For International Postgraduate Taught (PGT) students joining Northumbria University in September 2027 or January 2028.

This scholarship will award students a £3,000 tuition fee discount on most Full-Time Postgraduate Taught programmes* studied at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus.

Eligible students must be currently studying within the UK, at a UK-based institution, other than Northumbria.

Please see Terms and Conditions below.

Terms and Conditions

To be eligible for the Northumbria PathwayScholarship, you must:

Be an International student with ‘Overseas’ fee status
Be currently studying the following qualification within the UK, at a UK based institution:
- A Level 6 Undergraduate Degree
Be a self-funded student (not in receipt of any sponsorship)
Be accepted and enrolled on a Full-Time Postgraduate Taught course at the Newcastle Upon Tyne campus, starting in September 2027 or January 2028 (*see exclusions below)
Meet all individual course requirements

*Exempt Courses

Any Advanced Practice or Study Abroad Masters course
(Pre-Registration) Physiotherapy MSc
(Pre-Registration) Occupational Therapy MSc
(Pre-Registration) Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Adult) MSc
(Pre-Registration) Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Mental Health) MSc
(Pre-Registraton) Midwifery Studies MSc
Social Work MA
Bar, Bar LLM, LLM Professional Legal Practice (SQE1)

Important Information

The scholarship is applied automatically, you do not need to make a separate application.
The scholarship is awarded as a fee discount, not as a cash sum.
The scholarship is available to students studying at our Newcastle upon Tyne campus only.
The qualifying courses must be studied in the UK. UK qualifications studied overseas do not count.
This award cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount or scholarship.
If you are also eligible for a domicile scholarship, you will receive that instead of the Pathway Scholarship (or the scholarship of highest value)
Students on an Advanced Practice or Study Abroad Master’s who transfer to the non-Advanced Practice or non-Study Abroad route more than four weeks after the start of their course are not eligible.
Current Northumbria undergraduate students are not eligible, but may qualify for the Alumni Discount. Terms and conditions apply.
Sponsored students are not eligible.
Students progressing from a partner institution where reduced fees or bespoke offers have been agreed are not eligible.
If you defer your place, the scholarship offer will be withdrawn.
The University’s decision is final. There is no appeal process for scholarship decisions.