University of Sunderland Bursary 2025/26

The Government classes all students as ‘Home’ or ‘International’. This status determines which tuition fees you pay, and which scholarships and bursaries you may be eligible to receive.Overseas Island; Isle of Man and the Channel Islands students are eligible.EU students with a UK Settled Status at the time of application are eligible.International students are not eligible.Students who already hold an undergraduate degree are not eligible.You must be a first-year or a Top-Up student applying to commence a three or four-year full-time undergraduate course in autumn 2025.You are not eligible for these bursaries if you have been funded by the Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Service (ELCAS).You are not eligible for these bursaries if you are in receipt of a Troops to Teaching bursary.You are not eligible for a University of Sunderland Bursary if you have been awarded a We Care Bursary. This is because the We Care Bursary has the highest financial value of the two awards. You cannot receive both awards. If you are initially awarded a University of Sunderland Bursary and are later found to be eligible for and awarded the We Care Bursary, any funds/credit you have received from the University of Sunderland Bursary will be deducted from any in-year We Care Bursary payments.

You can apply from March 2025. The deadline for applications is Thursday 31 July 2025. Once the deadline has passed, we are not permitted to accept any further applications. You can apply via your myApplication account.Your username is your student number, which can be found on all correspondence you have received from the University. If you are unsure of your student number, please contact Student Administration at studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk.Please note that applying does not guarantee you will be awarded this bursary.

Accepts transfer credit.