China Postgraduate Chancellor's Scholarship

The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce a number of scholarships of £10,000 for students from China . These scholarship awards are for candidates applying for entry to a postgraduate programme and specific Birmingham Business School programmes at the University starting September 2025.

The scholarships will be awarded based on academic merit and possibly a university of Birmingham interview if required to the highest performing candidates starting their University of Birmingham programme in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Who can apply?

Please note that students applying for the following subjects and programmes are not eligible for this scholarship:

• Any distance-learning, MPhil, MRes and PhD programmes
• Postgraduate programmes at the School of Computer Science
• For excluded postgraduate programmes at Birmingham Business School: you may consider applying for the Business School Masters Scholarship or the MBA Scholarship.

In order to be eligible, candidates must:

• Have received and accepted an offer for a full-time postgraduate taught master’s programme starting September 2025. The student must be entering onto a degree programme based at Birmingham’s UK campus.
  • Applicants from ‘211’ universities: minimum 80%
  • Applicants from ‘985’ universities: minimum 75%

• Expect to meet the academic conditions of their offer.
• Be classed as Chinese nationals or domiciled in China.
• Eligible Business school programmes are:
  o  MSc Economics
  o  MSc Money, Banking and Finance
  o  MSc Financial Economics
  o  MSc Financial Management
  o  MSc Investments
  o  MSc Financial Technology

• Bachelor’s degree must be from a university in the China ‘985’ project or ‘211’ project with the following minimum average scores.
• Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and have sufficient funds to cover the remaining tuition fee.
• 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.
• Start their studies at the University in September 2025 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).
• Submit their scholarship application by the deadline of 9 May 2025.

Open to students with the following nationalities: China

Open to students living in (domiciled) in the following countries: China

How to Apply

To apply for this scholarship, candidates need to apply by 9 May 2025 (we reserve the right to make changes to this date) using the linked application form.

Selection for the award will be based on academic excellence and the details provided in the scholarship application form.

Please note: There are a limited number of applications which can be accepted for these awards; therefore, the university reserves the right to close this scholarship link before 9 May 2025.