Lancaster University

Lancaster runs most of its international funding through the faculties rather than one central pot, and the records below reflect that: management, science, health and the humanities each carry their own excellence scholarships, most of them expressed as a percentage of the programme fee. That structure makes the faculty line on each card the first thing to read, because two similar-looking awards can belong to different schools with different application routes.

Doctoral funding at Lancaster comes mainly from UK research council studentships and university studentships, awarded through departments and projects. Research students should start from funded project listings and supervisor conversations, since that is where the money is actually attached. Taught postgraduate and undergraduate students meet the excellence scholarships below, plus a set of progression awards for students entering through Lancaster's international study centre.

Lancaster's fee-percentage awards are straightforward to compare once you know your programme, since the percentage on the card is the discount you get. The deadline shown is current for this cycle, and the official link on each card goes to the Lancaster page that states the terms, which is where you confirm eligibility before applying.