University of East Anglia
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📸 At a Glance

 🌍 Norwich, Norfolk, East England
🎓 Russell Group ❌
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Bronze Award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅 Ranking: 25 (Complete University Guide 2026)

🔎 Overview

The University of East Anglia is a public university based in Norwich, Norfolk, on a self-contained campus at Norwich Research Park. It offers degrees across four faculties, Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Health, Science, and Social Sciences, spanning subjects including biological sciences, creative writing, business, economics, law, engineering, computer science, psychology, medicine and dentistry, pharmacology, and health professions such as nursing and midwifery.

 📊 Ethnicity Breakdown

  • Black: 7%
  • Mixed race: 6%
  • White: 72%
  • Asian: 12%
  • Other: 1%
  • Not known: 1%

💷 Scholarships & Funding

  • The Anne French memorial Trust PGCE Bursary – The Anne French Memorial Trust Bursary supports a Primary PGCE student from a minoritised ethnic background who is either a Norfolk resident or UEA graduate, demonstrating financial need and outstanding academic potential.

  • GREAT Scholarships (Kenya) – The University of East Anglia offers GREAT Scholarships worth £10,000 each for the 2026-27 academic year.
  • International PG Merit Scholarship B – An automatic scholarship for overseas fee-paying students from Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe joining an eligible Masters or PGCE programme at UEA.
  • The David Sainsbury Full MSc Scholarship – A fully funded postgraduate scholarship covering tuition fees, living stipend and travel for students from eligible developing countries, available for the MSc Global Plant Health programme at UEA.

👩🏿‍🎓👨🏾‍🎓 Student Life & Support

  • African-Caribbean Society (ACS)

*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

Empower – The Black Humanities Project is a student-led initiative at UEA aimed at inspiring young Black and minority ethnic students to study arts and humanities at university. It champions curriculum diversity, works to close the degree awarding gap, and provides school pupils with opportunities to engage with humanities subjects through a partnership with UEA Outreach.
Their events include:

  • Expose. Explore. Empower. – Expose. Explore. Empower. is an annual event for Year 9 Black and minority ethnic students, delivered by the Black Humanities Project at the Sainsbury Centre. Through interactive activities, students discover untold stories of Black and minority ethnic figures, explore the skills and career opportunities that come with an arts and humanities degree, and are inspired and empowered to make informed choices about their future.

What this means

•Race Equality Charter: Recognises universities improving ethnic minority representation and outcomes. Awards include Bronze, Silver, or Gold; some universities are members without an award.

• Ethnicity breakdown: Shows the ethnic makeup of UK-domiciled students (those with a UK permanent address) across all levels, based on the most recent academic year.

Scholarship Update

• Scholarships are for Black students (home/domestic) and African/Caribbean students (international).

• "Black" includes those of Black heritage and mixed Black heritage.

• Eligibility varies by scholarship - check each listing for details.

• Scholarships are for 2026–27; some may have closed. Check back for 2027–28 updates.

• Scholarship availability changes yearly, some scholarships may be closed now but reopen later. Check official sites for details and revisit this page for updates and new listings.

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How This Data Works

• Info is based on the latest HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) and publicly available data for UK-domiciled students, reflecting the previous academic year (rounded to whole numbers).

• Ethnicity is self-identified, so figures are indicative, not exact.

• The “Mixed” category by HESA includes all mixed ethnic backgrounds, including mixed Black backgrounds.

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