Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarship

To support students with the cost of studying, we are pleased to offer the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarships. These are available for taught postgraduate (PG) applicants classified as international for fee purposes joining the University campus in the UK in September 2025 for the first time. These scholarships are awarded based on the purchasing power parity (PPP) of each country, helping to make education more accessible and affordable for students from different regions.

This scholarship is a one-off scholarship from tuition fees for the first-time applicants joining the University and not available for subsequent years of study. No application is required, the scholarship will be automatically awarded if applicants are eligible, and their tuition fee will be reduced accordingly.

To qualify for the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarships, applicants must have paid their full tuition fee deposit of £5,000 and it needs to be received by the University by 18 August 2025.

We are pleased to inform you that the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarship of £2,000 for postgraduate applicants has been extended. The new deadline to qualify for this scholarship is Friday, 08th Aug 2025.

Terms, conditions and eligibility criteria:

• not available for any PG School of Health and Social Work courses i.e:

  • MSc Nursing (all routes)

  • MSc Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging

  • MSc Paramedic Science

  • MSc Physiotherapy

  • MSc Social Work

• not available for non-standard courses in Law:

  • PgDip Bar Practice

  • LLM Bar Practice

  • LLM Legal Practice

  • LLM Solicitors Practice

• not available for Master of Public Health (all routes).

• only available for PG taught applicants, not available for OSPAP, Pre-sessional English, Research or online courses.

• not available for undergraduate (UG) applicants.

• these may be exceptionally awarded at the University’s discretion on any of the above courses.

• only available for September 2025 intake – applicants who fail to register cannot transfer the discount to subsequent intakes unless agreed by the University.

• if applicants have deferred their offer from a previous intake but register for the first time in September 2025 intake they can qualify for the discount (provided they paid their deposit and meet all other criteria).

• only available on entry for the first time to the University – not in subsequent years

• applicants cannot qualify for any other scholarships or discounts including: Early Bird Discount, Chancellor’s International Scholarship, 20% UH Graduate Discount, International Partner Discount, King’s Award Scholarship, King’s Award Clearing Scholarship, UG Tri Annual Scholarship or QS Stars Excellence Scholarship alongside the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarship (unless exceptionally awarded at the University’s discretion).

• applicants can qualify for the Full Payment Discount alongside the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarship if they pay their fees in full by 6 October 2025 for Semester A entry.

• the Vice Chancellor’s Regional Scholarship will be offset against tuition fee debt once applicants register at the University – not from their deposit amount. If they have paid their tuition fees in full it can be used for university accommodation (but not for the £150 accommodation deposit, as this is a refundable deposit).

• applicants must; have been offered and accepted a place on a full-time award-bearing University of Hertfordshire programme and be paying the full cost of the tuition fee from their own resources directly to the University of Hertfordshire, and not discounted or sponsored for any part of the fee by the University of Hertfordshire or an organisation such as an employer, charitable body or government department. (Any contribution by an external organisation to the student’s living costs, or a contribution from the student’s family to the fee or living costs, does not count as sponsorship under this scheme).

• candidates will be required to meet all conditions of registration before the Scholarship is awarded.

• for students that withdraw (both student and University initiated); all discounts and scholarships and will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis in line with the fee related liability and all discounts or scholarships will be subject to the terms and conditions of the award.