Gold Scholarship Programme

As a result of the new Access and Participation Plan, from 2024 entry onwards, you must meet the following criteria to be considered for a Gold Scholarship:

you are a new first-year Home UK undergraduate student

you have a household income assessment of £30,000 or below

you are registered on a full-time undergraduate degree course based on the University of Bath campus

you meet a contextual criterion

The contextual criteria that we consider are:

eligibility for Free School Meals during secondary school education5

your home postcode is considered to be in an area of relative deprivation, as defined by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation5 and IF you attended a private school, this was for no more than two years within the last four years.

you are a Care Leaver

you are estranged

you are a Young Adult Carer

you are a refugee

You must ensure that you:

have requested for a household income assessment to be completed by your relevant UK student loans awarding agency e.g., Student Finance England (or equivalent)

have not withheld permission for your household income assessment to be shared with the University by your student loans awarding agency

It is your responsibility to ensure that you have applied for a household income assessment ahead of starting your studies. It can take 6-8 weeks for the SLC to conduct and process a household income assessment so, we strongly recommend that you start this process as soon as possible. Please do not leave it until August to apply for your student finance.

The University is not responsible for any delays in your student loans application being processed or information not being passed onto us by your student loans awarding agency.