Scholarships and discounts

Scholarship dates and information

Chevening Scholarship

Amount: Full Postgraduate tuition fees

Eligibility: Please check the full list of criteria

To apply please complete the application form on the Chevening Scholarship website.

Applications for this scholarship will reopen in September 2025.

Commonwealth Scholarship

Amount: Full Postgraduate tuition fees, airfare to and from the UK and a living allowance

Eligibility: Citizen or permanent resident of a Commonwealth country, undergraduate honours degree of at least upper second class and you must be unable to afford to study in the UK without the scholarship.

To apply please complete the application form on the Commonwealth Scholarship website.

Applications for this scholarship will reopen in December 2025.

MDX Sport Scholarships

Amount: we will provide financial support which may be used towards training and competition expenses, as well as a range of benefits and access to the Athlete Support Programme

Eligibility: You must be competing at a regional or national level in your sport

To apply please complete the application form on the main university website.

The deadline for applications is mid-September (the exact date changes each year, but is specified on the website).

MDX Student Starter Kit

Our MDX Student Starter Kit gives you the tools you need to kick-start your studies, and hopefully worry less about your budget.

Amount: Package including tech, food and drink vouchers and a grant worth up to £1,000

Eligibility: You must be a new student (joining the University in September 2025) and studying any subject at undergraduate level.

There are a limited number of kits available, so we’re looking for students to share how this support will help them succeed at Middlesex.

To be eligible for a kit, you’ll need to:

  • Apply for Middlesex to start in Autumn 2025 (this must be your first undergraduate degree).
  • Meet the full criteria and adhere to our t’s and c’s on the registration form.

Apply for the student Starter Kit.

The Alumni Postgraduate Award

Amount: Reduction of up to 20% of the tuition fee

Eligibility: International alumni can benefit from 20% off their master's fees if they are not in receipt of any regional awards. Students who have already been awarded a Middlesex degree and are returning to complete a second programme of study who are self-financing.

Alumni from our Academic Partner Institutions are entitled to a 10% reduction in fees.

Discounts on campus

MDXMoves

MDXMoves is a free-to-use physical activity app for Middlesex University students. Whether you are walking, running, cycling or swimming, you can earn points for keeping active.

You are rewarded with points that can be redeemed for a variety of goodies from retailers and brands both on and off campus. Get things like free coffees, massage, gym memberships, Amazon vouchers, spot prizes and more.

Download the Moves+ app and start earning rewards to get loads of free stuff.

On campus gym
MDX student
MDX Student Off Peak (Academic year Sept - May) Mon- Fri 6.15am - 4pm & 9am-5pm Weekends
£30
Full Fitness (Annual)
£160
Full Fitness (Monthly)
£16
Competitive Sport (Annual)
£60

Free food for students

To help ensure that students can get a meal when coming to campus, free breakfasts and dinners twice a week will be available from the hot food counter in the Quad.

Breakfast will be served on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10am to 12pm and dinner will be served on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4pm to 5.45pm.

Student discounts

Students can sign up for many discount memberships to make their life in London more affordable:

- Unidays

- TOTUM

- StudentBeans

- Student Amazon Prime

- Student can use their student card in many high street and online shops as well as cinemas and restaurants.

Student Oyster card

If you're 18 or over, a student and living in a London borough, you can get discounted travel with an Oyster photocard.

Students can save 30% on adult-rate Travelcards and Bus & Tram Pass season tickets with an Oyster card.

Students can apply here