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Fee waivers and bursaries
The University of Bath fee waivers, bursaries and National Scholarship Programme awards listed on this page are all means tested and you will only be considered for these if your family household income is assessed for student support purposes at £16,000 or below.
If your family income is between £16,001 and £42,000 you may be eligible for a Donor Funded Scholarship. A range of non-means tested scholarships may also be available.
Application and assessment
Applicants will not need to apply for fee waivers, bursaries or our National Scholarship Scheme. The University will identify those likely to be eligible from UCAS and Student Finance data. If we need further information we will contact you.
Fee waivers do not cover all of the fee but are awarded in the form of discounted fees.
Eligibility criteria
We will award fee waivers to UK and EU students on our full-time campus-based undergraduate and Foundation Degree programmes where household income is at or below £16,000 and you meet one or more of the following criteria:
- your home is in a neighbourhood with low participation in higher education
- your school/college performance is below average
- you are a care leaver
- you or your family receive a state means-tested benefit.
Identified students who meet the eligibility criteria who are on full-time undergraduate programmes or the campus-based Foundation Degree (FdSc Sports Performance) will benefit from:
- a fee waiver of £4,500 in Years 1 and 2,
- a full fee waiver during placement or study abroad periods
- a £1,000 fee waiver in the remaining year(s) of study, when students will, in the majority of cases, have benefited from a paid placement.
National Scholarship Programme
We have over 100 National Scholarship Programme awards for students from England who meet the eligibility criteria for the University of Bath fee waiver and who have the best qualifications from the target group. Award holders will receive:
- a fee waiver of £4,500 in Years 1 and 2 (made up of Government support and University of Bath funding)
- a full fee waiver during placement or study abroad periods
- a £1,000 fee waiver in the remaining year(s) of study, when students will, in the majority of cases, have benefited from a paid placement.
Foundation Degrees at partner colleges
Non-campus Foundation degree students at our Partner Colleges are not eligible for the University of Bath fee waiver, but may be considered for a National Scholarship Programme fee waiver ( as above) on the basis of academic excellence. NSP awards are not payable in Foundation Degree “Top up” years.
Bursaries
Campus-based degrees and FdSc Sports Performance
The 2012 Bath Bursary Scheme is targeted at students with entry grades of at least AAB, or equivalent, who come from households with incomes at or below £16,000. These bursaries are designed to help you with course costs or other living expenses. They will be paid in instalments. Eligible students will receive a £2,000 bursary in the first year, £1,000 in the second year, and students who undertake an unpaid placement or study abroad will receive £1,500 in during a full placement or study abroad year.
Foundation Degrees at partner colleges
The 2012 Bath Bursary Scheme will also assist students from lower income families studying Foundation Degrees at our partner colleges (non-campus based). A bursary of £3,000 per annum will be offered to eligible Foundation Degree students.
