📸 At a Glance
🌍 Cardiff, Wales, UK
🎓 Russell Group ✅
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅
💷 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 29 (Complete University Guide 2026)
🔎 Overview
Cardiff University is a Russell Group research university located in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 1883, the university is known for its research activity, academic reputation, and strong links with industry and public organisations. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses across subjects including business, engineering, healthcare, law, humanities, and science.
📊 Ethnicity Breakdown
- Black: 3%
- Mixed: 5%
- White: 77%
- Asian: 11%
- Other: 1%
- Not known: 2%
💷 Scholarships & Funding
- The Cowrie Foundation Scholarship – The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation funds Black African and Black Caribbean heritage, UK-domiciled undergraduate students from socio-economically under-represented backgrounds, covering home tuition fees and a maintenance bursary of up to £8,000 per year, alongside mentorship support. Applications reopen in late 2026.
- Vice-Chancellor’s Postgraduate International Scholarship 2026 – The Vice-Chancellor’s Postgraduate International Scholarships offer tuition fee discounts of £4,000 to £10,000 for eligible postgraduate taught students from Kenya and Nigeria.
- Chevening Scholarships – Chevening Scholarships are the UK Government’s global scholarship programme, funding outstanding individuals with leadership potential to pursue a one-year Masters degree at a UK university.
- The Beacon Scholarship – This scholarship supports financially disadvantaged students from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to access undergraduate programmes at world-class universities, covering 3-4 year courses excluding medicine.
- Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships – These scholarships enable students from low and middle-income Commonwealth countries to pursue full-time Masters study in the UK across six themes including science and technology, health, innovation, governance, resilience and inclusion.
👨🏾🎓👩🏿🎓 Student Life & Support
- African Caribbean Society (ACS)
- Black Students’ Campaign / Black Students’ Officer network
- African Caribbean Medical Association (ACMA)
- African & Caribbean Christian Fellowship (varies by year)
- Nigerian student community/groups (informal or year-dependent)
- International Students’ Society (popular with many African students)
- Cardiff West Indian Society
➡️ The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.
📣 Things Uni To Know
Cardiff University provides support for Black and ethnic minority students through wellbeing services, race equality initiatives, reporting systems for discrimination, and student-led community networks.
Support for BAME students – Cardiff University have dedicated tailored resources to support ethnic minority students. This can be found through:
- Culturally diverse and multilingual one to one appointments.
- Coffee Lounges for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students – Weekly coffee lounges run by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Wellbeing Champions, offering students from ethnic minority backgrounds a relaxed space to connect, share experiences and access wellbeing support.
- LGBT+ Space for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students – A safe space for students who identify as both LGBT+ and from an ethnic minority background, offering validation, community and tools to navigate wider societal challenges.
- Culturally diverse themed events on campus
- Workshops – The university delivers workshops on race equality and culture shock throughout the year.
- Report & Support – Students can use the Report and Support tool to report racial harassment, abuse or other unacceptable behaviour, whether on campus, online or elsewhere, recent or past, with options to report anonymously or access advice and support.
