UCL Overseas Research Scholarships

The UCL Overseas Research Scholarships (UCL- ORS), aim to attract high-quality international
students to UCL to undertake research. Approximately 40 UCL-ORS awards are available annually. Eligibility Requirements Applicants must be: in receipt of an offer of admission to (please see IMPORTANT NOTE below) or currently registered at UCL on a full- or part-time research degree programme, and; liable to pay tuition fees at the overseas rate

(Overseas fees status), and;
holding or expecting to achieve at least an upper second-class Honours UK undergraduate
degree or equivalent qualification.
While current students may apply, those entering their third year of research will normally only be considered for funding in exceptional circumstances.
Selection Criteria Scholarships are awarded on the basis of
academic excellence and research potential. Financial circumstances are not taken into account.
Value: Benefits and Duration
Awards consist of fee funding to cover the difference between Overseas and UK/EU tuition
fees. UCL-ORS recipients who do not have any other fee funding will receive additional UCL funding
to cover remaining tuition fees for the duration of the UCL-ORS award.
The award does not cover the Additional Fee Element (AFE) of your programme (if applicable), unless you are also awarded a UCL
GRS award. Awards are tenable for years 1, 2, and 3 of a full-time MPhil/PhD/EngD degree programme (or years 1 to 5 of a part-time programme), subject to annual review and renewal.
Where students are undertaking an
integrated four-year doctoral programme the award will be extended to their final year of
study. If granted, funding begins at the start of the next academic session. Applicants are advised to secure additional.funding to cover living costs, which are estimated to be in the region of £12,000 per
year. Where  UCL-ORS awards may be held in conjunction with UCL Graduate Research
Scholarships (GRS) and other non-fee awards (unless the fee award covers the Home/EU rate only).
Application Deadline and Procedure Information for Students
There is one common application procedure and form for a number of research student scholarship schemes. All applicants will be considered for a UCL GRS, and overseas fee payers will also be
considered for the UCL ORS award and, if applicable, the UCL-CSC (China Scholarships
Council) Scholarships. You only need to complete one application form to be considered for any of these funding schemes, provided you fulfil the relevant eligibility
criteria. Before completing the application form, please
read the Research Scholarship Application Form Guidance Notes.
Eligible candidates must complete the UCL Research Scholarship Application Form, and submit it – along with supporting documents specified in the form. Reference forms are part of the application form but they are available to be downloaded separately from the links below if required. Reference Form 1 Reference Form 2 Reference Form 3 Please note that we have prepared information that may be helpful for your chosen referee, the UCL Guidance for Referees. We suggest you provide your referee with a copy of this document when asking for an academic reference. Complete applications along with required documentation as detailed in the form must be submitted to the applicant's academic department. In order to be shortlisted, you must make sure that your scholarship application is complete. All applications should be sent to the relevant academic department/institute/division/unit. Please check with the administrative staff in your departmental office for details of who to send your application to Applications must be submitted to
departments no later than Friday 17 January 2014. Please be aware that some academic departments set their own deadlines which may be earlier than this date, so make sure you check with them directly.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Potential candidates must ensure that they submit a full scholarship application by the deadline irrespective of whether an offer of admission has reached them or not. The UCL Student Funding Office will check UCL systems at a later date to confirm whether the scholarship applicant holds an offer of admission and on what date that offer was made. Scholarship applicants who do not receive an offer by Friday 28 February 2014 will be excluded from the competition at that point. It is for this reason that we recommend that you apply for admission as early as possible, and submit your scholarship application by the deadline.
Information for Departments
Notification of Results There is a combined selection by UCL academics for the research schemes. The decision of which award a successful candidate will receive is made by the selection panel. The selection panel meets in early March and successful candidates can expect to be notified by Friday 7 March 2014 at the latest.  If you do not hear from us by that date, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful