World Changers RUK Excellence Scholarship
World Changers RUK Excellence Scholarship
The RUK Excellence Scholarship of £1,000 for each year of study will be awarded to first degree new entrants who have attained academic excellence in one sitting at A Level. for 2026-27 entrants, they will need to achieve A*AA.
Please see here for full details and eligibility criteria for 2026 entry.
Note: Nursing, Product Design, Dentistry, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine applicants are not eligible for this award. Students coming in on Faster Route programmes will need to achieve A*A*A to be qualified for this award.
Eligible countries/regions
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Wales
Eligible programmes
- Accountancy & Finance
- Accounting & Mathematics
- Accounting & Statistics
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Aerospace Systems
- Anatomy
- Ancient History
- Archaeology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Business & Management
- Business Economics
- Celtic Civilisation
- Celtic Studies
- Central & East European Studies
- Chemical Physics
- Chemistry
- Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering with Architecture
- Classics (Classical Civilisation)
- Common Law
- Community Development
- Comparative Literature
- Computing Science
- Computing Science (faster route)
- Creative Arts & Industries
- Digital Media & Information Studies
- Economic & Social History
- Economics
- Education with Teaching Qualification (Primary)
- Electronic & Software Engineering
- Electronics & Electrical Engineering
- Electronics with Music
- English Language & Linguistics
- English Literature
- Environmental Geoscience
- Environmental Science & Sustainability (Dumfries campus)
- Film & Television Studies
- Finance & Mathematics
- Finance & Statistics
- French
- Gaelic
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- Greek
- History
- History of Art
- Human Biology & Physiology
- Immunology
- International Relations
- Italian
- Latin
- Liberal Arts
- Machine Learning, Mathematics & Statistics
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Mathematics
- Mathematics (faster route)
- Mathematics/Statistics (faster route)
- Mechanical Design Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics
- Mechatronics
- Microbiology
- Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science)
- Music
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Physics / Theoretical Physics
- Physics with Astrophysics
- Politics
- Portuguese
- Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries campus)
- Psychology
- Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
- Russian
- Scots Law
- Scottish History
- Scottish Literature
- Social & Public Policy
- Sociology
- Software Engineering
- Software Engineering (faster route)
- Spanish
- Sport & Exercise Science
- Statistics
- Statistics (faster route)
- Theatre Studies
- Theology & Religious Studies
- Veterinary Biosciences
- Zoology
Value
£1000 for each year of progressive study. This is a cash stipend split into two payments of £500 throughout the academic year.
How to apply
There is no application for the RUK Excellence Scholarship; information from UCAS will be used to assess eligibility.
Should you be awarded the RUK Excellence Scholarship, you will be informed in October. We thank you for your patience.