United Kingdom and Ireland
At the universities of Dublin, Oxford and Cambridge, and at Westminster School, St Paul's School, Eton College and Winchester College, and various other UK educational establishments, an exhibition is a financial award or grant to an individual student, normally on grounds of merit (at Oxford and Cambridge, for example, it is typical to be awarded an exhibition for first class performance in examinations) . The amount is less than a scholarship.
An exhibitioner (cf. scholar) is a student who has been awarded an exhibition.
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