Taiwan, Japan and South Korea Postgraduate Chancellor's Scholarships

Level of study: Postgraduate taught masters
Subject area: Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medicine and Health, Education, European Studies, Health Services Management, International Development, International Relations, Local Government Studies, Planning, Political Science, Russian and East European Studies, Social Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Teacher Training, Urban and Regional Studies
Nationality: Japan, Korea, South, Taiwan
Type of Award: University
Deadline for applying: Closes 27/04/2025

Award Description

The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce a number of scholarships of £6,000 for select students in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. These scholarship awards are forstudents applying for entry to a postgraduate programme at the University starting September 2025.

These are joint awards with our local representatives who are listed below in alphabetical order.

The scholarships will be awarded based on academic merit and a university of Birmingham interview to the highest performing students starting their University of Birmingham programme in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Please note that the scholarship cannot be combined with external government awards.

Value of Award

The scholarship is 13 x £6,000 towards tuition fees of a full-time postgraduate degree programme (excluding Business School) at the University of Birmingham UK campus, starting September 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

Students applying to our Business School programmes are not eligible for this scholarship. Please note that Business School applicants can apply for scholarships offered by the Birmingham Business School.

Please note that distance-learning, MPhil, MRes and PhD programmes are not eligible for this award.

Please note that students already registered and studying on a programme at the University of Birmingham in the UK are not eligible for this scholarship.

In order to be eligible, candidates must:

Have received an offer and selected the University of Birmingham as their firm choice for a full-time postgraduate programme starting September 2025. The student must be entering 2025 the postgraduate programme based at Birmingham’s UK campus.
Meet the academic conditions of their offer to the programme.
Be classed as domiciled in one of the following countries: Taiwan, Japan or South Korea.
Be classed by the University as an overseas fee payer for tuition fee purposes and have sufficient funds to cover the remaining tuition fee.
Have sufficient funds to cover the full cost of living at the University of Birmingham, plus any visa/travel expenses associated with studying in the UK.
Start their studies at the University in September 2025 (the scholarship award may not be deferred).
Be registered with, and have their undergraduate study application attached to, one of our local representatives listed below in alphabetical order.
Submit your scholarship application through one of our local representatives by the deadline; 27 April 2025.
Upon enrolment in September 2025, pay their net tuition fees for the first year by 1 November, immediately following enrolment.

How to Apply

To apply for this scholarship, students need to apply to the university through our local representative and accept the offer. The closing date for consideration is 27th April. We will announce the interview shortlist on 5th May, conduct interviews by 9th May, and inform the results on 12th May. (The University of Birmingham reserves the right to change any of these dates and process.)

Local Representatives

Taiwan

IDP Education Limited
Tel: 886 2 2570 1466
Email: info.taipei@idp.com
Web: www.idp.com/taiwan

Oxbridge Consulting
Tel: 886 2 2779 0801
Email: service@oxbridge.com.tw
Web: www.oxbridge.com.tw/

SI-UK Taipei
Tel: +886227556365
Email: taipei@studyin-uk.com
Web: www.studyin-uk.com.tw

Studylink Education Advisory Services
Tel: +88677321528
Email: tracy@studylinkuk.com.tw
Web: www.studylink.com.tw

Japan

Beo
Beo have offices in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
Email: study@beo.jp
Website: www.beo.jp

SI-UK Tokyo
Takagi Building 3F
Kamiosaki 2−15−14
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141-0021
Tel: 03-5272-9143
Email: tokyo@ukeducation.jp
Website: www.ukeducation.jp 

SI-UK Osaka
Nissei Building East 2F
Shibata 2−2−13
Kita-ku
Osaka 530-0012
Tel: 06-6147-5681
Email: osaka@ukeducation.jp
Website: www.ukeducation.jp

South Korea

UKEN (UK Education Network)
607 Osung Bldg.,
113 Yeoksam-ro,
Gangnam-gu,
Seoul 06242
Tel: +82 2 2052 1221
Email: uken@uken.kr 
Website: UKEN (UK Education Network)

IDP Education
12 FL, S&G Tower,
61 Seocho-daero 77-gil,
Seocho-gu,
Seoul 06611
Tel: +82-2-550-0303 
Email: info.gangnam@idp.com
Website: www.korea.idp.com