IB-specific university awards
The provider explicitly uses Diploma participation, completion, subjects, or points in its eligibility rules.
IB scholarship field guide · 2026
Merit. Need. Potential.
There is no single scholarship automatically awarded to every IB student. The useful work is finding the right providers, reading the complete rule, and applying before the correct intake closes.
A reliable first pass
Four checks turn a promising headline into an application you can actually submit.
Use the IB Recognition Statements Database to find universities that publish IB-specific or general scholarship policies.
Confirm the award on the university, government, foundation, school, or programme website that actually administers it.
Compare score, admission, residency, course, financial-need, deadline, and renewal requirements—not only the headline amount.
Record the deadline and prepare any separate form, essay, nomination, interview, or evidence before the relevant intake closes.
Know what you found
The label “IB scholarship” is often used for awards with very different eligibility and application rules.
The provider explicitly uses Diploma participation, completion, subjects, or points in its eligibility rules.
An IB student may qualify through grades, admission, service, talent, or financial need even when the award is not IB-exclusive.
Schools, foundations, companies, and platforms may run their own awards. Verify the promoter, terms, privacy rules, and payment conditions.
Featured archive · Applications closed
A published campaign, preserved clearly.
The Perfect 45 Scholarship was an independent StudyIB promotional campaign—not an International Baccalaureate Organization scholarship. It is no longer accepting applications.
Read the official termsTier 01 · Score 45
Verified eligible students who achieved 45 shared a US$100,000 pool, capped at US$50,000 per student.
Tier 02 · Scores 40–44
Verified eligible students who achieved 40–44 shared a separate US$20,000 pool with no individual cap.
How the campaign worked
Applicants supplied their real legal name, school name, and accepted the campaign terms before results were released.
At least one month of paid StudyIB access was required. Free trials, refunded access, and promotional access did not qualify.
The archived campaign applied to students who sat the May 2026 IB Diploma examinations and achieved 40 points or higher.
Official results, identity evidence, and school confirmation could be requested before any award was paid.
Source desk
Scholarship rules change. Use these official discovery sources, then confirm the current rule on the provider’s own page.
Sources reviewed 20 July 2026. Verify the current provider page before applying.
Quick answers
Plain-language guidance for the questions IB students ask first.
There is no single universal scholarship that every IB Diploma Programme student automatically receives. Scholarship providers set their own eligibility, application, score, residency, admission and renewal requirements.
Start with the official IB Recognition Statements Database, which can filter universities by IB-specific scholarships and general scholarships. Then verify the current amount, deadline, eligibility and application process on the university's own admissions or financial-aid website.
No. Requirements vary by provider. Some awards are tied to an IB Diploma or score threshold, some consider predicted grades, and others are general merit or need-based scholarships open to IB and non-IB applicants.
No. It was an independent promotional scholarship campaign run by Intelligence Education Technology Pty Ltd, trading as StudyIB. StudyIB is not affiliated with or endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
No. The StudyIB website is no longer accepting applications for the 2026 campaign. The scholarship page and terms remain available as an archive of the campaign rules and award structure.
Historical record