Exeter Excellence Scholarships 2026/27 - Postgraduate Taught (Masters) January 2027 Entry

You can apply for one of these scholarships if you:

- have International fee status (including any EU applicants required to pay International fees in 2026/27);
- already hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) to study an eligible Postgraduate taught degree at the University of Exeter, beginning in January 2027;
- have not applied in Round 1 or 2 of the 2026/27 Exeter Excellence scholarship scheme for September 2026 entry for the same programme.

To make your Masters programme application, please visit our Postgraduate taught study pages for January 2027 entry.

Scholarship recipients are selected on:

- Academic merit, based on the information you have supplied in your Masters programme application. Applicants will typically be expected to demonstrate that they have achieved or are able to achieve the equivalent of UK upper second class degree (2:1). See our Entry Requirements pages for further guidance.
- The ability to demonstrate the following as part of the application process: academic and career ambitions; a clear plan for making the most of the study opportunity; a sense of social responsibility and willingness to engage with the Exeter community.

To be considered for one of these scholarships, once you have your programme offer, please apply using the webform on our website.

A personal statement (of no more than 300 words) is required as part of the form, responding to the following questions:

- What are your ambitions for the future and how will your studies at Exeter help you to achieve them?
- What will you contribute to the study experience/environment on campus at Exeter?
- As a scholar, how might you act as an ambassador for the University?

Round 4 notifications will be sent out within one month on a rolling basis and no later than Thursday 10 December 2026.

These scholarships are awarded as a reduction in the first-year International tuition fees. They are not recurrent for subsequent years of study. They can be combined with a University of Exeter Postgraduate Taught Scholarship 2026/27 for Bangladesh, Canada, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye or Vietnam to a maximum award value of £10,000. (If the combined value of these two scholarships would exceed £10,000 the value of the Exeter Excellence award will be reduced to stay within this limit.) Please read the full Terms and Conditions for these scholarships on our website.