Featured byNewcastle University
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£2,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Sandman Undergraduate Scholarship is intended to support students who, as a result of financial need, face restricted access to higher education and may not otherwise complete their degree course. The scholarships are designed to widen participation in higher education and to address an imbalance in gender representation in engineering and computer science.
Benefits
The scholarship is worth £2,500 per year for your first 3 years of undergraduate study.
Eligibility
Scholarships are available for those Year 1 of an undergraduate degree in the School of Engineering, with a preference for Mechanical Engineering. Preference will be given to home students, ordinarily resident in the UK, and those students who can demonstrate financial need or who have overcome adversity.
To be eligible for this award you must be:
- an undergraduate home student, entering Year 1 of study
- studying an undergraduate degree in the School of Engineering, with a preference for Mechanical Engineering.
Have and be able to demonstrate financial need for the award. This could include:
- unable to cover basic cost of living;
- unable to participate in extra-curricular activities or field trips;
- having to work in excess of 10 hours per week in a job.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Oct 2026
All scholarship recipients are asked to provide an introductory profile when they first receive the award, and an annual update report in Spring/Summer to inform their donor of their progress.
You will be contacted to provide these reports with plenty of notice. Recipients are required to be available to meet the donors and participate in the promotion of student support activity at Newcastle University if requested.