Principal’s Excellence Scholarship – Europe

This is an award of up to £32,000 for prospective new international students domiciled in and / or a National of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) and who are interested in studying one of our full-time undergraduate programmes within the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences (SAS) or the Business School starting in September 2025. Please note, this excludes our BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing programme. 

The award is £8,000 per annum, for a maximum of four years total study. Successful recipients will have the award deducted from their tuition fees.

Eligibility 

To be eligible for the Principal’s Excellence Scholarship – Europe, you must meet all of the following conditions:

• Be domiciled in and a National of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA), including:

  • Austria

  • Belgium

  • Bulgaria

  • Croatia

  • Republic of Cyprus

  • Czech Republic

  • Denmark

  • Estonia

  • Finland

  • France

  • Germany

  • Greece

  • Hungary

  • Iceland

  • Ireland

  • Italy

  • Latvia

  • Liechtenstein

  • Lithuania

  • Luxembourg

  • Malta

  • Netherlands

  • Norway

  • Poland

  • Portugal

  • Romania

  • Slovakia

  • Slovenia

  • Spain

  • Sweden

  • Switzerland

  • Ukraine

• Be classified as International (Overseas) fee status by Abertay University.

• Be registering as a full-time student for the first time onto an undergraduate programme within our School of Social and Applied Sciences or Dundee Business School, with the exception of our BSc (Hons) Mental Health Nursing programme. 

• Have met all academic conditions attached to your offer of admission for entry to the University as a new full-time student.

• Be studying on campus at the University.

The award will contribute to each year of your undergraduate degree, up to a maximum of four years, while you are studying in Dundee. The Award will not be awarded for any year you spend studying abroad or working in industry.

Students who are admitted with Advanced Entry into Level 2 or above, and who meet the above conditions, will also be eligible for this Award.

This award is not available to currently registered international undergraduate students in SAS or DBS.