You may be eligible to apply for a range of scholarships if you are joining us in 2024 and 2025.
Scholarships are awarded whereby eligibility is based on overseas fee payer status cannot be combined with UK/home scholarships.
If you need more information or advice on our funding opportunities, contact us.
If you are a prospective postgraduate student from the UK or elsewhere in the EU, visit our financial support and guidance page.
The information on this page is subject to change, so please check back regularly for updates.
The Roehampton is available to all students enrolling in September 2024, and is worth £1500 as a tuition fee discount.
It is applied automatically to anyone enrolling on the following degree courses:
- Choreography (MFA)
- Choreography and Performance (MRes)
- Children's Literature (Distance Learning)
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing (specialist pathway)
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Cultural Heritage
- Dance and Embodied Practice (MFA)
- Dance Practice and Performance
- Human Rights and International Relations
- International Relations
- Media and Communications
- Practical Theology (DTh)
- Theology and Religious Studies
Further Information
This award cannot combined with any other Roehampton scholarship or discount. If you are eligible for two scholarships or discounts, we will award you the one of the highest value.
The University of Roehampton has sole discretion to assign, vary or withdraw this award.
We offer a range of generous scholarships worth up to £4,000 per year, as a tuition fee discount, to high achieving postgraduate (Masters) international students*.
They are available for courses with January or September entry. They are worth the following:
- £4,000 scholarships (1 year)
- £2,500 scholarships (1 year)
- £1,000 scholarships (1 year)
Further Information
This award cannot be combined with any other Roehampton scholarship or discount. If you are eligible for two scholarships or discounts, we will award you the one of the highest value.
*Available to students from outside the UK who have overseas fee status.
The University of Roehampton has sole discretion to assign, vary or withdraw this award.
A 20% tuition fee discount for all EU and International alumni of the University, including those who studied for a bachelors degree at our partner Croydon College, who wish to undertake a higher programme of study.
Those holding a full Roehampton undergraduate degree or postgraduate award are eligible, including alumni who obtained a Roehampton degree at a partner institution.
Applicants who completed a period of study abroad at Roehampton are also eligible for this discount.
View our postgraduate courses.
Key Information
- Applicants must be enrolling in a programme which is taught on campus
- This discount is not available in conjunction with the International Excellence Scholarships or Academic Excellence Scholarships
- All alumni from short courses including Pre-sessional, International Foundation Certificate, International Year One, Pre-masters Certificate, and CPD are not eligible for this discount
- This is awarded automatically, based on evidence of previous study at the University.
The University of Roehampton offers music scholarships to students demonstrating high levels of excellence in music.
They enable undergraduate and postgraduate students to meet some of the costs of developing their talents through lessons, courses, or the purchase of relevant equipment (instruments/strings/sheet music). In return, music scholars enhance the cultural life of the University through performances and other activities.
The cash scholarships are worth up to £1,200 per year. Successful recipients also receive travel and entry costs for competitions and gym access.
Key Information
- The scholarships are awarded by the Director of Music, based on an assessment of an application and audition
- They can be combined with any other scholarship
- They are available to home, EU and international students
To find out more and apply please visit the dedicated Music Scholarship page.
The University is dedicated to giving its students the opportunity to play sports at all levels.
We recognise the difficulties students encounter trying to balance academic studies with training and competition schedules. Alongside the scholarship, we offer a support network designed to encourage talented sports men and women to meet their full potential in their academic studies, as well as their chosen sport.
Cash scholarships worth between £500 and £1500 per year. Successful recipients also receive travel and entry costs for competitions and gym access.
Key Information
- The scholarships are awarded by the Sport and Active Communities Manager after enrolment, based on an assessment made during an application process
- They can be combined with any other scholarship
- They are available to home and international students
Visit the Sport Scholarship page for more details and the application form.
Up to 20 cash scholarships, worth £1,500 per year of your degree, are available to students who demonstrate aptitude in esports.
Key Information
- The scholarships are awarded based on an assessment of an additional online application, and subsequently approved by a panel
- The scholarships are available to students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including international and full-year study abroad students
- They cannot be combined with the Women in Esports scholarship
- The annual scholarships are paid termly, after enrolment
To find out more and apply, please visit the dedicated Esports Scholarship page.
Up to four scholarships available to first year students starting in September, each worth up to £2,000 a year.
The programme aims to improve diversity and inclusivity in the esports industry and to inspire the next generation of women esports professionals.
Key Information
- The scholarships are awarded based on an assessment of an additional online application, and subsequently approved by a panel
- They cannot be combined with the Esports Scholarships
- The scholarships are available to students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including international and full-year study abroad students
- The annual scholarships are paid termly, after enrolment
To find out more and apply, please visit the dedicated Esports Scholarship page.
We know how much the costs of tuition fees, living expenses, accommodation are in real terms, so we have put in place extra financial support to help students to afford to study at Roehampton.
- Country Scholarship A: This award is worth £2,500 to each successful applicants who enrols in September or January.
- Country Scholarship B: This award is worth £1,500 to each successful applicants who enrols in September or January.
Scholarship awarded for each year of study (maximum of one year for Postgraduate)
Eligibility
We will automatically consider you for this award if you hold a conditional offer for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course. You must successfully enrol for the September or January intake in order to receive the award.
Scholarship will be awarded in the form of a tuition fee discount.
- Scholarship A: Be a national of, and living in, one of these countries: Albania; Bangladesh; Brazil; Colombia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Nigeria; Ghana; Sri Lanka; Vietnam; Thailand; Indonesia; Kenya
- Scholarship B: Be a national of, and living in, one of these countries: Egypt, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Morocco, Taiwan, Turkey; Mexico; South Africa
In addition, you must:
- Be self-funded, studying full-time and paying overseas tuition fees
- Hold a conditional offer for a qualifying course before the deadline
- Not be progressing to us through our partnership with QA Higher Education, students progressing through this route will be eligible for alternative scholarship offerings
Further Information
This award cannot combined with any other Roehampton scholarship or discount. If you are eligible for two scholarships or discounts, we will award you the one of the highest value.
The University of Roehampton has sole discretion to assign, vary or withdraw this award.
If you are a US graduate student pursuing a one-year (or the first year) masters degree programme in dance at the University of Roehampton you can apply for a full tuition fee waiver from Roehampton.
In addition, you will receive £14,600 which is intended as a contribution towards general maintenance costs (accommodation, travel, subsistence, etc) while in the UK.
For more information and to apply visit the Fulbright Commission website.
If you are a US citizen in support of research and/or teaching/lecturing in any subject, at any of (or a combination of) the University of Roehampton's research active departments for a three to nine month period you can apply for a monthly stipend of £2,500 paid to you directly in instalments.
The first instalment is typically upon arrival in the UK. This funding is intended as a contribution towards any institutional fees, travel to/from the UK, accommodation and general maintenance costs while you are in the UK.
For more information and to apply visit the Fulbright Commission website.
We have launched a new scholarship for home and overseas students enrolling on Roehampton Higher Technical Qualifications (HNC / HND).
It will be automatically awarded to all home and overseas students enrolling in September 2024 on a higher national certificate or higher national diploma.
The scholarships are worth £2000, paid for the length of your course. The scholarship is subject to your progression to the next academic year of study (or course completion) and your ongoing attendance.
It is available to all students with home or overseas fee status, enrolling in September 2024.
This scholarship can be combined with other scholarships and bursaries.
A scholarship of £5000 is available for students from European Union (EU) countries with EU nationality and overseas fee status, enrolling at Roehampton in 2024 or 2025 (all intakes).
- The scholarship is a tuition fee discount which will be awarded for the first year of study and subsequent years of study.
- EU nationals with overseas fee status are eligible only.
- This can only be combined with the esports, sports and music scholarships.
These scholarships are only available to current postgraduate students at the University of Roehampton.
We reserve the right to adjust the value, volume and eligibility criteria of our scholarship and bursary programmes.
All scholarships offered by Roehampton are awarded based on you completing the year of study for which they are granted. If you withdraw or interrupt your studies during the course of an academic year, you will only be entitled to the proportion of scholarship that relates to the period you have completed. You may be liable for any tuition fee shortfall.