Undergraduate funding for UK students
We offer scholarships, bursaries and other funding to help you with tuition fees and living expenses.
Our funding opportunities open and close at different points throughout the year, so it's useful to keep checking this page.
Types of funding
You may be eligible for a government loan to cover tuition fees.
Scholarships and bursaries are financial awards to help towards your study and living costs. You don't need to pay them back.
- Scholarships are typically allocated based on your outstanding academic achievements or extracurricular activities.
- Bursaries are typically allocated based on personal circumstance, such as 'residual household income' – the combined income of the parent(s), guardian(s) or partner you live with. We often assess this automatically, and will be in touch if you're eligible.
If you have a mental health problem, long-term illness or any other disability, you may be eligible for a Disabled Students' Allowance.
Current opportunities
Contact us
If you have questions relating to any of our funding opportunities, please see the contact details on the specific scholarship or bursary page.
Foundation Year Tuition Fee Waiver
This award is a means-tested fee waiver for UK undergraduate students on the first year of a Foundation Year degree.
York Refugee Bursary
The Refugee Bursary is a non-repayable award for Undergraduate Refugee Students with Home Fee Status.
York Bursary
Depending on your household residual income you could be eligible for our non-repayable York bursary.
Care Leavers and Estranged Students Bursary
This bursary is for students who are under 25 when they start their studies, and who also meet one of the following conditions: come to York as a care leaver (or through the national Foyer Federation), or who are irreconcilably estranged from their parents (or both parents have passed away).
Cowrie Foundation Scholarship
Created to offer support to Black British undergraduates from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Holbeck Scholarship
These scholarships are open to pupils from schools and colleges in the Yorkshire and Humber region, who are applying to any UK university for entry in September 2025.
Departmental opportunities
Many of our departments offer additional opportunities, and specialised guidance on funding your studies.
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Economics and Related Studies
- Department of English and Related Literature
- Department of History
- Department of History of Art
- Department of Language and Linguistic Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Philosophy
- Hull York Medical School
- School for Business and Society
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- York Law School
- York School of Architecture
Previous opportunities
Many of our funding opportunities are renewed annually. Some of those listed below may reopen later in the year.
Extra support
Various external sites offer further guidance on sources of funding and managing your money.
- The Scholarship Hub (thescholarshiphub.org.uk)
- Turn2us (turn2us.org.uk)
- Blackbullion (blackbullion.com)
Contact us
If you have questions relating to any of our funding opportunities, please see the contact details on the specific scholarship or bursary page.