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Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
Up to £7,500 towards maintenance
Scholarship coverage
- other
Description
The University of St Andrews is nationally and internationally recognised for its quality of teaching and research. However, it is also committed to rewarding excellence within the local community to which it belongs.
Benefits
The recipient will receive one of the following, depending on the student’s living arrangements:
- Up to £7,500 towards maintenance if the student is living away from home
- Up to £2,500 towards maintenance if the student is living at home
The recipient will be required to confirm their intended place of residence at the start of each academic year so that the appropriate level of funding can be awarded on a yearly basis.
Eligibility
The University will award the Fife Dux Scholarship to a student who:
- Is domiciled in Scotland for the purpose of fee status and has been educated in a state funded secondary school in Scotland at least for senior phase (S4 – S6) and is currently at a state secondary school in Fife
- Is identified as the most academic and accomplished pupil at the school in the year of application to the University, and
- Obtains an offer of attendance at the University of St Andrews for an undergraduate course of studies resulting in a first level degree
You must:
- Attend a Fife state-funded secondary school.
- Be identified as the most academic and accomplished pupil at the school in the year of application to the University.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
01 Jul 2027
This scholarship is available through the Fife Dux Scheme (Undergraduate) application form. You can access this application through the Scholarships and funding catalogue in the Scholarships and Funding section of My application.
After you have applied to a new course beginning in the academic year, you will be provided with login details for the My application portal. You must allow at least two working days for processing and issue of your log in details before you can apply for this scholarship.
You will be required to:
Provide a statement of motivation, within the application form, in support of your application (not more than 2000 characters).
Upload a school statement.
Upload evidence of your household income, as stated in your funding financial profile.