Featured byUniversity of Sussex
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £1,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Sussex Bursary is available to Home undergraduate students whose family household income is less than £35,000, as determined by Student Finance. The £35,000 household income applies to New starters or those returning to their undergraduate course on or after September 2026.
Benefits
£1,000 in your first year of study (either Year 1 or Foundation Year).
£500 in subsequent years.
Eligibility
The bursary will be paid automatically to you via Student Finance if you meet all the following criteria:
- New starter or returning to your undergraduate course on or after September 2026
- Funded as a Home student in 2026/27
- Have an assessed family household income of less than £35,000
- Not in receipt of a non-means-tested grant element to your funding (such as Welsh-funded students or Year 2 / 3 Social Worker students)
- Registered as a full-time student in 2026/27
- Studying at Sussex (i.e. not on a placement year or Year Abroad).
- The Sussex Bursary replaced the First-Generation Scholar’s scheme bursary.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
01 Aug 2027
Bursary application is automatic as the University receives the information directly from Student Finance.