Key facts for the Community scholarship

Community Scholarships 2025/6 (the “Scholarships”)

This Key Facts Document sets out the main details of the Scholarships, as at date of publication. This document should be reviewed alongside the University of Dundee Scholarship and Bursary Terms and Conditions, as those terms and conditions will provide you with additional information that apply to you in respect of the Scholarships. If there is any inconsistency between this Key Facts Document and the University of Dundee Scholarship and Bursary Terms and Conditions, the provisions of the Scholarship and Bursary Terms and Conditions will prevail.

Date of publication

September 2024, applicable to 2025/6 academic year (September 2025 or January 2026 entry)

Application Process

1. There is no separate application form for this Scholarship, for any region. Your eligibility will be based on the information you provide to the University during the application process.
2. The Scholarships are applicable to the following regions:

• Africa
• South Asia

3. The University of Dundee Admissions Team will use information from your application to study to determine if you meet the eligibility criteria.
4. The verification process takes place at the Initial Offer stage, where you provide evidence that your current domicile (also known as area of permanent residence on your application to study) is within one of the above regions/countries.
5. You must ensure the information in your application and any supporting documentation is correct, complete, accurate and up to date as any award is based on this information. The University of Dundee reserves the right to withdraw this award if you have submitted information which is false, fraudulent, incorrect, or misleading.

Who is eligible?

To apply you must:

1. Hold an offer to study an eligible Undergraduate or Postgraduate Taught programme of study at the University of Dundee:

• Undergraduate – Must hold an offer for a full time, on campus programme. This excludes any course in the School of Medicine or Dentistry.
  The course must be 120 credits per year.
• Postgraduate taught – Must hold an offer for a full time, on campus programme in any academic school.
  The course must be 180 credits, apart from PGDip in Professional Legal Practice which is covered by the Scholarship.
• Master of Research (MRes) Courses are covered by this scholarship.

2. Be starting your programme of study in September 2025 or January 2026.
3. Be domiciled and/or permanently resident in an African or South Asian country, as at the date of your application to study.
4. Be awarded one of the following scholarships:

• Vice-Chancellor’s Africa
• Vice-Chancellor’s South Asia
• Global Excellence Scholarship

5. Be classified as an International Fee-paying student by the University of Dundee.
6. Not be studying a PhD Course.
7. Have a programme tuition fee of at least £21,600. Any programme which does not have a fee of this value, or above, will not be considered for this award.

Scholarship Information

1. The value of this scholarship is £2,500 and is a one-off tuition fee waiver applied to the first year of study only.
2. All scholarships are paid as a tuition fee waiver. No direct payment is made to any applicant.
3. The scholarship is paid in the first year of applicable study only.
4. Scholarships are awarded on an Unconditional basis. However, this is not linked to your application to study status.
5. Scholarships cannot be awarded on a pro-rata basis.

Key Information

The following information should be read alongside the Vice-Chancellor’s Key Facts and Global Excellence Scholarship Key Facts documents.

1. This Scholarship is applicable in the entry year to the University of Dundee only (September 2025 or January 2026 intake) and cannot be backdated to previous years.
2. The programme must be a 12-month, full time programme. If the programme is less than 12 months, then you are not eligible for the Scholarship.
3. The programme must be a 180-credit programme. If the programme is less than 120 credits, then you are not eligible for the bursary.
4. If you have applied for a Part Time or Distance Learning programme, then you are not eligible for this bursary.

• You are unable to combine the Community Scholarship with any other University of Dundee scholarship or bursary except for the Vice-Chancellor’s Africa, Vice-Chancellor’s South Asia and Global Excellence Scholarship.
• If you have an externally funded scholarship that covers part of the full tuition fee, this can be awarded alongside one or more University of Dundee scholarships. (Provided that the total of combined does not exceed the total University of Dundee tuition fee).
• If you have a fully funded external scholarship, the Community Scholarship will be removed as all tuition fees will be covered.
• The University will not provide the Community Scholarship as an additional award.

5. Should you wish to defer your entry to the University of Dundee, the following rules apply:

• Deferral within the same academic year: Scholarship can also be deferred.
• Deferral to a new academic year: Scholarship cannot be deferred.

6. Clearing applicants are eligible to receive this scholarship, and eligibility will be assessed as above.

• Changes to the programme of study:
  
  If you change your programme of study before/ during matriculation or after latest start date (30.09.2025), the University of Dundee reserves the right to reassess your eligibility for scholarships and may withdraw the Scholarship Offer should your eligibility have changed.
• If your Fee status or any other personal information changes before, during or after matriculation, the University reserves the right to reassess your eligibility for scholarships and may withdraw the Scholarship Offer should your eligibility have changed.

8. If you have paid your tuition fees in full prior to being awarded the Community Scholarship, the value of the scholarship will be refunded to you after you have enrolled at the University of Dundee. Alternatively, this can be transferred to your University accommodation account balance (if applicable).
9. The scholarship is only awarded in the year in which full tuition fees are paid.

• This applies to applicants who may study abroad during their Undergraduate studies. The University of Dundee will confirm the status of the Scholarship where required.

10. You will be notified of any scholarship updates via the applicant portal. We may also communicate with you via your @dundee.ac.uk email address or any other email address you provide us. Types of communication may be:

• Confirming the scholarship.
• Informing you that you have not met the criteria to be awarded the scholarship.
• Requesting further information.

11. The University of Dundee is unable to disclose details of the scholarship to anyone other than you unless you provide us with your consent to do so.
12. Should you withdraw from your programme of study, the University may be in contact regarding payment of fees and scholarship balance.
13. All scholarship decisions are final and cannot be appealed.