UCL Global Excellence Scholarships
UCL Global Excellence Scholarships aim to reward academic excellence among new UCL students. There are a total of 16 scholarships per session for the academically most outstanding undergraduate and graduate students joining UCL. One undergraduate and one graduate award is reserved for students from each of the following regions (based on students' domicile - on UCAS forms this would be "area of permanent residence").
The UK
Europe (excluding the UK, but including Russia)
Africa
the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East
China, North- and Central South-East Asia
Australasia
North America
Central and South America including the Caribbean
Eligibility Requirements
Candidates must be admitted to UCL for degree study at any level
Selection Criteria
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, achievement and potential. Financial circumstances of the candidates are not taken into account.
Value: Benefits and Duration
The scholarships consist of £5,000, and are tenable for one year only. Scholarship funds may be applied to fees or paid out in three instalments payable at the start of each term.
Nominations Deadline and Procedure
There is no application procedure. Candidates are nominated by Departments and Faculties. All candidates admitted to UCL by 31 August can be considered.
Departments must provide Faculty Offices with the details of their academically best undergraduate and graduate (Master’s or M.Phil./PhD) entrants from each of the eight regions defined under the scheme, based on students' domicile or permanent residence as given in their UCAS/SITS records. (Financial circumstances of the candidates must not be taken into account.)
The Undergraduate and Graduate Nominations Forms
Department nominations must reach Faculty Offices by 1 September.
Faculties select from the Department nominations the academically best undergraduate and graduate entrants per region (based on students' domicile or permanent residence as given in their UCAS/SITS records) across the entire Faculty and provide the UCL Scholarships Office with the details of their 16 nominees. (Financial circumstances of the candidates must not be taken into account.)
The Undergraduate and Graduate Nominations Forms
Faculty nominations must reach UCL Scholarships by 15 September: UCL Scholarships, The Registry, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
A panel of UCL academics makes the final selection from nominations put forward by the Faculties of one undergraduate and one graduate scholarship for each of the eight regions.
Notification of Results
Results will be announced to faculties and successful candidates by end September. Late awards (M.Phil./PhD only) may be possible should a suitable candidate not be found at the main selection.
Important information for all scholarship applicants
Types of Funding
Funding schemes include scholarships, awards, prizes, medals, bursaries, and loans.
UCL defines scholarships, awards, prizes and medals as schemes which award funding on the basis of applicants' academic achievements and potential; scholarships will normally be of a higher value than awards, prizes and medals. Prizes and medals are normally awarded to current students only.
Bursaries, grants and loan schemes take account of applicants' financial circumstances.
The names of funding schemes do not always reflect these distinctions.
Eligibility Criteria
Before applying for funding, you must ensure that you fulfill all the eligibility criteria of the scholarship scheme as given in the scholarship description and/or on the scholarship application form.
Candidates who do not fulfill all the criteria will not be considered for funding.
For most funding schemes, only students currently enrolled and/or candidates holding an offer of admission to UCL for the relevant academic year as specified in the scholarship descriptions can be considered for funding.
It is therefore strongly recommended that scholarship applicants submit an application for admission as early as possible, and certainly no later than four weeks before an application deadline to ensure they have an offer of a place when applying for funding.
Applicants without an offer of admission to UCL when applying for funding may be excluded from the competition.
Many funding schemes are open only to students liable to pay tuition fees either at the UK/EU “home” rate or at the overseas rate. Your fee status will be assessed on the basis of your application for graduate admission (see above), and will be shown in your offer of admission. Unless indicated otherwise, funding schemes are open to UK, EU and overseas applicants.
Applying for Admission to study at UCL
Visit the application and entry pages for more information about applying for undergraduate study at UCL.
Accepting UCL as an insurance offer for undergraduate study does not satisfy the conditions relating to the scholarships.
Visit the graduate study pages for information on UCL Graduate Admissions and access to the UCL Graduate Admissions application forms.
Application Procedure
Application procedures are given for each of the schemes advertised on the Scholarships and Funding website at www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships. Many schemes require you to complete a funding/scholarship application form. Most application forms can be found online on the relevant scholarship pages. With your application form, or in some cases instead of an application form, you may be required to submit further documentation, a letter, curriculum vitae, or a piece of work; this will indicated under Application Procedure and Deadline for each scholarship described and/or on the relevant application form.
Incomplete applications are excluded from the competition.
Scholarships
Guidelines for Applying for Scholarships
Your scholarship application MUST be complete to be valid. We will not inform you whether your application has been received, whether it is complete, nor contact you for missing documents. Incomplete applications are invalid and will not be processed. For any scholarship, the application procedures and/or form will advise you of the additional documentation needed .
If you would like to be considered for funding for more than one programme of study, you must submit separate scholarship applications (incl. full documentation) for each of the programmes for which you are seeking funding.
Please ensure that all information is TYPED if possible. The presentation and legibility of your application does matter. If you are unable to type the form and required documents, please explain why, and make sure you write legibly (print in black ink).
If you are required to complete an application form, please complete all relevant fields. Do not provide information on separate sheets unless the form tells you to do so.
With any scholarship application, please make sure you include a valid email address.
Please only send us complete applications (i.e. applications including all required documents). All applications received by the relevant application date are treated equally; sending your application early will NOT increase your chances.
Please enclose any additional documentation required for your application to be valid. Please do not enclose any documents NOT requested.
Please send COPIES of required documents, not originals, as documents will not be returned.
If you must send required documents separately (in order not to miss a specific deadline), please note this in the application form. Each document sent separately must be marked “Scholarship Application for
Before posting your application to us, please re-read it carefully for accuracy and make sure you keep a copy of your application for your files.
Please do not fold your application, but use an A4 envelope to post it to us.
Please DO NOT include your scholarship application with your application for admission. Each application must be sent separately to the relevant sections within UCL.
We are unable to confirm receipt of applications.
Please note that scholarships are calculated to be sufficient for the applicant only, but are not normally sufficient to support any family members.
Only successful applicants will normally be notified.
Scholarship Application Deadlines
Unless otherwise indicated, application deadline dates shown relate to scholarships for study or research commencing in the academic year after the deadline date.
Scholarship deadlines are strictly adhered to. Applications arriving after published deadlines are excluded from the competition. Applicants should take into account the time need for mail sent from their home country to arrive in the UK.
Where no deadline is given, applicants should enquire about possible closing dates. We generally recommend applying for these scholarships at least 12 months before the proposed academic year of entry.
Scholarship Value: Benefits and Duration
Where a scholarship includes the payment of fees, this applies exclusively to tuition fees. Any additional fees charged (e.g. bench fees) are not normally covered.
Scholarship Selection Criteria
UCL scholarships are normally awarded on the basis of academic merit rather than according to financial need. Successful applicants will be students with outstanding academic potential and excellent undergraduate degrees.
It is in the applicant's interest to complete application forms and statements as neatly as possible to help departments and selection panel members in their assessment of applications.
Notification of Scholarship Results
Scholarship applications are judged by UCL academics. In the case of schemes funded or co-funded by external organisations, an initial selection of applicants chosen by a panel of UCL academics may be put before a panel convened by the funding organisation. The selection process generally takes 6-8 weeks from the deadline, although in some cases, e.g. the Shell scholarships, no result may be known for over three months. Successful applicants will be notified by email and receive an official award offer by mail to the mailing or correspondence address provided in the scholarship application.
Results from the various schemes are usually communicated by the end of the month given for the different scholarships shown in the list below:
ORS: April
Graduate School awards/scholarships: April
Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards: April
Shell Centenary/Chevening Scholarships: June
Frederick Bonnart-Braunthal: July
Undergraduate Scholarships: August/September
Scholarship Regulations
Prospective students may apply for funding under any scheme for which they are eligible. However, it is normally only possible to hold one scholarship at any one time. An exception is made in the case of Graduate School Research Scholarships and Overseas Research Student Awards, which can be held at the same time.
Applicants are obliged to provide information about any other funding secured, and to inform the Scholarships Office if they secure any additional funding after receiving and accepting an award offer.
Funding is not available retrospectively; any funding granted will apply from the beginning of the academic session following the scholarship application deadline.
Any funding granted is payable only upon full enrolment of the scholarship holder. Funding granted for a period longer than one academic year is subject to annual renewal depending on satisfactory academic progress by the scholarship holder.
Termination of Scholarships
Scholarships may be terminated at any time if an unsatisfactory progress report is received from the the academic department, if the scholarship holder ceases to be a full-time registered student at UCL, or if the scholarship holder is found in contravention of the scholarship regulations.
Further Information
The tuition fees are listed on UCL's website at:
Undergraduate
Graduate
You can request a Prospectus online at:
Undergraduate: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/admission/forms/ugform.shtml
Graduate: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/admission/forms/graduateform.shtml
or by telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 3000
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
UCL Global Excellence Scholarships
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