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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
£4,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Battersea Scholarship will support an undergraduate student during their degree programme at the University of Surrey.
Benefits
The scholarship will provide £4,000 a year for three years of academic study, plus £4,000 for a Professional Training placement (if taken). The Battersea Scholarship will be awarded to one successful applicant.
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be a first year undergraduate Home/UK student who is from a care-experienced background.
- Care experienced is defined as students who “have spent time in local authority care, in a residential children’s home, have been looked after at home by a supervision order or have lived with relatives under kinship care.”
Criteria for care experienced is as follows:
- Living with foster carers under local authority care.
- In residential care (for example, a children’s home).
- Looked after at home under a supervision order.
- Or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (for example, a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
45 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
05 Oct 2026
To apply for this scholarship students entering the first year of their undergraduate degree at the University of Surrey should complete all sections of the application form.
Please note that you cannot receive this scholarship in addition to the other University bursaries.
Successful students will be advised of their application outcome during the first semester.
Please note that application to the Battersea Scholarship is competitive and not all applications will be successful.