University of Surrey Bursary 2025 entry

An award of £2,500 for eligible undergraduate students.

About

The University of Surrey Bursary (UoS) is a cash award of £2,500. This is awarded to eligible undergraduate students in full-time attendance. The award will be split into two payments, usually distributed in December and March.

The UoS Bursary is not available to students on their Professional Training Year or in repeat periods of study.

Eligibility for the UoS Bursary will be reassessed each academic year using the data you have provided to Student Finance England. The criteria against which you are assessed each academic year is the same criteria as your year of entry to the University, not the criteria of the current academic year. Please see below the eligibility criteria for your year of entry. 

Eligibility criteria

Please note the criteria detailed are subject to OfS (Office for Students) approval and therefore our bursary schemes may change in order to meet regulations. If your year of entry is not listed below, please contact the Scholarships and Bursaries Team.

Year of EntryEligibility CriteriaThings to Note

 

 

 

2024/5

  • Your household income must be less than £25,000
  • You must be normally resident in POLAR4 postcodes quintile 1* or IMD postcode quintile 1**
  • You must be a UK or eligible EU student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees (therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible)
  • You must also have correctly filled out and submitted your application to Student Finance England for a loan and must also make sure that you and your parent/guardian have given your consent to share the information with the University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU students may only be eligible for this award if they are ordinarily resident in the UK and meet all the criteria.

 

POLAR eligibility is based on the data the University has received from UCAS prior to commencing your university programme. This data will be used to assess eligibility for the duration of your programme.

 

 

 

2023/4

  • Your household income must be less than £25,000
  • You must be normally resident in POLAR4 postcodes quintile 1* or IMD postcode quintile 1**
  • You must be a UK or eligible EU student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees (therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible)
  • You must also have correctly filled out and submitted your application to Student Finance England for a loan and must also make sure that you and your parent/guardian have given your consent to share the information with the University.

 

 

 

2022/3

  • Your household income must be less than £20,000
  • You must be normally resident in POLAR4 postcodes quintile 1, 2 or 3*
  • You must be a UK or eligible EU student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees (therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible)
  • You must also have correctly filled out and submitted your application to Student Finance England for a loan and must also make sure that you and your parent/guardian have given your consent to share the information with the University.
Year of EntryEligibility CriteriaThings to Note

 

 

 

2021/2

  • Your household income must be less than £20,000
  • You must be normally resident in POLAR4 postcodes quintile 1, 2 or 3*
  • You must be a UK or eligible EU student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees(therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible)
  • You must also have correctly filled out and submitted your application to Student Finance England for a loan and must also make sure that you and your parent/guardian have given your consent to share the information with the University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU students may only be eligible for this award if they are ordinarily resident in the UK and meet all the criteria.

 

POLAR eligibility is based on the data the University has received from UCAS prior to commencing your university programme. This data will be used to assess eligibility for the duration of your programme.

 

 

 

2020/1

  • Your household income must be less than £20,000
  • You must be normally resident in POLAR4 postcodes quintile 1, 2 or 3*
  • You must be a UK or eligible EU student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees(therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible)
  • You must also have correctly filled out and submitted your application to Student Finance England for a loan and must also make sure that you and your parent/guardian have given your consent to share the information with the University

 

 

 

2019/0

  • Your household income must be less than £25,000
  • You must be normally resident in POLAR4 postcodes quintile 1 or 2*
  • You must be a UK or eligible EU student
  • You must be paying full tuition fees(therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible)
  • You must also have correctly filled out and submitted your application to Student Finance England for a loan and must also make sure that you and your parent/guardian have given your consent to share the information with the University

* POLAR (Participation of Local Areas) is an Office for Students (OfS) classification for the participation in higher education by young people by geographical area in the UK. It is used to measure the widening participation performance of universities. To check your POLAR postcode quintile, please view their website.

**The Index of Multiple Deprivation is the official measure of relative deprivation for small neighbourhoods in England. To check your IMD postcode, please view their website. The IMD Postcode checker provides an IMD value in deciles rather than quintiles, Please see the conversion below:

  • IMD Quintile 1 = Decile 1 or 2
  • IMD Quintile 2 = Decile 3 or 4
  • IMD Quintile 3 = Decile 5 or 6
  • IMD Quintile 4 = Decile 7 or 8
  • IMD Quintile 5 = Decile 9 or 10.

How to apply

You do not need to make an application to the University for this bursary. All undergraduate students that meet the criteria for the UoS Bursary will be identified automatically by Student Finance England (also known as Student Loan Company, SLC).

  • You must be in receipt of a loan from Student Finance England for the current academic year, specifically for your tuition fees to the value of £9,250
  • You must have opted to be means-tested
  • You must have given consent for information to be shared with the University of Surrey.

When will I know I am eligible?

We will contact eligible students via their university email address by approximately mid-November to confirm they will be in receipt of the bursary. We encourage students to check their eligibility criteria listed above including using the POLAR and IMD websites before contacting the Scholarships and Bursaries team.

Contact details

For enquiries regarding this bursary, please contact the Bursaries and Scholarships team.

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