These scholarships are being offered to new full-time students enrolling on the first year of the following programmes:
BSc Computing
BSc Data Science and Computing
BSc Economics
BSc Financial Economics
BSc Economics and/with Mathematics
BSc Economics and Social Policy
BSc Mathematics
BSc Mathematics with Statistics
BSc Accounting
BSc Accounting and Finance
BSc Finance
BSc Finance with Accounting
BSc Business
BSc Business and Human Resource Management
BSc Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
BSc Business Psychology
BSc Economics and Business
BSc International Business
BSc Management
BSc Marketing
BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice
LLB Law
LLB Law and Commercial Law
LLB Law and Human Rights
LLB Law and Legal Practice
BSc Biomedicine
BSc Bioscience and Health
BSc Bioscience with Management
BSc Geology
BSc Planetary Exploration with Astronomy and Astrobiology
BSc Psychology
The team at Goldman Sachs are keen to support more Black talent to enter the finance sector from a range of academic backgrounds. Please tell us why you are interested in finance and/or a career in the financial services sector.
Please note that applicants who have previously studied finance and/or will be undertaking a finance module(s) at Birkbeck will receive higher applications scores from the academic panel.
The awards are for:
- new undergraduate full-time students enrolling on the first year of one of the above listed programmes for the first time
- undergraduate students who have completed a Foundation Year at Birkbeck and will be enrolling on the first year of one of the above listed programmes for the first time.
Applicants must also meet the following criteria:
- qualify for Home fee status
- not already hold a degree or an equivalent level qualification
- be from a Black background.
Eligible groups include the following:
- Black - African
- Black - Caribbean
- Black - Other
- Mixed - White/Black Caribbean
- Mixed - White/Black African
- Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)
Value of award
These cash bursaries will offer financial support towards living costs for new undergraduate students with a Home fee status.
Successful candidates will be awarded a £5,000 cash bursary in each year of one of the three-year undergraduate programmes.
