Vice-Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship – Postgraduate

Four scholarships offering a 50% reduction on full tuition fees are available to exceptionally talented international students paying international tuition fee rates who will be starting their full-time postgraduate taught studies on an eligible programme at Queen’s University Belfast in the academic year 2024/25.

A 50% reduction on full tuition fees paid for all years of the programme, up to a maximum of two years will be offered to the successful candidate who will be studying one the following programmes:

• MSc Actuarial Science

• MSc Advanced Architectural Design

• MSc Advanced Food Safety

• MSc Artificial Intelligence

• MSc Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics

• Master of Business Administration MBA

• MSc (Res) Cancer Medicine

• MSc Climate Change

• MSc Ecological Management & Conservation Biology

• MSc Educational Leadership

• MSc Financial Analytics

• MSc Industrial Pharmaceutics

• LLM International Commercial and Business Law

• LLM Law and Technology

• MA Linguistics

• MSc Materials Science and Engineering

• MSc Net Zero Engineering

• MA Public History

• MA Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages and Applied Linguistics

Applicants can only apply and be considered for the Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship-Postgraduate Taught after they have been offered a place to study on their chosen eligible programme and have FIRMLY accepted their offer. Applications cannot be considered in advance of applicants meeting these two criteria.

Four awards are available.

Closing date for applications: Friday 10 May 2024 at 15:00 BST.

Terms and Conditions

• Students must hold an offer of a full-time place at the Queen’s University Belfast campus for the academic year 2024/25 on one of the postgraduate taught programmes specified below:

• • MSc Actuarial Science

  • MSc Advanced Architectural Design

  • MSc Advanced Food Safety

  • MSc Artificial Intelligence

  • MSc Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics

  • Master of Business Administration MBA

  • MSc (Res) Cancer Medicine

  • MSc Climate Change

  • MSc Ecological Management & Conservation Biology

  • MSc Educational Leadership

  • MSc Financial Analytics

  • MSc Industrial Pharmaceutics

  • LLM International Commercial and Business Law

  • LLM Law and Technology

  • MA Linguistics

  • MSc Materials Science and Engineering

  • MSc Net Zero Engineering

  • MA Public History

  • MSc TESOL and Applied Linguistics

• The offer must be confirmed as the applicant’s FIRM choice by the scholarship deadline.

• Only the programmes listed under Point 1 are eligible for the Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship-Postgraduate Taught 2024/25, all other programmes are excluded from eligibility.

• PG Certificate, PG Diploma programmes, Distance Learning programmes, foundation degree programmes and non-standard fee courses, including part-time programmes are also excluded from eligibility.

• To be eligible for consideration applicants must have accepted their offer of a place to study on one of the specified programmes by the scholarship deadline. Applicants who change their original programme choice after the scholarship deadline, Friday 10 May 2024 at 15:00 BST, will not be considered.

• Prior to commencement of study applicants must have met any academic and language conditions attached to their offer as stated in their offer letter.

• Students must be classified as international fee-paying students paying the full international tuition fee rate in order to be considered for the scholarship. Students paying NI or GB fees are not eligible for the Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship-Postgraduate Taught.

• The scholarship will cover 50% of the full cost of tuition fees and is awarded each year for up to a maximum of two years.

• To be eligible for the scholarship applicants must complete the online application form and submit a video as detailed on the application form within the deadline, Friday 10 May 2024 at 15:00 BST.

• Applicants should ensure that videos are submitted in good time. Any videos received after the deadline, Friday 10 May 2024 at 15:00 BST, will not be considered.

• The Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship-Postgraduate Taught awarded is for entry to Queen’s University Belfast in the autumn semester of the academic year 2024/25 and cannot be used for 2025/26 entry or any other year.

• If you wish to defer your entry to the University your scholarship will not be transferred.

• The scholarship cannot be used in lieu of any required deposit and no cash alternative is available.

• Students must be self-funded.

• If you are in receipt of funding (either tuition fees or tuition fees and living costs) from an external sponsorship body such as Government, a charity or a private organisation you will not be eligible for the Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship-Postgraduate Taught.

• In the event that a student has received scholarship offers for a number of different programmes at Queen’s University, they will only be able to redeem one scholarship award. This will be the scholarship award for the course onto which they enrol in the 2024/25 academic year.

• Students must request authorisation from the International Office before making any changes to their programme of study. Where changes are made without authorisation being granted, the scholarship may be withdrawn and students may be required to repay the scholarship in full.

• Applicants may apply and/or be considered for more than one award administered by Queen’s University Belfast but if successful would receive only the highest value  award with the lower value award cancelled or allocated to another applicant.

• The Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship-Postgraduate Taught may be combined with the Early Confirmation Award or INTO Progression Scholarship where eligible.

• The University is unable to consider requests for increased and/or further funding. The amount of scholarship offered is non-negotiable.

• The University’s decision regarding successful scholars of the programme is final, and no further correspondence shall be entered into.

• The University reserves the right to vary all or any scholarship awards, discounts and regulations at its sole discretion.