Scholarships at University of Birmingham

As part of our work to make Birmingham Law School accessible to students from all backgrounds, we are thrilled to be able to award 10 scholarships in the form of £3,000 per year towards tuition fee payments.

The scholarships will be awarded to the highest performing students starting their University of Birmingham programme in 2024/25 academic year.

If you are applying for a non-Law course in the College of Arts and Law, you may interested in our College of Arts and Law scholarships for 2024 entry.

Eligibility and selection criteria

To be eligible for the LLB and LLB for Graduates Scholarships, candidates must:

• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and be able to pay the outstanding tuition fees not covered by the scholarship.

• Have applied for, and received an offer and selected the University of Birmingham as their firm choice in UCAS for a full-time undergraduate programme at Birmingham Law School starting September 2024 . You must be entering the first year of an undergraduate programme based at Birmingham's UK campus.

• Not already be registered and studying on a programme at the University of Birmingham in the UK.

• Be self-funding and have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.

• Accept an offer from the University of Birmingham for a programme within Birmingham Law School by the deadline; 30 June 2024.

Undertaking one of the following LLB programmes:

• LLB

• LLB for Graduates

• LLB International Law and Globalisation

• LLB with Business

• LLB with Criminology

• LLB with French Law

• LLB with German Law

Previous Scholars include:

• Norlea Padua

• Eungchan Lee

Terms and Conditions

• £3,000 per annum will be awarded to successful applicants. Scholarships are not paid directly to successful applicants but will take the form of a fee reduction at the beginning of the programme.

• To retain the scholarship students must gain a minimum of a 2:1 (60%+) in each year of study. Should these grades not be achieved, the scholarship will be withdrawn for the remainder of the programme.

• Students on the Law with French Law or Law with German Law programmes will receive scholarship payments in years 1, 2 and 4 assuming all conditions are met.

• Scholarships are available to all privately funded international students categorised as overseas for fees purposes.

• Scholarships are only available for students beginning their programme in September 2024 and cannot be deferred.

• Students in receipt of support from other funding bodies which wholly cover their tuition are not eligible.

• Decisions will be announced by late July and the scholarships will be awarded upon the students’ enrolment in September 2024.

• Candidates must have submitted the scholarship application form by 30 April 2023 (23:59 UK time) to be considered for the award.

• In accepting and securing this scholarship, awardees are expected to support the University, to a reasonable extent, by providing profiles testimonials and engaging in ambassadorial activities if requested by the University.