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FAQs Postgraduate Students from North America

This information applies only to POSTGRADUATE awards offered to international students from North America paying the full international tuition fee rate and joining the University in the academic year 2024/25. If there are any questions, we haven't covered please contact us.

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Early Confirmation Award

  • What is the Early Confirmation Award?

    A £1500 reduction in tuition fees is available to new international students beginning a full-time course in the academic year 2023/24 who hold an unconditional offer and pay 90% of net tuition fees by the following deadlines:

    Postgraduate Taught unconditional offer holders 31 August 2023

    Postgraduate Research unconditional offer holders not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter

  • How do I qualify for the Early Confirmation Award?

    You must comply with all the following conditions by the appropriate deadline:

    • Be a new student enrolling at Queen's University Belfast for the first time
    • Have an unconditional offer
    • Pay 90% of your net tuition fees by the appropriate deadline:

    Postgraduate Taught unconditional offer holders 31 August 2023

    Postgraduate Research unconditional offer holders not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter

    All awards are offered subject to meeting our terms and conditions.

  • How much do I need to pay to qualify for the Early Confirmation Award if I'm a postgraduate taught applicant?

    The tables below may be helpful but if you are still unclear as to how much you should pay, please contact international scholarships 

    Fee Rate 1 PGT tuition fees payable with award of International Office Scholarship and Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 1 Tuition fees  

    £19,100.00

    International Office Scholarship

    (£2,000.00)

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid by 31 August 2023)

    £15,600.00

     

    Fee Rate 2 PGT tuition fees payable with award of International Office Scholarship and Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 2 Gross Tuition fees  

    £23,150.00

    International Office Scholarship

    (£3,000.00)

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid by 31 August 2023)

    £18,650.00
  • How much do I need to pay to qualify for the Early Confirmation Award if I'm a postgraduate research applicant?

     The tables below may be helpful but if you are still unclear as to how much you should pay please contact international scholarships 

     

    Fee Rate 1 PGR tuition fees payable with award of Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 1 Tuition fees  

    £18,900.00

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid not later than 90 days before the start date given your offer letter)

    £17,400.00

     

    Fee Rate 2 PGR tuition fees payable with award of Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 2 Gross Tuition fees  

    £23,850.00

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter)

    £22,350.00
  • Is there a deadline for the Early Confirmation Award?

    Postgraduate Taught unconditional offer holders should pay by 31 August 2023 to receive the award.

     Postgraduate Research unconditional offer holders should pay not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter

     

     

     

Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship

  • What is the deadline for applications for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship for postgraduate taught studies?

    For postgraduate taught applicants the deadline for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship is Friday 10 May 2024 at 15:00 BST.

    You must have submitted your video, online application and firmly accepted your offer by this deadline.

    Please ensure you leave adequate time to submit your video as these can take some time to forward during busy periods. If we receive your video after the deadline, it will not be considered.

    If you have not firmly accepted your offer by the deadline your application for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship will not be considered.

  • How will I know I've been awarded the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship?

    This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful.

    A panel of academics from all 3 faculties sit in July to determine which applications are successful.

    We contact the successful candidates by telephone in the first instance.

    Please be aware we contact only the successful candidates. If you have not been contacted by the end of July you may assume you have been unsuccessful. 

Which scholarships are available for PGR?

  • I am a POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH applicant - which scholarships are available to me?

    Queen's Loyalty Scholarship, for Queen’s University alumni - Application required. Applicants must have successfully completed the full duration of their previous programme with Queen’s University Belfast. 

    Queen's Family Scholarship, for children, grandchildren or siblings of current Queen’s University Belfast students or Queen’s University Belfast Alumni - Application required. The scholarship may only be claimed by students whose grandparent, parent or sibling is currently pursuing, or has already completed, a full duration* undergraduate or postgraduate programme at Queen's University Belfast. (*All years of programme must be completed at Queen’s University Belfast).

    Early Confirmation Award, for unconditional offer holders paying tuition fees in full not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter. Where eligible this can be combined with another International Office administered scholarship to increase the value of your award.

    Contact International Scholarships for the Queen's Loyalty and Family Scholarships.

    All awards are made subject to terms and conditions.

    We would recommend that you also review the options available through the Graduate School and on the website at Find a PhD.

     

  • How do I apply for International Office Scholarships?

    Application is required for the Queen's Loyalty and Queen's Family Scholarship, but you should only do this after you have been offered a place to study on your chosen programme.

    Queen's Loyalty Scholarship - contact International Scholarships

    Queen's Family Scholarship - contact International Scholarships

    All awards are made subject to terms and conditions.

  • What are the values of International Office Scholarships available for a postgraduate research classroom based fee rate 1 programme?

    Fee rate 1 programmes are classroom based and have a tuition fee of £18,900 for 2024/25 

    Queen's Loyalty Scholarship or Queen's Family Scholarship 20% reduction on tuition fees
     
    Early Confirmation Award a £1500 reduction on tuition fees for unconditional offer holders paying net tuition fees by the deadline.
       
    Scholarship values for postgraduate research students paying full Fee Rate 1 international tuition fees (CLASSROOM based) £18,900

    Award

    VALUE

    TOTAL VALUE

    TOTAL PAYABLE

    Fee Rate 1 Scholarship  

    Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 1 Scholarship + Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 1 Tuition fees - scholarship and Early Confirmation Award

    Queen's Loyalty Scholarship

    £3,780 

    £1,500

    £5,280

    £13,620

    Queen's Family Scholarship

    £3,780 

    £1,500

    £5,280 

    £13,620

    Early Confirmation Award

    N/A

    £1,500

    £1,500

    £17,400

    All awards are offered subject to terms and conditions.

  • What are the values of International Office Scholarships available for a postgraduate taught laboratory based fee rate 2 programme?

    Fee rate 2 programmes are laboratory based and have a tuition fee of £23,850 for 2024/25 

    Queen's Loyalty Scholarship or Queen's Family Scholarship 20% reduction on tuition fees

    Early Confirmation Award a £1500 reduction on tuition fees for unconditional offer holders paying net tuition fees by the deadline.

    Scholarship values for postgraduate research students paying full Fee Rate 2 international tuition fees (LABORATORY based) £23,850

    Award

    VALUE

    TOTAL VALUE

    TOTAL PAYABLE

    Fee Rate 2 Scholarship

    Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 2 Scholarship + Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 2 Tuition Fees – Scholarship + Early Confirmation Award

    Queen's Loyalty Scholarship

    £4,770

    £1,500

    £6,270

    £17,580

    Queen's Family Scholarship

    £4,770

    £1,500

    £6,270

    £17,580

    Early Confirmation Award

    N/A

    £1,500

    £1,500

    £22,350

    All awards are offered subject to terms and conditions.

     

     

General

Early Confirmation Award

  • What is the Early Confirmation Award?

    A £1500 reduction in tuition fees is available to new international students beginning a full-time course in the academic year 2022/23 who hold an unconditional offer and pay 90% of net tuition fees by the following deadlines:

    Postgraduate Taught unconditional offer holders 30 June 2022

    Postgraduate Research unconditional offer holders not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter

  • How do I qualify for the Early Confirmation Award?

    You must comply with all the following conditions by the appropriate deadline:

    • Be a new student enrolling at Queen's University Belfast for the first time
    • Have an unconditional offer
    • Pay 90% of your net tuition fees by the appropriate deadline:

    Postgraduate Taught unconditional offer holders 30 June 2022

    Postgraduate Research unconditional offer holders not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter

    All awards are offered subject to meeting our terms and conditions.

  • How much do I need to pay to qualify for the Early Confirmation Award if I'm a postgraduate taught applicant?

    The tables below may be helpful but if you are still unclear as to how much you should pay please contact international scholarships 

    Fee Rate 1 PGT tuition fees payable with award of International Office Scholarship and Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 1 Tuition fees  

    £18,200.00

    International Office Scholarship

    (£2,000.00)

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid by 30 June 2022)

    £14,700.00

     

    Fee Rate 2 PGT tuition fees payable with award of International Office Scholarship and Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 2 Gross Tuition fees  

    £22,050.00

    International Office Scholarship

    (£3,000.00)

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid by 30 June 2021)

    £17,550.00
  • How much do I need to pay to qualify for the Early Confirmation Award if I'm a postgraduate research applicant?

     The tables below may be helpful but if you are still unclear as to how much you should pay please contact international scholarships 

     

    Fee Rate 1 PGR tuition fees payable with award of Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 1 Tuition fees  

    £18,000.00

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid not later than 90 days before the start date given your offer letter)

    £17,500.00

     

    Fee Rate 2 PGR tuition fees payable with award of Early Confirmation Award

    Fee Rate 2 Gross Tuition fees  

    £22,700.00

    Early Confirmation Award

    (£1,500.00)

    Tuition fees payable (if paid not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter)

    £21,200.00
  • Is there a deadline for the Early Confirmation Award?

     Postgraduate Taught unconditional offer holders should pay by 30 June 2022 to receive the award.

     Postgraduate Research unconditional offer holders should pay not later than 90 days before the start date given in their offer letter

     

     

     

Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship

  • How do I apply for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship?

    You must have received an offer of a place to study an eligible postgraduate taught programme at the University which you have firmly accepted, completed the online application form and submitted a short video by the deadline of 10 May 2022.

    Postgraduate Taught - apply here

     

  • Can I send supporting documents to support my application?

    Please do not send references, academic transcripts or any form of supporting documentation with your scholarship application.

    Any documents will be deleted and will not be taken into consideration by the panel.

    Your application should consist of your online application form and video submission.

  • What is the value of the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship?

    The Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship will provide 50% of the cost of tuition fees and is awarded each year for up to a maximum of two years.

     

  • How many awards are there?

    The Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship offers:

    4 awards for postgraduate taught students

     

  • Are there any guidance notes to help with my video?

    Your video should outline why you want to come and study at Queen's University Belfast and how you believe your programme of choice will benefit you in your future career aspirations. Please keep to the subject matter, we do not require a list of your academic achievements.

     Guidelines 

     The criteria is not for a high quality video production, you will be judged on the content and the quality of presentation skills only.

    • Please ensure that your video is clearly audible. 
    • If we cannot open your video your submission will not be accepted.
    • Please ensure that you clearly identify your submission by including your Queen's University Belfast application reference and your full name on the email which accompanies your video.
    • Any videos that exceed the requested length of 2 minutes will NOT be considered.

    Please ensure that your video can be opened and viewed by us using VLC media player. VLC media player supports many video file formats, and we would recommend MP4.

    We would suggest using the WeTransfer programme to send your video and would ask that you test it to ensure that it can be opened, before sending

     

     

     

  • What is the deadline for applications for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship for postgraduate taught studies?

    For postgraduate taught applicants the deadline for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship is 15:00 BST 10 May 2022.

    You must have submitted your video, online application and firmly accepted your offer by this deadline.

    Please ensure you leave adequate time to submit your video as these can take some time to forward during busy periods. If we receive your video after the deadline it will not be considered.

    If you have not firmly accepted your offer by the deadline your application for the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship will not be considered.

  • How will I know I've been awarded the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship?

    This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful.

    A panel of academics from all 3 faculties sit in July 2022 to determine which applications are successful.

    We contact the successful candidates by telephone in the first instance.

    Please be aware we  contact only the successful candidates. If you have not been contacted by the end of July 2022 you may assume you have been unsuccessful. 

Which scholarships are available?

General

  • Do you have any full fee scholarships?

    We do not offer full fee scholarships but for exceptionally talented postgraduate taught applicants we offer the Vice Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship.

    This awards a 50% reduction in tuition fees for all years of the programme. 

    Vice-Chancellor's International Attainment Scholarship

    All awards are offered subject to applicants meeting the terms and conditions

  • When will I receive my scholarship?

    All International Office scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees.

    This will be credited to your tuition fee account following enrolment.

    No cash alternative is available.

  • Can I use my International Office scholarship as my deposit?

    International Office scholarships cannot be used in lieu of any required deposit and no cash alternative is available.

  • Do I need to provide evidence of my qualifications or references to access International Office Scholarships?

    Where you are required to make an online application academic or professional achievement will not be considered. Any documents, certificates or references attached to any application will be disregarded and deleted.

     

    All applications are assessed on their individual merits and are considered equally.

  • When can I apply for International Office Scholarships?

    Applicants can only apply and be considered for International Office Scholarships after they have been offered a place to study on their chosen eligible programme. 

    Where you are required to make an online application, this cannot be considered in advance of you receiving an offer of a place to study your chosen programme.

    You will be automatically assessed for the International Office Postgraduate Taught Scholarship - no application is needed.

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