Cost of living bursary 2026
We're supporting eligible home undergraduates with a £1,500 cost of living bursary, to help ease the cost of travel, accommodation, and day-to-day expenses while they study
About this bursary
We are introducing a new cost of living cash bursary of £1,500 to home undergraduate students from qualifying postcodes.
We believe who you are or where you’re from shouldn’t decide how far you can go. To empower everyone to achieve in their own way, this £1,500 cost of living bursary is available for those from a postcode with a lower participation rate in Higher Education.
With cost of living rising, this bursary is designed to help ease its pressures. You can spend it on what you need – whether that’s food, rent, books, bills or travel – so you can focus on making the most of your time at university.
Eligibility
You live in a postcode with a lower participation rate in Higher Education (quintiles 1 and 2). We will use your main home address from your application and you can use this Postcode Checker to see whether you will qualify.
T&Cs
- To be eligible for this award you must be a new, undergraduate or foundation year student who are ordinarily resident in a postcode classified as Polar4 quintiles 1 and 2 at the point of application.
- Students may receive only one financial scholarship or bursary from the University. Where a student is eligible for multiple university scholarships/bursaries, they must confirm which one they wish to accept after enrolment.
- Eligibility for this bursary does not exclude or affect eligibility to apply for or receive hardship funds or other similar financial support should financial difficulties arise during studies as well as sport participation fund or employability grant.
- Applicants will be notified of their eligibility shortly after receiving an offer of study. In the interim, applicants may check postcode eligibility using this online checker
- To be eligible for this award, applicants must have submitted the application, received an offer and firmly accepted the University as their UCAS choice by 30 June 2026.
- This bursary is available only to new students commencing on the first year of their programme of study.
- The bursary will be paid in two instalments within the first academic year, subject to the student’s continued enrolment and engagement with the programme of study
- This award is for 2026 entry only. Students who defer entry to 2027 or later, or who interrupt or withdraw from their studies during the 2026 academic year, will not be eligible for the award.
- This bursary does not cover the following programmes as these degrees are eligible for additional government funding:
- Diagnostic Radiography
- Midwifery
- Nursing
- Operating Department Practice
- Occupational Therapy
- Paramedic Science
- Perioperative Care
- Physiotherapy
- Social Work
- Hull York Medical School Students
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