United Kingdom · University of Portsmouth

Vice Chancellor's Global Development Scholarship

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Study levels: Bachelor, Master, PhD
Funding: Partially funded
Applications open: See official source
Deadline: Not announced

What the funding covers

£2,500 tuition fee reduction for the first year of study, applied automatically.

£2,500 tuition fee reduction (first year only)

Tuition: £2,500 fee reduction applied to first-year tuition fees (shown on the CAS)
Other support: Automatically assessed — no separate application. Cannot be combined with another scholarship, discount or fee offer.

Eligibility

Who can apply: Bangladesh is explicitly listed in the eligible-countries list on the official scholarships page ("If you are from one of the countries below, you will be eligible for this award").
English language requirements are set by the chosen Portsmouth course.
Self-funded international students assessed as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
Full-time, on-campus undergraduate, postgraduate taught or postgraduate research course with annual fees of £16,200 or above.
New students to the University of Portsmouth (previous students receive the alumni discount instead).
International College Portsmouth (ICP) students progressing to the University are eligible.

English / IELTS: English requirement — see official source; English language requirements are set by the chosen Portsmouth course.
Application fee: See official source; Not stated on the official page checked.

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Apply — official links only

No separate application — the award is assessed automatically as part of the application and registration process and shown on the Confirmation of Acceptance for Study (CAS). NOTE: January 2027 entry is effectively closed to new Bangladeshi applicants (the University's new-application deadline for Bangladeshi applicants was 19 October 2026); May 2027 entry is the live route, with course application deadlines not stated on the page checked.

The provider has not announced the next application window yet. Use the official source below to watch for the announcement.

Official information source

Verification record

Source:: University of Portsmouth — Scholarships for international students (port.ac.uk)
Last verified:: 2026-10-25
Last checked:: 25 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC
Status:: Applications open

Evidence: Official University of Portsmouth scholarships page: "For January 2027 and May 2027 entry, eligible students will be able to receive the Vice Chancellor's Global Development Scholarship. This scholarship will take the form of a £2,500 fee reduction that will apply to your first year of study" and will be shown on the CAS. Terms: self-funded, assessed as overseas for tuition fee purposes, full-time on-campus UG/PGT/PGR course with annual fees of £16,200 or above; not available to students who previously studied other courses at the University (alumni discount instead); available for ICP students progressing; cannot be combined with any other scholarship, discount or fee offer. Bangladesh is listed in the eligible-countries list. No separate form or scholarship deadline is shown — eligibility is determined by nationality and the other terms.

Verified against the official University of Portsmouth scholarships page on 2026-10-25 (all 12 checks passed). The old page URL without hyphens (…/internationalstudents/funding/scholarships) returns 404; the current page uses …/international-students/funding/scholarships.

Not published by the provider (left blank on purpose): an exact deadline (the provider has not published one we could verify); an opening date; a numeric minimum GPA (the provider does not state one). NextGrant never fills gaps with guesses.

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