses in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Only courses in the following faculties are eligible:

• Faculty of Life Sciences.

• Faculty of Engineering and Informatics (not including courses in the school of Media, Design and Technology).

Eligibility

Please read all the requirements carefully:

• The scholarship is available for students from Pakistan on full time Master's programmes (not MBA) based at the University of Bradford. Students must be self funded.

• These scholarships are to aid students in financial hardship due to the fact that they are from a country that is in crisis as a result of the political situation, war, natural disaster etc.

• You no longer need to have secured an offer to study at Bradford before you apply for this scholarship. However you must already have completed your undergraduate degree and know your results to be able to apply.

• You must send proof of your results with your application form. Any evidence sent after your application will not be accepted.

• Please apply for the scholarship before applying for a place on a course if you will be reliant upon the scholarship to cover your fees and living expenses.

• Please note that the University reserves the right to remove any scholarship offer if it is found that pertinent information has been withheld from the application.

Minimum entry requirements

You must already meet the minimum academic and English Language entry requirements for your chosen course to be able to apply for the scholarship. (4-year Bachelor degree with an overall average of 60% or a gpa of 2.5/4.0 or First Division or a Master's degree with an overall average of 60% or a gpa of 2.5/4.0 or First Division)

Payment amount & frequency

• Full tuition fees and accommodation in The Green will be covered plus £6,665 per annum living costs to be paid in three instalments – October, January and April.

• Each scholarship is worth approximately £35,000.

About the scholarship

Self-funding international fee paying students (not EU) who are nationals of countries in the list below.

Students on discounted partnership programmes are not entitled to this scholarship.

Available for all who meet eligibility criteria

Eligibility criteria

All students from one of the listed countries will be entitled to a £2,000 scholarship as a fee reduction for meeting or exceeding the entry criteria. This discount is payable in all years of study on the course.

Applicable courses

All full-time courses based at the University of Bradford (excluding MBA, distance learning and external).

The Faculty of Engineering and Infomatics (FoEI) is delighted to be able to offer a generous scholarship that benefits its international students.  International students will be granted a scholarship worth £7,500.  This means that international students will pay: £16,956 per year.

Eligibility

All new, full-time, international students that enrol on the Computer Science for Artificial Intelligence BSc during the 25/26 enrolment cycle.

Students awarded the scholarship are expected to be fully engaged with their study – demonstrated through course attendance and submission of work.  The University reserves the right to withdraw this scholarship if it is deemed that students aren’t sufficiently engaging with their course. Recipients may be required to repay the scholarship amount.

Payment amount & frequency

International students will be granted a scholarship worth £7,500.  This means that they will pay: £16,956 per year.

The University is delighted to be able to offer a scholarship that will support women where they are most underrepresented. 

The Rani Scholarship is built from Anita’s passion and personal experience of how higher education can change the trajectory of women’s lives. 

The scholarship will support four female students each year, who are facing disadvantage, to study and succeed at university in subjects and industries where they are most underrepresented.

Eligible courses listed below are where female students currently make up less than 25% of the cohort.

There are four scholarships available:

• Two to be awarded to home students

• Two to be awarded to international students

Applicable courses

• BEng Chemical Engineering (FT)

• BEng Civil and Structural Engineering - (Full Time)  

• BEng Software Engineering - (Full Time)

• BSc Computer Science - (Full Time) 

• BEng Mechanical Engineering - (Full Time)  

• BSc Accounting and Finance - (Full Time, With Placement)

• BSc Economics - (Full Time)

• BSc Finance and Business Analytics - (Full Time)  

• BSc Game Design and Development (Full Time)

• BSc Computer Science for Cyber Security (Full Time)

• BSc Finance and Economics (Full Time)

Eligibility

Home Students must:

• Identify as a female

• Have an unconditional/conditional offer on one of the above courses

• Meet one of the hardship criteria outlined in the application form - these are: 

  • Refugee and asylum seeker

  • Care leaver

  • Disabled

  • Low participation background as defined by polar4 quintile 1 and 2

  • Socio-economic disadvantage

• Reside at a Bradford postcode

International Students must:

• Identify as a female

• Have an unconditional/conditional offer on one of the above courses

• Meet one of the hardship criteria outlined in the application form - these are: 

  • Refugee and asylum seeker

  • Disabled

  • Other forms of hardship will also be considered

Payment amount & frequency

• International students will receive a 50% discount on their tuition fees.

• Home students will be paid a  yearly stipend of £6,930, increasing by 5% each year.