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Commonwealth of Independent States Undergraduate Excellence Award

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Undergraduate Excellence Award is the University of Nottingham’s scholarship award, designed to support international students who have achieved academic excellence and show true passion for their chosen field of study. We're offering scholarships for high-achieving international students who live in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and neighbouring countries in Central Asia, covering £2,000 towards tuition fees in the first year of the chosen degree course.

Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, you must:

• be domiciled in one of the eligible countries (listed below)
• be classed as an 'overseas' student for tuition fee purposes
• hold an offer to begin any full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Nottingham in September 2025

How to apply

You must apply for an undergraduate degree course at the University of Nottingham and receive an offer of study before you can apply for this scholarship.

Search for courses and find out how to apply through UCAS.

Once you have received your offer, you can apply for this scholarship through the scholarships section of the NottinghamHub.

In your application, you will be asked about your achievements, study plans, reasons for choosing to study with us and and details of your predicted grades (if applicable). Make sure you have enough time to prepare strong answers. We will assess your responses and academic merit when making scholarship decisions.

Please note that there is a strict word count limit for all questions, which is outlined at the end of each question. The system does not automatically limit this, so you would be encouraged to check your application before you submit. Any responses submitted that exceed the outlined word count may not be reviewed.

If you are studying in the UK, you should apply for the UK International Undergraduate Excellence Award.

Scholarship criteria

You do not need to respond to your offer in UCAS before submitting your application for this scholarship. 

Scholarships will be awarded after assessing all scholarship applications. We will contact you at the end of April 2025 to confirm the outcome of your application.

To maximise the reach of University's Scholarships offering, our international scholarships cannot be combined with other competitive University scholarships. Where you are awarded multiple scholarships, the single highest-value award will be applied. 

International scholarships are available to self-funded students only.  If you are sponsored by an external funding body, e.g. government, business, employer, trust or charity, you are not eligible to apply. 

If you are awarded this scholarship, it will be deducted from the tuition fees charged to you as a student at the University of Nottingham. We will not pay tuition fee scholarships to you directly.

Check our frequently asked questions, scholarship application guidance notes and scholarship terms and conditions for further information.