Cumbria Bursaries - First Year Undergraduate Students

Eligibility criteria

• Student is entering into year 1 or integrated foundation year of a specified undergraduate degree at the University of Cumbria.
• Student has a household income of £25,000 or less as assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland or Student Awards Agency Scotland. Assessed by funding provider before 3rd October 2025.

Cumbria Bursaries will not be available to students who are:

• studying less than 50 credits per year
• already holding a HE qualification e.g. Cert HE, HND or Foundation Degree (Care Leavers will be exempted).
• undertaking a postgraduate qualification, including PGCE courses

Prioritisation criteria

Usually, there are more students who meet the criteria than there are awards available. Bursaries will be allocated according to the following prioritisation criteria:

• Your household income
• You are a Care Leaver or Estranged from your family*
• You have declared a disability on your UCAS form
• You are from an area where not many people go into Higher Education

*You must be identified as a Care Leaver or Estranged from your family by the Student Loans Company.