UniPal scholarship index
How many university scholarships are open right now, in which countries, for which level of study and when they close. Original figures, counted from the listings we collect from universities’ own websites.
Last updated 26 October 2026. Recounted at least every six hours.
- open scholarship listings
- 5,908
- open scholarship listings
- universities
- 181
- universities
- countries
- 15
- countries
- state a minimum grade
- 26.7%
- state a minimum grade
These figures count scholarship listings, not students or money. One listing is one award as a university describes it on its own website. A university that publishes many small awards counts more than one that publishes a single large scheme, so read the counts as where awards are listed, not as where funding is easiest to win.
Open scholarships by country
| Country | Open listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3,880 | 65.7% |
| United States | 639 | 10.8% |
| Canada | 445 | 7.5% |
| Spain | 256 | 4.3% |
| Germany | 229 | 3.9% |
| France | 157 | 2.7% |
| United Arab Emirates | 128 | 2.2% |
| Italy | 76 | 1.3% |
| Switzerland | 43 | 0.7% |
| Hungary | 36 | 0.6% |
| Greece | 6 | 0.1% |
| Grenada | 5 | <0.1% |
| Netherlands | 5 | <0.1% |
| Bahamas | 2 | <0.1% |
| Australia | 1 | <0.1% |
Share is of all 5,908 open listings. Universities per country: United Kingdom 103, United States 14, Canada 10, Spain 12, Germany 10, France 9, United Arab Emirates 5, Italy 7, Switzerland 2, Hungary 3, Greece 1, Grenada 1, Netherlands 2, Bahamas 1, Australia 1.
By level of study
| Level | Open listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate only | 1,091 | 18.5% |
| Postgraduate only | 2,201 | 37.3% |
| Both levels | 336 | 5.7% |
| Level not stated | 2,280 | 38.6% |
Postgraduate includes master’s, MBA and PhD awards. Undergraduate and master’s scholarships for each country are on the country pages, for example undergraduate in the UK and master’s in the UK.
Deadlines in the next 12 months
| Month | Deadlines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 16 | 3.6% |
| November 2026 | 81 | 18.5% |
| December 2026 | 39 | 8.9% |
| January 2027 | 53 | 12.1% |
| February 2027 | 51 | 11.6% |
| March 2027 | 69 | 15.7% |
| April 2027 | 33 | 7.5% |
| May 2027 | 52 | 11.8% |
| June 2027 | 33 | 7.5% |
| July 2027 | 7 | 1.6% |
| August 2027 | 5 | 1.1% |
| September 2027 | 0 | 0% |
Share is of the 439 listings with a fixed date. Deadlines that have passed are not counted.
Grades and tests
- State a minimum grade
- 26.7%
- 1,580 of 5,908 listings name a grade we can read as a minimum, such as AAB at A level, 36 IB points, a GPA of 3.5, a 2:1 or an 85% average. The rest ask for “excellent” or “strong” results without a number, or set no grade.
- Mention the SAT or ACT
- 3.0%
- 177 of 5,908 listings mention the SAT or the ACT, almost all of them in the United States: 171 of 639 US listings (26.8%). Some say scores are only considered if you send them.
How we count
- Where listings come from
- Our software reads more than 200 university scholarship pages in turn, several times a day. An AI model takes each award’s amount, requirements and deadline from the page text, and we store it with a link to the university’s page. Pages that cannot be read are skipped; nothing is added from memory.
- What counts as open
- Its deadline has not passed, or the listing gives no fixed deadline.
- What is left out
- Awards only for students already at the university, for refugees and sanctuary seekers, or for Commonwealth citizens, and Chevening, which has its own national round. New applicants from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf usually cannot use these.
- Level of study
- Read from words in the title and requirements, such as “undergraduate”, “bachelor’s”, “master’s”, “MBA” or “PhD”, or a requirement to hold a degree.
- Minimum grade
- Counted when the requirements give a grade as a number or class: A level grades, IB points, a GPA out of 4, a UK degree class or a percentage average. Awards for transfer students and banded awards for lower grades are not counted as minimums.
- SAT or ACT
- Counted when the title or requirements mention the SAT or the ACT, whether as a minimum score or as an option.
- Limits
- Universities describe awards in different ways and pages change, so some listings, especially those with no fixed deadline, may be out of date or sorted under the wrong level. Always check the award on the university’s own page before you apply.
Source: UniPal scholarship index, from scholarship listings on universities’ own websites, collected by UniPal Study Abroad. Last updated 26 October 2026. To cite: “UniPal scholarship index, UniPal Study Abroad, www.unipaleg.com/scholarships/statistics, accessed 26 October 2026”.
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