Cardiff is one of the most successful and popular universities in the UK. The standard of applications is high and competition for places is strong with the vast majority of our students at their first choice university. In order to ensure that we continue to recruit the very best students we are introducing more than 100 prestigious new scholarships.

How much are the scholarships worth?
Each Cardiff University Scholarship is worth £3,000. They are cash payments and non-means tested.

When are the scholarships available?
The Scholarships are available to undergraduate students beginning their studies in September 2008.

In what subject areas are the scholarships available?
The scholarships are available in the following subject areas (the numbers in brackets denote the number of scholarships available in each subject area):
Sciences/Engineerin g:
* Chemistry (9)
* Computer Science (14)
* Earth Sciences (20)
* Engineering (18)
* Mathematics (16)
* Physics (11)

Humanities:
* Archaeology (2)
* German/Italian (4)
* Music (2)
* Welsh (4)

Who will be eligible for the scholarships?
The scholarships will be awarded to the UK/EU students coming to Cardiff with the highest academic attainment in each subject area. This judgement will be made by admissions tutors at enrolment on the basis of your examination results.