Scholarships
Scholarships can provide financial support whilst you are on your study or work abroad placement. Please find below the list of scholarships available to students for the 2022/23 academic year.
** Applications now open **
Each year BUTEX awards a number of scholarships to undergraduate students studying abroad for either a semester or a whole academic year.
The value of each scholarship is £500 and it will be paid to the winners once they have arrived and registered at their host university. BUTEX will also make a special award in honour of our late Treasurer, the Tony Emmerson Award. This scholarship will be awarded in the event of an American Studies student being successful in the competition. This award will also be for £500.
Applicants should design a poster, upload a YouTube vlog, or write a blog on the challenges they may encounter/have encountered whilst studying abroad and how these were overcome. Submissions will be used to help improve the support and advice that BUTEX can give to students.
Requirements:
- You must have been offered a place to study abroad.
- Your placement must take place in 2022 and must be for either one semester or one year.
Application deadline: 31st July 2022
To apply: Visit the BUTEX Scholarship website.
The British Chamber of Commerce in Germany (BCCG) Foundation Scholarships provides supplementary financial support for study or research in Germany. The BCCG seeks to promote understanding between the peoples and the furtherance of cultural relations between the two countries.
Requirements:
- Citizens of the UK are eligible to apply for awards for study or research in Germany.
- Applicants should be undertaking full time courses of study at universities leading to degrees, diplomas or equivalent qualifications. Research students are also eligible.
To apply: Visit the BCCG's website and contact them for more details.
The Languages for World Peace and Understanding Scholarship is worth £600 and is awarded to a student who will be undertaking a study abroad year in 2022/23 in a Spanish and/ or French speaking country.
Applications for the 2022/23 cohort will be opening soon. Please check back for any updated information soon.
Requirements:
- Only undergraduate students are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
- Students must be intending to spend at least 6 months of the 2021/22 academic year travelling in a Spanish and/ or French speaking country.
- Applications are not restricted to students studying within the Department of Modern Languages, but applicants must be able to satisfy the Selection Panel that they have adequate knowledge of the language of the country they propose to visit.
- Students must not be nationals of the country they propose to visit.
Application deadline: To be confirmed for 2022/23.
To apply: Find the application form here (currently not updated for 2022/23 applications yet).
The Mrs Bessie Rook Memorial Scholarships are awarded to students who will be studying abroad in German and/or French speaking countries. For the 2022/23 academic year 6 scholarships are available, each worth £1,000.
Requirements:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students are eligible to apply for these scholarships.
- Students must be intending to spend at least 6 months of the 2022/23 academic year travelling and residing in a German and/ or French speaking country.
- Applications are not restricted to students studying within the Department of Modern Languages, but applicants must be able to satisfy the Selection Panel that they have adequate knowledge of the language of the country they propose to visit.
- Students must not be nationals of the country they propose to visit.
Application deadline: 20 May 2022
How to apply: Visit the application website and complete the form.
In partnership with Universities UK International (UUKi), QS MoveON is proud to announce the Stand Out scholarship. This is a new scholarship exclusively for student exchange between UK and EU universities.
Please check back soon for more information on applications for the 2022/23 academic year.