Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The University of Suffolk Bursary is available to full-time and part-time undergraduate students who meet the eligibility criteria.
Benefits
Successful applicants will receive a £500 bursary in each academic year of study – maximum of 3 years (dependent on successful progression and continuing to meet eligibility criteria). Successful applications will be automatically reassessed each year. In the event a successful application receives a not eligible outcome upon automatic assessment, the award will cease. If the student is in an intercalating from studies, no payment will be awarded during this period however the application will be auto assessed in line with our published dates below upon return to study.
Eligibility
- Be a new student to the University of Suffolk. Students who have previously studied at the University will not be eligible.
- Be in the first year of your course.
- Be studying full-time or part-time (studying at least 50% of the Full Time Equivalent) towards a Foundation/bachelor’s degree or Integrated Master's degree.
- Be paying tuition fees of £8,220 (Foundation degree), £9,250 (Bachelor’s/Integrated master’s degree), £11,100 (Accelerated degree) or £6,618 (HND/HNC) – pro rata for part time students.
- Be assessed by Student Loans Company (SLC) as having household income of £25,000 or less as at the application closing date.
- Have been assessed by the University as a “Home” fee paying student (Overseas students are not eligible for this bursary).
- Be in continued attendance on the course on which you enrolled as at the date of payment.
- Have made a means-tested Student Finance application by the bursary closing date, with the University of Suffolk as the chosen institution, and given consent to the sharing of financial details. Failure to do this will result in the University of Suffolk being unable to verify students' household income.
- There will be no backdated payments.
- Students who are eligible for the Alumni Postgraduate Loyalty Scheme will not be eligible for this bursary.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Students will be automatically assessed against the criteria following enrolment and notified if eligible. Students will be automatically reassessed for this bursary every year.