The Excellence Scholarship is a cash award of £1,000 paid in your first year of study, available to students who attain the highest grades in their pre-entry qualifications, regardless of household income levels.
Eligibility
To receive the Scholarship you must
- commence a full-time undergraduate degree course at Keele University in September 2018
- be a UK or EU student liable to pay £9,250* tuition fees
- achieve at least AAA in your A levels (or equivalent).
Students with the relevant grades in a mixture of qualifications (for example, two Distinctions in a BTEC qualification and an "A" grade in one A level) could be eligible to receive an Excellence Scholarship.
Exceptions
- The Scholarship will not be awarded to students who receive NHS or other public funding for their course. Please note that if you do not receive the NHS bursary you may be eligible.
- Students taking undergraduate medicine will not receive the Keele Excellence Scholarship.
- The Excellence Scholarship is aimed at students who are taking their first degree. Students who have a degree or equivalent level qualification will not be considered for a Keele Excellence Scholarship.
- Please note that this award is only available to students who enter onto year 1 of their programme of study. Students entering directly onto subsequent years (for example, those transferring from other institutions) will not be eligible.
EU Students
If you are an EU student and your qualifications are not listed please contact the International Team who will be able to assess your qualifications - international@keele.ac.uk.
Please note Keele University use UK NARIC information when calculating grade equivalencies for further information: https://www.naric.org.uk
