International students

Santander Scholarships

In partnership with Banco Santander, Keele University will be offering 9 postgraduate scholarships to outstanding candidates currently studying at a Santander partner university in South America. Each scholarship is worth £5000 and will be open to students applying to study a taught masters degree in any discipline commencing October 2012 (excludes MRes and Masters by Research).

There is no application form, all eligible students will automatically be considered and scholarships will be awarded to students demonstrating academic excellence.

In order to be considered you must:

Hold a conditional or unconditional offer for study on a postgraduate taught masters degree at Keele University before 30 April 2012

Intend to start your degree course in October 2012

Be resident in one of the following countries and liable to pay fees at the overseas student rate
Eligible countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela

Keele International Student Scholarship

The Keele International Student Scholarship for postgraduate students from all countries is worth GBP3000 towards the cost of your Master's tuition fees. 

The Scholarships are awarded to students who can demonstrate excellence in at least two of the following areas:

* Academic qualifications,
* English Language ability,
* Understanding of the course and motivation to study at Keele,
* Extra-curricular or work experience

To apply for the KISS Scholarship you must have applied to Keele and been offered a place to study here.  You must then complete a separate application form (download KISS Application Form). Applications must have been received and processed before the start of academic year for which the application is made.  KIS Scholarships cannot be awarded to students who have already started their degree at Keele.

The next deadline for receipt of Postgraduate KIS Scholarship applications is 30 June 2012.

A third of our applicants were successful in the first round of applications - congratulations to all those who have been awarded a Scholarship.  Our successful applicants came from a variety of countries including China, Nigeria, South Africa and Vietnam and have applied for a diverse range of courses including Biomedical Blood Sciences, Finance and Management, Globalisation and Justice, Human Rights and Politics and IR.

Please note that if you have been unsuccessful we cannot consider any further applications for this award in this academic year.

The decisions on Scholarships are made by the International Recruitment Team and their decision is final.

For students commencing their studies at Keele in 2011,  the following bursaries and scholarships are available:

Tuition Fee Bursaries

All American and Canadian students will be eligible for a 10% bursary towards the overseas rate of tuition for the course for which they are applying. In addition, all students graduating from one of our 30 North American partners (see list below) will be eligible for a further 15% bursary. Finally, if a previous exchange student from one of the partner universities decides to come back to Keele for graduate study, they will be eligible for a 50% bursary. This means that for 2011/12 tuition could be approx. £5000 - £5,900 (approx. US$ 8,100 - $9,600/Can$ 7,850 - $9250) for a returning exchange student.

NAFKU Scholarship

In addition, each year  American and Canadian students will be able to compete for the NAFKU scholarship (North American Foundation Keele University). This will provide US$4,000 (approximately £2,500) towards living costs at Keele. Final Selection will be by members of the NAFKU Board. All North American students who are offered a place at Keele will automatically be sent an application form.

Please read the following profiles of our 2011 NAFKU Scholars:
Annabelle Flores (Ottawa University)
Natasha Flick (San Diego State University)

From 2011/12, we have two full scholarship places for US students:

One a Fulbright Scholarship, whereby Keele pays the tuition fees and the US-UK Fulbright Commission pays the student’s stipend and other associated costs.

Applications are via Fulbright – see http://www.fulbright.co.uk/fulbright-awards/for-us-citizens for information about how to apply and application deadlines. The online application is facilitated by IIE and is used by Fulbright Commissions worldwide.

One Keele Marshall Scholarship, whereby Keele pays the tuition fees and the Marshall Commission the maintenance costs. Applications are via Marshall – see http://www.marshallscholarship.org/about/ Deadline for applications is likely October for entry the following September.  Applications must be endorsed by the President, Provost, or Academic Dean of the applicant's educational institution (or employer). The online application must be submitted and authorised by a designated member of staff at the applicant's educational institution (or employer). NB: The US institution may have earlier deadlines for submission of applications. Whether this is the case or not applications must be submitted in a timely manner in order for the US institution to be able to authorise it for submission by the deadline.

Partner Universities

Canada

• Brock University, Ontario 
• Concordia University, Montreal
• Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia 
• Memorial University, Newfoundland 
• University of Alberta 
• University of British Columbia 
• University of Guelph, Ontario 
• University of Ottawa, Ontario 
• University of Windsor, Ontario
• University of Victoria, British Columbia
• University of Toronto
• York University, Ontario 

USA

• Appalachian State University, North Carolina
• Ball State University : Indiana
• Bowling Green State University : Ohio
• Colorado State University : Fort Collins
• Loyola University : New Orleans
• Minnesota State University : Moorhead
• Oklahoma State University
• Old Dominion University : Norfolk, Virginia
• University of Maryland
• University of North Carolina : Greensboro
• University of North Carolina : Wilmington
• University of North Texas
• San Diego State University
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of Southern Maine : Portland
• University of Texas at San Antonio
• University of Tennessee : Knoxville
• University of Utah
• Willamette University : Oregon

Natural Science Scholarships

The £1,000 FNS Scholarship will be granted automatically to all overseas students starting a course for the first time within the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Undergraduate Level One or a postgraduate taught course in 2012, who are paying overseas fees.  This is a one off reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study only.  It is guaranteed and will be deducted from your tuition fees.

Please note that if you are in receipt of a Keele International Scholarship you will not be eligible for the Faculty of Natural Science Scholarship.

Keele Graduate Bursary

If you studied at Keele as an undergraduate you are automatically entitled to the Keele Graduate Bursary, which is worth GBP1000 towards the cost of your Master's tuition fees.  Please note that if you are awarded the Keele International Student Scholarship then you cannot also claim the Keele Graduate Bursary.

Science Without Borders

Science without Borders is a Brazilian Government scholarship programme to send 100,000 Brazilian students on undergraduate sandwich courses, PhD sandwich courses and full PhDs to study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at universities across the world.

From September 2012, the UK will welcome up to 10,000 Brazilian students over the next four years.

Applications for September 2012 places in the UK will open on 26 April 2012.

The deadline for application will be 15 May 2012.

Please download the Continuation Fees in PDF format.