The University of Birmingham (UoB) today announced a series of scholarships for Indian students worth more than £1 million. Through these scholarships, the varsity aims to support Indian students with strong academic and extracurricular records to study at the university.
The 2024–25 academic year scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate courses are categorised into merit-based and automatic awards for specific academic fields. These fields include Business, Computer Science, Arts; Law, Environmental & Physical Sciences, Geography, Earth; and Environmental Sciences.
The UoB is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of UK universities.
Professor Robin Mason, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Birmingham said: “These scholarships demonstrate both the importance that Indian students have in our global student community and our commitment to India as a strategic partner. The University of Birmingham is a global civic university with a long, illustrious relationship with India. We look forward to welcoming the next cohort of Indian students to our beautiful historic campus in Birmingham.”
Indian nationals represent the largest international student group in the UK. Till June 2023, Indians received nearly 143,000 study visas.
There are 20 awards of outstanding achievement scholarships for undergraduate students of £4,000 each, 15 awards of India Chancellor Scholarship for postgraduate students of £2,000 each and unlimited automatic scholarships of £2,000 each under the Global Masters Scholarships scheme. There are several other scholarships announced specifically available for Indian students.
The applications for September 2024 are open for international students.
The scholarships available are as follows:
— UG Outstanding Achievement Scholarships: 20 awards x £4,000 per
award
— PG: India Chancellor Scholarship: 15 awards x £2,000 per award
— Global Masters Scholarships (Automatic): £2,000 scholarships per award
— DeepMind Scholarships for Computer Science: 3 awards x £52,565 per
award
— GREAT Scholarships 2024: £10,000 award to students pursuing one-year
postgraduate study at the University
— The GEES Global Futures Scholarship (India): £2,000 scholarships per
award
— Million Pound Scholarship Fund for Business School Master’s Students:
The awards are available to both UK and international offer holders and range in value up to full tuition fee support.