Manchester Humanities International Excellence Scholarship

The University of Manchester is proud to offer scholarship awards to exceptional international students commencing their postgraduate studies across subjects in its Faculty of Humanities from September 2025.

This scholarship is open to applicants who hold an offer from Manchester for postgraduate (taught master's) programmes. Evaluation will be based on academic merit. All offer-holders who meet our criteria will be granted a scholarship in the form of a tuition fee discount.

These awards are considered on a rolling basis across each application stage and successful applicants will be notified in June 2025.

Please note: if you are successful in receiving more than one University of Manchester scholarship, the total amount must not exceed 50% of your course tuition fees.

To be eligible for a Manchester Humanities International Excellence Scholarship, you must: 

  • be domiciled in one of the countries listed below (to be considered domiciled you must have predominantly resided there during the last three years);
  • hold an offer to study with us on an eligible programme;
  • meet or exceed specified academic entry criteria for the programme applied to;
  • be self-funded (not sponsored).

 This award is available to applicants domiciled in: 

How do I apply?

You do not need to make a separate application for one of these scholarships. All eligible applicants will have their scholarship confirmed once they have met their academic offer conditions.

If you believe you have now met your academic offer conditions, you can contact your School Admissions team who will take this forward. To do this, you can respond to previous email correspondence about your application, or find their contact details on your course page.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Manchester Humanities International Excellence Scholarship, applicants must meet or exceed the below academic entry criteria in their undergraduate (bachelor’s) studies from their country of domicile (equating to 5% above our usual entry requirements):

 Academic eligibility criteria

Domicile Meet or exceed GPA or % 
Canada 10/12 or 9/10 or 7.4/9 or 3.2/4.0 or 3.5/4.0 or 82.5%
Cyprus 6.8
France 14/20
Germany 2.2
Greece 6.8
Hong Kong 3.4
India 60% – 70% (varies by Indian institution)
Indonesia 3.2
Italy (inc. Sardinia) 203
Japan 3.9
Malaysia 3.2
Nigeria 4.2
Pakistan 70% – 85% (varies by institution)
Portugal 15
USA 3.2

Which programmes are eligible?

Humanities programmes

Applicants who meet the academic criteria for eligible programmes will be granted a scholarship in the form of a discount on the programme’s tuition fees.

Scholarship amount Criteria
£2,500 For programmes with tuition fees below or equal to £28,000
£5,000 For programmes with tuition fees above £28,000 and all listed programmes in the Manchester Institute of Education

The eligible programmes are: