Our son is a dual UK/US national who left the UK when he was 9, thus he would have to pay international fees if he studied in the US. Are there scholarships available for overseas residing UK nationals to study in the UK? All we have found online are either scholarships for non-UK nationals or UK nationals who have been resident in the UK the three years prior to university.
The UK doesn’t have scholarships for non residents. There are merit scholarships at some universities (for instance, Scottish universities like international/European students and offer scholarships more readily than some English ones) but the amount is always relatively small. Oxford/Cambridge tend to offer more but you have to qualify for the course.
So we are stuck! Not eligible for UK citizen scholarships (which require residency) and not eligible for non UK citizen scholarships either
Is this a typo?
If your son is a US citizen, and if he studies in the US, then I am pretty sure that he is a domestic student. If you son is a US citizen, and he currently lives with you (his parents) in the US, then assuming that you have lived in the same state for long enough (probably a year) he is an in-state student at any public university in your state.
My daughters are also dual citizens. As US citizens, when studying in the US they are domestic students (and I do not think that anyone here in the US cares a whole lot what the other country is).
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You’re eligible for international scholarships because those are based on tuition fee qualification not citizenship just like the fee (if you’re not a resident, you’re in the international category and thus eligible for the international scholarships).
I understand he may want to reconnect to his roots but it may not be the least inexpensive situation (unlike for Canadian dual nationals with Canadian universities or European dual nationals with European universities).
Right now in the UK the expectation is that students will borrow $38k for 3years of university (more if they are lower income and receive a maintenance loan, which has replaced the maintenance grant a few years ago) and they may take 30 years to pay it back. It’s a unique situation since even in the US students can earn scholarships and aren’t required to borrow that much money to attend public universities. It’s difficult to the point it may be cheaper for lower to middle income Brits to attend a US university than to attend a British one - the Sutton Trust even has a dedicated program for promising FGLI young Brits.
In the US he’s a domestic applicant and eligible for federal funding, scholarships, etc.
Typically financial aid is portable if he studies abroad (including in the UK).
All universities have exchanges with British universities.
William&Mary has a dual degree program with St Andrews (although students sometimes say they wish they’d just done 4 years at St Andrews then a grad degree in the US vs. The dual degree).
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^ this mat be of interest in case you’re looking for scholarships in the US
yes, a typo! Sorry - meant to say" international fees if he studied in the UK"
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thank you for these insights. We have just been through the US college process with our oldest child (who didn’t want to go to the UK) and she did get substantial merit which helped out a lot
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I’m somewhat familair with this situation.
Your son is non resident in the UK. He will not get resident fees. My D, a UK citizen who lived most of her life in the US, attended Oxbridge for her master’s and received no funding. OTOH, a good friend’s D, also a UK citizen who lived most of her life in the US, received a £5k grant from Exeter for her master’s starting in Sep.
I think it depends on the uni and perhaps the program.
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thanks, this is helpful