About
Keele University is a British higher education institution established over 75 years ago, located in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The university offers foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degree programs across multiple faculties and schools. Keele is recognized for its career-focused courses, world-class research with regional, national, and international impact, and its distinctive 600-acre campus environment. The university has received Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and has strong partnerships including with the NHS.
Funding Opportunities
Placement Bursary Initiative
The Placement Bursary Initiative is a non-means tested bursary funded by donations from Keele supporters, designed to support students completing placements during academic years 2025/26 and 2026/27, and up to August 2027. The bursary is available for both curricular and extra-curricular placements brokered by the University. Students undertaking a placement from any year can receive the bursary, which is paid in a single instalment. A brokered placement refers to an extra-curricular placement opportunity where the University has actively supported the process, including helping to design the job description, organizing interviews, facilitating discussions between the student and employer, and ensuring that both parties agree on the placement terms. The bursary is available for both paid and unpaid placements, though students from the Faculty of Health and those taking mandatory placements are ineligible. The amount received depends on placement duration: placements lasting 360-504 hours receive £200, while placements exceeding 504 hours receive £500.
Care Leavers' and Estranged Students' Bursary
This award offers a non-repayable bursary of £1000 per year to undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who have left the care of their local authority or are irreconcilably estranged from their families and meet the relevant eligibility criteria. In addition to the annual bursary, recipients receive an award of £500 upon graduation. This bursary will be awarded in addition to any other financial support or awards that students are entitled to from the University or their Local Authority. The bursary is available for all undergraduate and postgraduate taught students who commenced their degree at Keele in or after September 2018, are classed as a 'home' student for fee status purposes, and are under the age of 25 at the start of their course at Keele. Students must have spent at least 13 weeks in care since the age of 14 and were in care on their 16th birthday, or were privately fostered until the age of 16 or were 'looked after' until they were subject to a Special Guardianship Order, or have been assessed as independent by Student Finance England or other local authority because they are estranged from their parents or guardian. This bursary can be combined with the Access & Success Fund and is awarded in the form of a cash bursary.
Postgraduate Global Scholarship (international) 2026
The Postgraduate Global Scholarship 2026 is an automatic tuition fee discount awarded to international students enrolling at Keele University based on their undergraduate academic achievement. The scholarship provides tiered awards of £5,000 for first-class degrees, £4,000 for upper second-class honours (2:1), and £3,000 for lower second-class honours (2:2), assessed according to Keele University's defined equivalence standards. This scholarship is available to self-funded international students who are registered on and attending a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study and leads to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level. The scholarship is generally a one-time award, though students in MSc Nursing or MSc Prosthetics and Orthotics programs may receive the award twice to cover both years of these two-year programs. The scholarship is awarded automatically upon application, with no separate application required. It is provided as a tuition fee discount and cannot be combined with other bursaries, scholarships, or discounts. The award is specifically for students starting their studies in the academic year 2026/27 at Keele University's campus-based programs. Students studying PGCE programs or fully online courses delivered by Keele are not eligible. Social Work students receiving full external funding are also excluded, though those with partial funding may be eligible for a proportional award on the fees they pay individually.
The Fee Difference Waiver UKRI-funded Studentship (International)
This is a Fee Difference Waiver for International Students on a UKRI (United Kingdom Research and Innovation) funded studentship at Keele University. The waiver supports international students who have been awarded funding by one of the Research Councils under UKRI for a PhD or a Masters and PhD programme. All international students who are accepted for a UKRI-funded studentship at Keele University will be automatically awarded a fee difference waiver so that they do not have to pay the difference between the home fee in the UKRI award and the international fee currently charged by the university, for the full duration of the UKRI award. This enables international students to undertake research council-funded doctoral study at Keele without the additional financial burden of international fee differentials.
Truman Scholarship 2025
This scholarship scheme is part of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, a premier graduate scholarship for students based in the United States of America, interested in public service. Keele University is offering a 50% tuition fee reduction for one-year master's programmes for up to five successful Truman Scholars who will enrol at Keele University in September 2025. Truman Scholarships are for US citizens, currently enrolled at a US-based accredited institution, in their penultimate year, considering pursuing careers in public service. Truman Scholars receive up to $22,500 from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. In addition, successful Truman Scholars will receive a 50% tuition fee discount on eligible on-campus courses. Truman Scholars will also participate in leadership development activities and will have special opportunities for internships and employment with the US federal government. The following courses are available to Truman Scholars at Keele University: MSc Cyber Security, MSc Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology, MSc Global Healthcare Leadership, and MA Politics and International Relations.
KUIC Postgraduate Progression Scholarship 2025
The KUIC Postgraduate Progression Scholarship 2025 is an automatic tuition fee discount awarded to international students who successfully complete the Keele University International College Pre-Master's Programme and progress to a taught postgraduate course at Keele University. The scholarship value is tiered based on academic performance in the Pre-Master's Programme, ranging from £3,000 to £5,000. Students achieving 70% and above receive £5,000, those achieving 60-69% receive £4,000, and those achieving 50-59% receive £3,000. This scholarship is designed specifically for self-funded international students progressing from KUIC to postgraduate study at Keele University. The award is applied as a tuition fee discount and cannot be exchanged for cash. It is available for students starting their postgraduate studies in September 2025, January 2026, or for the full-time MBA intake in May 2025. The scholarship can only be combined with the Keele Alumni Discount, where the 20% Alumni Discount is applied after the KUIC Postgraduate Progression Scholarship has been applied.
Article 26 Sanctuary Scholarships 2025
Article 26 of the Declaration of Human Rights states that 'Everyone has the right to Education'. Keele University is committed to supporting students from all backgrounds to access Higher Education and provides scholarships for asylum seekers and forced migrants who are seeking sanctuary in the UK. The scholarship recognizes that everyone has the right to education and works to ensure that asylum seekers and students from a forced migrant background are able to access Higher Education. For 2026/27 entry, Keele will offer 2 scholarships for undergraduate degree programmes and 1 scholarship for postgraduate taught Master's degree programmes. This is a competitive scholarship with limited places, and successful applicants will receive comprehensive financial and personal support to help them overcome barriers to achievement on their degree programme.
Marshall Scholarships
The Marshall Scholarship offers American students the opportunity to study at Keele University with a full tuition fee scholarship and a monthly stipend. This prestigious scholarship program enables students from the United States to pursue postgraduate studies at UK institutions. The scholarship covers full tuition fees and provides a monthly stipend to support living expenses during the period of study. Eligibility criteria and application information is managed through the Marshall Scholarship organization.
Postgraduate Global Scholarship (international) 2025
The Postgraduate Global Scholarship 2025 is an automatic tuition fee discount awarded to international students at Keele University based on their undergraduate degree classification. Students who achieved a First Class degree receive £5,000, those with a 2:1 receive £4,000, and those with a 2:2 receive £3,000. The scholarship is designed to support self-funded international students pursuing taught postgraduate qualifications at Keele University. Eligible students must be registered on and attending a taught postgraduate course that equates to at least one year's full-time study at postgraduate level, leading to a named award of at least Postgraduate Diploma level. Students registered for PhD, MPhil, PGCE, or fully online courses are not eligible. The scholarship is generally a one-time award, except for students in MSc Nursing or MSc Prosthetics and Orthotics where it may be awarded twice to cover both years. The scholarship is available to students starting in September 2025, January 2026, or the full-time MBA intake in May 2025. It is only open to self-funded international students classified as overseas students for fee-paying purposes, and is not available to those receiving funding from external bodies. The award is automatically assessed when students apply, requiring no separate application. Recipients receive the scholarship as a tuition fee discount with no cash alternative available. The award can be combined with the Keele Alumni Discount where the Alumni Discount is applied after the Global Scholarship has been deducted.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
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- Active Now
- 9
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- keele.ac.uk
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