Computer Science Scholarships for International Students 2026

Computer science is one of the most funded fields in higher education, with tech companies and universities competing to attract strong students. The awards below cover AI, software engineering and data science at every level.

1. Oxford-DeepMind Graduate Scholarship. Funds master's students in computer science at Oxford, supported by DeepMind.

2. Generation Google Scholarship. Google's award for students in computing who are underrepresented in the field, open at partner universities.

3. Microsoft Scholarship. Microsoft funds computing students through scholarships at partner universities, alongside its Research Women's Fellowship for PhD students.

4. Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence. A top-up award for AI students at Ontario universities, funded by the Vector Institute.

5. MSc Ada Lovelace Scholarship at Imperial. Imperial College London's awards for women and home students on its computing master's programmes.

6. Schulich Artificial Intelligence Entrance Award. Supports students entering AI programmes at George Brown College in Canada.

7. Computer Science Cliff Kamara Scholarship at Newcastle. A computing scholarship at Newcastle University in the UK.

8. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Postgraduate Scholarship. Covers postgraduate study in AI and data science at partner universities.

The tech-company awards (Google, Microsoft, DeepMind) are competitive and look for technical ability plus demonstrated interest in the field. University awards are often simpler and tied to admission. Deadlines vary by school, so check each listing and aim to apply in the earliest admission round.

Computer science funding has an unusual feature: a lot of it comes from industry and from research groups rather than from government schemes. A funded PhD place in a lab is often paid from a grant, an industry partnership or a doctoral training programme, and it is advertised as a position with a topic rather than as a scholarship with a form.

That changes the search. University vacancy pages, lab websites and the personal pages of professors are where funded places appear, and the application is a CV plus a short statement plus a conversation. Industry schemes from the large technology companies usually fund doctoral research in specific areas, and they are announced on the company's research page rather than on a scholarship portal.

At master's level, funding is thinner and more often partial. Tuition scholarships and fee discounts are common, full packages are not, and the strongest route for an international applicant is usually a government scheme that funds the degree in full.

Two things help more than another certificate. A public record of work, such as a repository, a paper or a project with real users, gives a committee something to read. And a specific research interest, stated in one sentence and supported by that record, is what turns an application into a conversation.