University of Surrey 2025 Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award

This prestigious award recognises academic excellence and is awarded to selected students starting a degree at the University of Surrey in September 2025, who understand social responsibility and demonstrate the potential to be future leaders.

The scholarship is awarded as a £7,500 fee waiver. It is open to self-funded international fee-paying students domiciled in specific countries. The scheme is application based and awards are decided by a scholarship awards panel. The panel will assess previous academic performance, predicted grades (if applicable) and the personal statement to make their decision.

• Table of Content
• About University of Surrey
• Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award
• Aim and Benefits of Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award
• Requirements for Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Surrey

The University of Surrey was established on 9 September 1966 with the grant of its Royal Charter, but its roots go back to a late 19th-century concern to provide greater access to further and higher education for the poorer inhabitants of London. Since the University's founding in the 1960s, and before that at Battersea College, our community has thrived through strong connections and collaboration with the outside world. We've formed close partnerships with other institutions and businesses, reaching across geographic boundaries, and used those relationships to bring potential to life.... continue reading

Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award

Application Deadline	31 Jul 2025
Value	£7,500
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	University of Surrey
Type	Undergraduate
Sponsor	University of Surrey
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award

The scholarship is awarded as a £7,500 fee waiver

Requirements for Vice Chancellor’s Future Leaders Award Qualification

In order to be eligible applicants must:

• Be an overseas fee-paying student domiciled in one of the following countries: Algeria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe
• Hold an offer to study a full time degree programme at Surrey in September 2025. This should be either a Bachelor degree at FHEQ Level 4 (first-year entry) or a full-time Master’s degree, taught on-campus in Guildford
• Be self-funded (you must be paying for your studies independently rather than being sponsored or in receipt of another scholarship)
• This Scholarship is not open to students from Surrey International Study Centre (SISC)
• Applicants in receipt of the Future Leaders scholarship will not be eligible for any other Surrey Scholarship. 

This scholarship cannot be combined with the alumni discount.

Application Deadline

July 31, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to University of Surrey on forms.office.com to apply

This scholarship is application-based. Surrey offer-holders may apply via the online form.

• Applications are reviewed monthly between April and July 2025
• Applications for this scholarship will close on 31 July 2025
• You must have an offer (for September 2025 entry) from the University to complete the Scholarship application form
• Applications without a valid student ID and offer will not be assessed.

For application enquiries please contact [email protected].

Our scholarship awards are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please apply early. 

For more details, visit University of Surrey scholarship webpage