Scholarships at University of Essex

If you're an international student studying at one of our UKT Law global channel partners, listed in the table below, you could be eligible for a scholarship to the value of 50% fee discount, for your first year of study.

Eligibility

These scholarships are restricted to students who are overseas fee payers and are entirely selffunded.

• Students must register for the first year of study at Essex on a full-time undergraduate degree in October 2025-26.

• Students must be commencing study at Essex on one of the UK Law transfer degree routes from one of the partner institutions listed above.

• Students must exceed 68% for 2+1 route and 56% for 1+2 route.

• Students must submit a 500-word essay as part of the scholarship application process.

• The award cannot be held in conjunction with any other University of Essex scholarships.

• This scholarship is available for the first year of study at undergraduate level in 2025-26 only.

• Successful applicants should be available for promotional activities.

Students receiving a repayable loan to fund their studies will be considered as self-funded.

Students who are not eligible

You are not eligible for the award, even if you meet the criteria above, if you fall into any of the following categories:

• Students undertaking a degree that is normally delivered wholly online.

• Students awarded the scholarship who defer entry to following academic years will be ineligible to receive the award and will be considered in line with the terms and conditions that apply in the new proposed year of entry.

• Students who are fully or partly sponsored by their government or other external agency and are not required to make any repayments (this does not include VISA sponsorship).

• Students who are assessed as paying home tuition fees.

• Current students whose first year of undergraduate study at the University of Essex, was prior to academic year 2025-26.