Top 25 University Scholarships Open to All International Students

Most scholarships restrict who can apply, and nationality is often one of those limits. Some awards are tied to a single country or region; the ones below are open to international students in general. Note the asterisk: international usually means you are not a citizen or resident of the country where you study, though some programmes make exceptions (for example, certain Australian awards do not count New Zealand students as international). Others define you as international based on where you earned your previous degree, whatever your citizenship.

Bachelor's scholarships open to all international students

• ICSP Tuition Scholarships at University of Oregon (USA) International students with financial need and strong merit can apply for the International Cultural Service Program. Awards are tuition waivers from $7,500 to $30,000. In return, ICSP students complete 80 hours of cultural service per year.
• Clark University Global Scholars Program (USA) Open to high school students who are not US citizens or permanent residents, and to US citizens or permanent residents living overseas who will finish all of secondary school outside the US. The award is $5,000 to $25,000 per year (subject to conditions), plus a guaranteed $2,500 taxable stipend for a paid internship or research assistantship taken for academic credit in the summer after sophomore or junior year.
• International Leader of Tomorrow Award at University of British Columbia (Canada) UBC awards bachelor's scholarships to talented secondary and post-secondary international students from around the world. The value matches demonstrated financial need, up to full tuition for the relevant programme plus living expenses.
• York University International Student Scholarship Program (Canada) This covers the Global Leader of Tomorrow Scholarships, United World College Scholarships and International Entrance Scholarships for international students taking a full-time undergraduate degree at York University. Awards are worth $60,000 to $100,000 for a four-year degree.
• Melbourne International Undergraduate Scholarships (Australia) The University of Melbourne set up these awards to recognise the contribution international students make to the diversity of its student body. The scholarship is a partial remission of tuition fees.
• Denys Holland Scholarship at University College London (UK) For undergraduate students from any country who could not fund their studies at UCL without this support, and who show they intend to make full use of UCL and Student Union activities. It is worth £9,000 per annum, and scholars may put all or part of it toward fees.

Bachelor's and master's scholarships open to all international students

• Sheffield Hallam University Transform Together Scholarships (UK) Open to international and European Union (non-UK) students applying for a full-time taught postgraduate or undergraduate course at Sheffield Hallam. The award is a 50% fee waiver, available for postgraduate courses and for each year of an undergraduate degree.
• Bologna University Study Grants for International Students (Italy) Study grants for deserving international students enrolling in First Cycle (Bachelor's), Second Cycle (Master's) or Single Cycle degree programmes at Bologna. Each grant covers one academic year and totals €11,059, gross of all charges to the beneficiary's account.
• Bocconi University Scholarships for International Students (Italy) For international students enrolling in any bachelor's programme or Master of Science programme at Bocconi. Awards are full tuition waivers worth up to €11,500 per year for bachelor's programmes and up to €12,000 per year for Master of Science programmes.

Master's scholarships open to all international students

• ETH Excellence Scholarships (Switzerland) Open to strong students from ETH and from other universities, national and international, who want to do a master's at ETH Zurich. The award is a full or partial grant covering living and study costs, plus a tuition fee waiver.
• University of Lausanne Master's Grant for Foreign Students (Switzerland) The UNIL Master's Grants support international students pursuing a master's at Lausanne. The grant is CHF 1,600 per month from 15 September to 15 July, for no longer than the programme's regulated minimum period.
• University of Twente Scholarships (Netherlands) These awards (UTS) go to excellent students from EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA countries applying for a graduate programme (MSc) at Twente. The amount is €6,000 to €25,000 for one year.
• TU Delft Excellence Scholarships (Netherlands) Delft University of Technology runs several excellence scholarship programmes for international students. The Justus & Louise van Effen scholarship is one of them, giving financial support to excellent international MSc students at TU Delft. It is a full scholarship: tuition fees plus a monthly allowance for living expenses.
• École Normale Supérieure International Selection (France) Each year ENS runs an international selection that lets about thirty of the most promising international students in Science or Humanities follow a two or three-year course at ENS. They receive a monthly stipend of approximately 1,000 Euros and accommodation on the ENS campus. About 30 foreign students are awarded each year.
• Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University (China) Students from all countries develop leadership skills and professional networks through a one-year master's at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The scholarship covers tuition and fees, room and board, travel costs, a personal stipend, health insurance and more.

Master's and PhD scholarships open to all international students

• Gates Cambridge Scholarships (UK) One of the most prestigious international scholarships, awarded to outstanding applicants from outside the UK for a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject at Cambridge. It covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge and adds discretionary funding.
• Clarendon Scholarships at University of Oxford (UK) A major graduate scheme at Oxford offering around 140 new scholarships every year. Open to students from all countries and awarded on academic excellence and potential across all degree-bearing subjects at graduate level. The award covers tuition and college fees in full plus a generous grant for living expenses.
• Warwick Chancellor's International Scholarships (UK) The Warwick Graduate School awards around 25 of these to the most outstanding international PhD applicants each year. Open to any nationality and any discipline offered at Warwick. They include full payment of overseas tuition fees and a maintenance allowance.
• University of Sydney International Scholarships (Australia) For candidates eligible to take a Postgraduate Research Degree or Master's by Research at Sydney, through the University of Sydney International Research Scholarship (USydIS). It covers tuition fees and a living allowance for up to three years.
• University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships (Canada) Merit-based awards open to students of any nationality registered as full-time graduate students (master's or PhD) at Manitoba. Worth $18,000 for PhD students or $14,000 for master's students over a 12-month period.

* In general, international students are students who are not citizens and/or residents of the country of study. Some programmes make country exceptions (for instance, some Australian scholarships do not treat students from New Zealand as international). In other scholarships, international students are defined as students who earned their previous degree at an institution outside the country of study, regardless of citizenship.