Funding opportunities
Our students can receive international mobility grants and scholarships to enable access to a wide range of activities, including student exchanges, professional training year experiences abroad, postgraduate research placements, clinical nursing placements, veterinary EMS placements, summer programmes, recent graduate internships, and much more.
Turing scheme
The Turing Scheme is the UK Government’s global programme for study and work abroad.
With Turing funding, Surrey aims to increase the number of students from under-represented groups undertaking an international experience.
Activities funded
Grants are available to support placements of between 28 days to 12-months. Students will receive funding for the following activities:
- Study exchanges
- Professional Training year placements abroad
- Summer programmes
- Veterinary extra-mural studies placements
- Clinical nursing/paramedic placements
- Postgraduate research placements
- Recent graduate internships.
Visit the Turing Scheme website
Successful first years of Turing funding for Surrey
The Turing Scheme has supported 800+ mobilities across the globe for Surrey students. Students at all levels of study have been funded to complete study exchanges, work placements, research placements and summer programmes at our partner institutions and placement providers internationally.
Participant feedback has highlighted the broad range of skills which students developed and how they felt their experiences abroad boosted their employability. Activities participants engaged in have allowed them to become more globally-minded, confident and resilient, enabling them to think differently and critically, and make a real impact on society. This is reflected in their qualitative feedback comments. Participant feedback from the Turing 2022/23 project highlighted that after their experiences abroad, 94% of students feel more confident to network with international peers, 82% more committed to their studies, 89% feel confident in their ability to achieve a good degree, 95% feel confident in articulating their experiences abroad and skills gained, 96% feel the experience enhanced their intercultural awareness, and 88% feel it was a valuable opportunity to learn from international academics/experts.
