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Submit an essay before your interview and you could be eligible for £5,000 for each year of your studies – up to a total of £20,000.
Physics and Astronomy has offered a scholarship scheme for more than 10 years. This year the awards will be made based on a short essay and an interview at a Visit Day.
The essay will be up to 500 words on a physics topic of your choice.
In order to enter you will need to submit your UCAS application to study physics at Southampton by 30 November 2021. You will need to submit your essay to us by 10 December 2021.
You will also need to attend a Visit Day before the end of January. Once you receive an offer from us, we’ll send details of our Visit Days and how to book.
So that we can be sure that you’ve written the essay yourself, you will be asked questions on the topic as part of your interview, at a Visit Day. We expect that the top five essays will lead to offers of the Achievement Award, unless there are unforeseen circumstances.
The scholarship consists of an unconditional offer* on your choice of course and £5,000 upon registration for the first year and £5,000 per year for subsequent years, subject to continuing first-class performance, up to a total value of £20,000.
The essay will not be used in any other part of the admissions process and will not have any impact on your offer – so there’s nothing to lose!
The scholarship scheme is open to international applicants*.
* Whilst the financial part of the scholarship is open to all our applicants, international applicants who require a student visa to study in the UK are not eligible for the unconditional offer.
Conditions:
You must make the University of Southampton your firm choice to be eligible.
While you are studying here, you will need to pay annual tuition fees to us. You will also need to consider other expenses such as living costs, accommodation fees and study materials.
If you have a sponsor who will be paying all or part of your tuition fees, you need to complete a fees sponsorship form to notify the Student Fees Office.
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In addition to the funding provided by Physics and Astronomy and the University, our students also have the opportunity to be sponsored by companies during their degree programmes.
Southampton is one of only six UK universities to accept students sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS). The DTUS offers scholarships to students wishing to pursue a technical, engineeering or scientific career in one of the three armed services or the MOD civil service. More than 140 students at the University are now sponsored by the DTUS.