Cardiff University India Scholarships: January 2027 Terms and Conditions

No separate scholarship application is required. If you are holding an offer for an eligible programme,  listed below, and meet the criteria as set out in these terms and conditions, you will automatically be awarded the Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship upon enrolment.

Eligibility criteria

Conditional Offer Holders

You must submit your eligible course application to the University by 4 December 2026.

Applicants must accept their offer and pay any deposit by 11 December 2026. Deposit deadline extensions past the 11 December 2026 will not be accepted for scholarship purposes.

You must meet all the offer conditions, including any English Language conditions as stated in your offer, by 11 December 2026.

You must meet the original, published admissions criteria for your programme. Applicants who do not meet the original admissions criteria will not be eligible for the Cardiff University India Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

Unconditional Offer Holders

You must submit your eligible course application to the University by 4 December 2026.

Applicants must accept their offer and pay any deposit by 11 December 2026. Deposit deadline extensions past 11 December 2026 will not be accepted for scholarship purposes.

You must meet the original, published admissions criteria for your programme. Applicants who do not meet the original admissions criteria will not be eligible for the Cardiff University India Scholarship, even if they are accepted into the University.

All students

The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarships are for India-domiciled students studying on the programmes outlined below.

The Scholarship of £6,000 will be awarded to students defined as being domiciled in India on their course application.

No separate application for the scholarship is required. If you are holding an offer for an eligible programme and meet the criteria as set out in these terms and conditions, you will automatically be awarded the Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship upon enrolment.

Scholarship eligibility is separate from admission eligibility. To qualify for the Cardiff University India Scholarship, you must achieve the published minimum academic entry requirements for your chosen programme exactly as stated on the course pages of our website, at the time of your application.

If you are offered a place at Cardiff University with lower grades or alternative qualifications than those published (for example, if the published minimum requirement is a CGPA of 60% but you are accepted with a CGPA of 58%), you will hold an offer to study but you will not be eligible for the Cardiff University India Scholarship.

Cardiff University reserves the right to determine whether the entry conditions of your offer meet the published minimum entry requirements for scholarship purposes.

Any queries regarding scholarship eligibility need to be raised before 30 March 2027 by emailing InternationalScholarships@cardiff.ac.uk. Requests after this date will not be considered.

Terms and Conditions

1. The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship is a £6,000 award applied to your first year of study only.

1.1 This will be awarded in the form of a tuition fee discount only and cannot be used in place of any required deposit. No cash alternative is available.

1.2 Scholarships of £6,000 will be awarded to students from India when defined as being domiciled in India in your course application.

1.3 Domicile is defined as where you have been ordinarily resident for a three-year period or longer before the start of the course. This does not include where you are living for study purposes should you be studying outside of the place where you are otherwise ordinarily resident. See UKCISA for more information.

2. The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship is for entry into Cardiff University in the spring semester of academic year 2026/2027 only and cannot be used for 2027/2028 entry or any other year of entry.

2.1 If you are awarded a scholarship and wish to defer your entry to the University your scholarship will not be transferred. However, you will be eligible to apply for scholarships applicable for 2027/28 entry.

2.2 If you are a deferred offer holder, you must have met the standard entry criteria for your programme for 2026/27 entry to be considered for the scholarship.

3. Future requests for further funding will not be considered under this scheme.

4. Applicants who are in receipt of any other scholarship, bursary, funding or discount will not be eligible for this scholarship, unless confirmed by Cardiff University.

5. The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship is available for full-time taught and Cardiff campus-based programmes only.

6. You must be confirmed as an Overseas Student for fee paying purposes (this information is contained in your offer letter)*.

7. The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship is only available to self-funded students.

7.1 If you are in receipt of funding (consisting of either tuition fees or tuition fees and living costs) from an external body which will be invoiced by the University for fees (such as Government, charity or a private organisation) you are not eligible for the Cardiff University India Scholarship. Students in receipt of educational loans are eligible for the award.

8. The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship is not available for students who are coming to study at Cardiff University for a semester or full-year as part of a degree at another institution.

9. The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship is not available to students who are initially awarded the scholarship but, following enrolment at the University, subsequently transfer to an academic programme which is not eligible for the award of the scholarship.

10. You must be able to satisfy all financial requirements as part of your visa application for study in the UK. You should not be solely relying on receiving Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarship to meet the UKVI financial requirements.

11. Please ensure that you have left sufficient time for your application and supporting documents to be reviewed and processed before the deadlines noted above. This can take up to 10 working days. Please contact the Admissions Office should you have any problems submitting your application or documents. Tel: +44 (0) 2920 879999 during office hours: 09:00 to 17:00 GMT, Monday to Friday.

If you are not sure about your eligibility for these scholarships or have any queries, please contact the International Office for advice at InternationalScholarships@cardiff.ac.uk

Eligible programmes

The Cardiff University £6,000 India Scholarships for January 2027 are available to eligible India-domiciled students studying on the following programmes only:

Cardiff Business School

• MSc AI + Management
• MSc Business Analytics
• MSc Business Management
• MSc Marketing

School of Computational and Mathematical Sciences

• MSc AI + Data Science
• MSc Data Science and Analytics