Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £5,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The scholarship recognises applicants who have demonstrated academic excellence or show strong potential to excel during their postgraduate studies at Swansea University. It is available to new international students from China beginning an eligible postgraduate taught course.
Benefits
Tuition fee discount of up to £5,000.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be classed as overseas fee payers. If the fee status of the applicant changes after the scholarship application is made, then the University will need to remove the scholarship.
- Students studying for a PhD, MPhil, Masters by Research, MRes, Graduate Diploma in Law, Go Global Visiting, Exchange or Erasmus Mundus programme are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
- Students studying Taught Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes of study with course fees of £16,000 or above per year are eligible to apply.
- Students who will undertake part-time study are not eligible to apply.
- Students studying at or progressing from ‘The College Swansea University’ are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
- Students studying at Swansea University through the Trent-Swansea partnership are not eligible to apply. Students whose course fees are lower than £16,000 per year are not eligible to apply.
- Students progressing from Undergraduate to Postgraduate Taught programmes are eligible to apply.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Chinese
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
14 Aug 2026
Applicants must:
Apply for an eligible postgraduate taught course.
Receive an offer from Swansea University.
Complete the China International Excellence Scholarship application form before the deadline.