Featured byUniversity of Cumbria
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£1,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Cumbria Bursary is their targeted financial support package for 1st year ‘home’ undergraduate students studying a qualifying course who are commencing their studies in the 2025/26 academic year. It is a non-repayable bursary designed to support students with a household income of less than £25,000.
The Cumbria Bursary is provided through a fixed number of allocated awards and uses a scored prioritisation process to impartially rank all eligible applicants (with household incomes of less than £25,000 per annum). They award bursaries to those with the highest scores.
Benefits
These awards are worth £1,000 per year of full-time study or £500 per year of part-time study, for a maximum of 5 years (part-time) for students entering onto full time or substantive part-time undergraduate programmes.
Eligibility
- Student is entering into year 1 or integrated foundation year of a specified undergraduate degree at the University of Cumbria.
- Student has a household income of £25,000 or less as assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland or Student Awards Agency Scotland. Assessed by funding provider before 3rd October.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
03 Oct 2026
You do not need to apply separately for the Cumbria Bursary; simply applying for your student funding through your funding body will enable them to assess your eligibility alongside the information you provide on your UCAS application form. It is important that you apply for income - assessed student finance through your funding body (e.g. Student Finance England) as early as possible. In your application, both you and your sponsors must give consent to share financial information with your Higher Education Institution.