University of York bursaries

This bursary has been partly funded through kind donations from York alumni and supporters to the University of Opportunity fund.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a bursary, you must:

• Be studying an undergraduate level course
• Be studying full-time
• Have a UK Home fee status.

If you are an EU student and think you may be eligible for a bursary, please view our FAQs.

Bursary schemes can vary, depending on the year you started your studies. For full eligibility criteria, please see the Guide to the University of York Bursary Schemes for the year that you began your course:

• Guide to University of York Bursary Schemes 2024/25 (PDF , 192kb)
• Guide to University of York Bursary Schemes 2023/24 (PDF , 183kb)
• Guide to University of York Bursary Schemes 2022/23 (PDF , 175kb)

If you require an earlier copy of the York Bursaries Guide, please contact sfsu@york.ac.uk.

How to apply

There is no application process for an undergraduate bursary.

We use the information from your UK student funding provider to automatically assess if you are eligible for a bursary for each year of your course.

So that we can assess your eligibility, please ensure you have had your household income assessed by your UK student funding provider.

If you, or your sponsor(s), opt out of your student funding provider sharing information with the University, we won’t be able to assess your eligibility for a bursary.  

Assessment process

The University will assess your eligibility for a bursary based on your household income and make awards accordingly.

• We start to assess bursaries in October. If you are awarded a bursary, we will notify you by email to your University account.
  • We aim to let students know by the end of October if they are eligible for a bursary. If you don’t hear from us before 1 November and think you may be eligible for a bursary, please contact your student funding provider to check that your household income has been assessed correctly, and that your household income was shared with the University.
  • If your student funding provider has confirmed your household income is correct and that the information has been shared with the University, please email sfsu@york.ac.uk from your University email address, quoting your nine digit student reference number, and we can investigate for you.
• If your student finance application was delayed or your circumstances change, we reassess bursary eligibility in January and April.

Receiving your bursary

Bursaries are usually paid in three instalments, please see the award letter on your e:Vision account for your payment dates and amounts.

If your bursary is due to be paid as a cash payment, please submit your bank details using the University’s secure bank detail collection system using your University username and password. Please email us at sfsu@york.ac.uk to confirm this has been done, and we can then arrange the payment. Please do not email us your bank details.

If you are due a cash payment and have not submitted your details, we will not be able to pay you. Not all awards include cash payments, the Bursary Guides provide further details on how bursaries are paid.

Further details

If you have a question about any of our bursaries, please check our FAQ page in the first instance.

For other bursary related enquiries, please contact Student Financial Support (sfsu@york.ac.uk).

• We are unable to discuss details about a student's circumstances with third parties (such as parents, guardians or partners).
• We cannot disclose any detailed household income information to anyone, including the student.

For any other financial queries, please see the Useful Finance Contacts page.