Aberystwyth Bursaries

For UK and EU domiciled undergraduates

Changes to the National Bursary Scheme in Wales means that the Aberystwyth Bursary Scheme for 2011 entry is under review, and may be very different to the 2010 entry Bursary Scheme.  Details will follow as soon as they have been confirmed.

Aberystwyth has taken a decision to commit a proportion of our fee income to create a bursary scheme to assist full-time undergraduate who are normally resident in the United Kingdom or European Union.

If your residual household income is £39,329* or below you will receive a bursary towards your living costs.

UK students do not have to complete a separate application form for the bursary. However, if you or persons named in Section 10 of the Student Support application form PN1 declare that information about your eligibility for student finance should not be shared, it will result in you not being considered for an Aberystwyth Bursary.

The University will receive the financial assessment of your household income made by your LEA and will use this to assess your entitlement to a bursary. If you are not eligible for a bursary when you start your course, but your family income falls subsequently, you can still receive an award in later years. It is vital therefore that you apply to your LEA for support. The bursary will be paid directly to you by instalments throughout the year. Please visit the relevant website for where you normally live for details on how your eligibility will be assessed:

• Wales - Student Finance Wales
• England - Student Finance England
• Northern Ireland - Student Finance Northern Ireland
• Scotland - Student Awards Agency for Scotland

EU students should complete the forms available on the DirectGov website.

For 2010 entry, the Aberystwyth bursary bands are expected to be as follows:

* Includes the Welsh National Bursary.

Please note that the National and Aberystwyth Bursary

• Does not have to be paid back
• Is in addition to government grants and loans, entrance scholarships, excellence bursaries, music bursaries
• Is open to all full-time UK and EU domiciled undergraduate students, who have applied to their LEA for support, irrespective of where they live in the United Kingdom or the European Union.

* The information is correct as at May 2009 and will be subject to change.