SOAS Academic Excellence Scholarship Home

SOAS will be awarding up to 20 Home Academic Excellence Scholarships worth various amounts to students from around the UK. This includes up to 15 full fee waivers (equivalent to 100% of tuition fees) and up to five partial fee waivers worth £10,000.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the award, you must:

• Have applied for a postgraduate degree for September 2026 (the scholarship selection panel will only be able to award a scholarship to those applicants who have received an offer to study with SOAS).
• Be a Home/UK fee-paying student.
• Possess or expect to be awarded a first class honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent. Applicants with a non-UK degree must be in the top rank as evidenced by references and transcripts. Applicants with a 2.1 may also apply but will not be given preference.

Notification of results

Successful applicants with an offer to study at SOAS will be notified by the end of July 2026.

Applying to multiple scholarships

You can apply for multiple scholarships and discounts, but can only accept and apply one to your tuition fees. You cannot combine scholarships and discounts (e.g., alumni, family, or partnership discount), so if you’re successful in more than one application you will need to choose the option with the highest value.