This is a competitive process, and only a small number of applicants per country will be successful.
A panel of senior staff from the University will select the successful scholarship awardees.
We aim to inform you of the outcome of your scholarship application.
Once offered a scholarship, you must:
- Accept the offer formally, following the link within your offer email
- Make York your firm choice
These actions must be completed by the deadline provided in your offer email. Otherwise, you will lose your scholarship, and it will be offered to a reserve candidate.
This scholarship open to: Students from China (mainland only), Malaysia (Justice and Law)*, Nigeria and Vietnam.
To be considered for the scholarship, you must:
- be a citizen of China, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Vietnam
- be paying fees at the overseas fee rate (any fee assessments must be completed by May 2025
- have met any language condition of your offer by May 2025
- have a conditional or unconditional offer to study a one year postgraduate taught course at the University of York by May 2025 (you don't need to have accepted the offer).
Students from Malaysia are eligible to apply if they have an offer to study one of the below courses:
- LLM Law
- LLM Art Law
- LLM International Corporate and Commercial Law
- LLM International Human Rights Law and Practice
- LLM Legal and Political Theory
- LLM International Law and Practice
- LLM Professional Legal Practice (SQE1 & SQE2)
- MA Applied Human Rights
- LLM International Business Law and Practice
- Applicants will be assessed based on a written application and prior academic merit.
- Strong preference will be given to applicants with the strongest academic record (for example, a UK first class degree or equivalent).
