The Catherine Chisholm International Scholarship

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is proud to offer a number of awards to academically excellent international students starting their studies in September 2025.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must:

  • Hold an offer from one of the courses listed below and accept your offer by the 30th May 2025.
  • Be domiciled in one of the following countries: Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and USA.
  • Meet or exceed the academic entry criteria for the course applied to.
  • Be self-funded (not sponsored).

Eligible courses

MSC Life Sciences

MSc Biological Science

MSc Neuroscience

MSc Cancer Research and Molecular Biomedicine

MSc Cell Biology

MSc Biochemistry

Additional eligible courses

BSc in Public Health
BNurs Nursing

MSc Audiology

MSc Precision Medicine
MSc Infection Biology
MSc Clinical Immunology
MSc Medical and Molecular Virology
MSc Cardiovascular Health and Disease (Research)
MSc Science and Health Communication
MSc Clinical Biochemistry
MSc Molecular Pathology of Cancer
MSc Health Data Science

Value

The award value will be £7,000 per annum (maximum 3 years) for undergraduate courses, and £10,000 for postgraduate courses. The awards will be applied in the form of a fee reduction against published tuition fees.

How to apply

To apply, you must first hold an offer to study on one of the courses listed above starting in September 2025. You will then be required to submit this scholarship application form.

The deadline for the scholarship application is Friday 18 April 2025.

Successful awardees will be announced by Friday 16 May 2025.

All awardees must accept their course offer by Friday 30 May 2025. Postgraduate awardees must pay their CAS deposit, if required, by no later than 25 July 2025. If no deposit has been paid by this date, the award may be withdrawn.