# Scholarships & funding

**Source**: https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/rukexcellencescholarship/
**Parent**: https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/how-to-apply-for-an-undergraduate-degree/choosingyourdegree/faster-route/

## World Changers RUK Excellence Scholarship

## World Changers RUK Excellence Scholarship

The RUK Excellence Scholarship of £1,000 for each year of study will be awarded to first degree new entrants who have attained academic excellence in one sitting at A Level.

**Please see [here for full details and eligibility criteria for 2025 entry.](https://www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/englandwalesandnorthernireland2024/)**

Note: Nursing, Product Design, Dentistry, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine applicants are not eligible for this award. Students coming in on Faster Route programmes will need to achieve A\*A\*A to be qualified for this award.

## Eligible countries/regions

- England
- Northern Ireland
- Wales

## Eligible programmes

- [Accountancy & Finance](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/accountancy/)
- [Accounting & Mathematics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/accountingmathematics/)
- [Accounting & Statistics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/accountingstatistics/)
- [Aeronautical Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/aeronauticalengineering/)
- [Aerospace Engineering (joint degree with SIT)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/aerospaceengineeringsit/)
- [Aerospace Systems](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/aerospacesystems/)
- [Anatomy](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/anatomy/)
- [Ancient History](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/ancienthistory/)
- [Archaeology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/archaeology/)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/artificial-intelligence/)
- [Astronomy](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/astronomy/)
- [Biochemistry](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/biochemistry/)
- [Biomedical Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/biomedicalengineering/)
- [Business & Management](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/businessmanagement/)
- [Business Economics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/businesseconomics/)
- [Celtic Civilisation](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/celticcivilisation/)
- [Celtic Studies](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/celticstudies/)
- [Central & East European Studies](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/centraleasteuropeanstudies/)
- [Chemical Physics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/chemicalphysics/)
- [Chemistry](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/chemistry/)
- [Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/chemistrymedicinal/)
- [Civil Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/civilengineering/)
- [Civil Engineering with Architecture](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/civilengineeringwitharchitecture/)
- [Classics (Classical Civilisation)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/classics/)
- [Common Law](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/commonlaw/)
- [Community Development](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/communitydevelopment/)
- [Comparative Literature](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/comparativeliterature/)
- [Computing Science](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/computingscience/)
- [Computing Science (faster route)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/computing-science-faster-route/)
- [Creative Arts & Industries](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/creativeartsindustries/)
- [Digital Media & Information Studies](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/digitalmedia/)
- [Economic & Social History](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/economicsocialhistory/)
- [Economics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/economics/)
- [Education with Primary Teaching Qualification](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/education/)
- [Electronic & Software Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/electronicsoftwareengineering/)
- [Electronics & Electrical Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/electronics/)
- [Electronics & Electrical Engineering with Information Engineering (dual degree with UESTC)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/electronicselectricaluestc/)
- [Electronics with Music](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/electronicswithmusic/)
- [English Language & Linguistics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/englishlanguage/)
- [English Literature](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/englishliterature/)
- [Environmental Geoscience](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/environmentalgeoscience/)
- [Environmental Science & Sustainability (Dumfries campus)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/environmentalsciencesustainability/)
- [Film & Television Studies](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/filmtelevisionstudies/)
- [Finance & Mathematics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/financemathematics/)
- [Finance & Statistics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/financestatistics/)
- [French](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/french/)
- [Gaelic](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/gaelic/)
- [Genetics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/genetics/)
- [Geography](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/geography/)
- [Geology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/geology/)
- [German](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/german/)
- [Greek](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/greek/)
- [History](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/history/)
- [History of Art](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/historyofart/)
- [Human Biology & Physiology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/humanbiology/)
- [Immunology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/immunology/)
- [International Relations](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/internationalrelations/)
- [Italian](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/italian/)
- [Latin](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/latin/)
- [Liberal Arts](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/liberal-arts/)
- [Machine Learning, Mathematics & Statistics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/machine-learning-mathematics-statistics/)
- [Marine & Freshwater Biology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/marinefreshwaterbiology/)
- [Mathematics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mathematics/)
- [Mathematics (faster route)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mathematics-faster-route/)
- [Mathematics/Statistics (faster route)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mathematicsstatistics-faster-route/)
- [Mechanical Design Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mechanicaldesignengineering/)
- [Mechanical Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mechanicalengineering/)
- [Mechanical Engineering (joint degree with SIT)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mechanicalengineeringsit/)
- [Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mechanicalengineeringwithaeronautics/)
- [Mechatronics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/mechatronics/)
- [Microbiology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/microbiology/)
- [Molecular & Cellular Biology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/molecularcellularbiology/)
- [Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Biotechnology)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/biotechnology/)
- [Molecular & Cellular Biology (with Plant Science)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/plantscience/)
- [Music](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/musicma/)
- [Music](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/musicbmus/)
- [Neuroscience](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/neuroscience/)
- [Pharmacology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/pharmacology/)
- [Philosophy](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/philosophy/)
- [Physics / Theoretical Physics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/physics/)
- [Physics with Astrophysics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/physicswithastrophysics/)
- [Politics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/politics/)
- [Portuguese](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/portuguese/)
- [Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (Dumfries campus)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/primaryeducationtq/)
- [Psychology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/psychology/)
- [Robotics & Artificial Intelligence](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/robotics-artificial-intelligence/)
- [Russian](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/russian/)
- [Scots Law](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/scotslaw/)
- [Scottish History](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/scottishhistory/)
- [Scottish Literature](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/scottishliterature/)
- [Social & Public Policy](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/publicpolicy/)
- [Sociology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/sociology/)
- [Software Engineering](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/softwareengineering/)
- [Software Engineering (faster route)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/software-engineering-faster-route/)
- [Spanish](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/spanish/)
- [Sport & Exercise Science](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/sport-exercise-science/)
- [Statistics](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/statistics/)
- [Statistics (faster route)](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/statistics-faster-route/)
- [Theatre Studies](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/theatrestudies/)
- [Theology & Religious Studies](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/theologyreligiousstudies/)
- [Veterinary Biosciences](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/veterinarybiosciences/)
- [Zoology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/zoology/)

## Value

£1000 for each year of progressive study

## How to apply

There is no application for the RUK Excellence Scholarship; information from UCAS will be used to assess eligibility.

**Should you be awarded the RUK Excellence Scholarship, you will be informed in October. We thank you for your patience.**

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