Fast-track postgraduate offers for UCA students and alumni

A fee discount off the first-year tuition fee is available to eligible UCA, LCCA and LCCM students who match the following criteria:

• A current UCA, LCCA or LCCM student in your final year or have graduated from UCA, LCCA or LCCM up to five years ago.
• The course you completed (or will complete) was a BA/BSc (Hons) degree.
• Applying to study a postgraduate degree (such as a MA, MFA, MSc, MBM, MBA, MArch) starting in 2026.

The discount available depends on the grade you achieved in your undergraduate course:

• If you achieved a 2:1 and above you will receive a 50% tuition fee discount
• If you achieved a 2:2 you will receive a fee discount of £1,500

You do not need to apply. The discount will automatically be deducted from your fees before you enrol. The fee discount will be split over two years for part-time courses.

If you achieved a 1st in your undergraduate course at UCA you will receive a fee discount of £2,500.

This discount is off the fees of all years of the course you are progressing to and is available to UK graduates of all UCA undergraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your PhD course.

If you are progressing from the International Foundation in Creative Practices course to an undergraduate course, you can get a progression discount of £1,500 off the fees for the first year of the course you are progressing to.

• Value: £4,000 for students that pass and progress to the next stage of their undergraduate or postgraduate course (excluding the International Foundation in Creative Practices and one-semester integrated pre-masters).
• Course(s): All full-time undergraduate and postgraduate taught degree courses.
• Eligibility: All international students.
• Criteria: Students need to achieve a pass or above in the previous year of study.

Note 1: Students who joined UCA before Sept 2025 will receive the Excellence scholarship if they achieved a pass or above in their previous year's study, valued at £2,000 per year (£4,000 for Nepalese students).

Note 2: Students who join in Sept 2025 will receive the UCA Continuing Performance Scholarship.

Note 3: Students who joined in Sept 2025 receive £2,000 each progressing year of an undergraduate course (excludes PPY). £4,000 per year for students from South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka).

For postgraduate taught courses, the progression discount depends on the grade you achieved in your undergraduate course and if you studied at UCA, LCCA and LCCM:

• If you achieved a 2:1 and above you will receive a 50% tuition fee discount
• If you achieved a 2:2 you will receive a fee discount of £3,000

This discount is off the fees of the first year of the course you are progressing to and is available for International graduates (who studied at) of all UCA, LCCA and LCCM undergraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your postgraduate course.

Undergraduate to Masters scholarships are only available to students who apply directly to UCA. Applications submitted via an education agent, or third-party service are not eligible, and the discount will not be applied.

For students progressing from ICI China to a postgraduate taught course at UCA you will receive a 50% tuition fee discount if you have achieved a 1st, 2:1 or 2:2 grade in your undergraduate course.

This discount is off the fees of the first year of the course you are progressing to and is available for International graduates of all ICI undergraduate degrees who graduated within the previous five years of starting your postgraduate course.

• Value: Full fee waiver for the one year duration of masters course
• Number available: three
• Course(s): 
  

• Eligibility: All eligible students.
• Criteria: Highest achieving graduate score from ICI for BA Visual Communication Design, BA Environmental Design OR BA Digital Media Arts

Eligibility

• Applicable for the stated entry points.
• The scholarship cannot be combined with any other UCA scholarship.
• Successful applicants will be expected to get involved in promotional activities.
• There are a limited number of each scholarship available and they are awarded on a first come first serve basis so long as you meet the eligibility criteria and you have been nominated by an academic.
• Scholarships are awarded based on the information provided. If any information is later found to be falsified/misleading, the scholarship may be removed if this means that an applicant no longer meets the above criteria.

How to apply

You do not need to apply for the scholarships listed in this section. They will be applied automatically for anyone who is eligible once you have applied.