University of Sunderland Bursaries

Successful applicants will be awarded based on one of the under-represented groups as outlined above.

Successful applications will be notified via email to inform them of their provisional award in October 2025. Following enrolment onto an eligible course and confirmation of satisfactory evidence, bursary awards will be confirmed.

Please note, if we need to verify your household income as part of your bursary application, you must have undertaken a means-tested Student Loans Company (SLC) assessment. You must also agree to share your data with the University via the SLC. The University will liaise with the SLC to verify household income.

You must be a 'Home', 'Refugee', or 'Overseas Island' student on an eligible course. The Government classes all students as ‘Home' or ‘International'. This status determines which tuition fees you pay, and which bursaries you are eligible to receive. Overseas Island Isle of Man and the Channel Islands students are eligible for these bursaries. Asylum seekers and refugee students are eligible for these bursaries. EU students with UK Settled Status at the time of application are eligible for these bursaries. You must be a first-year or a year three Top-Up student applying to commence your studies in autumn 2025. If you are an ‘International' student, you are not eligible for these bursaries. Students who already hold a higher education degree, including any overseas equivalent are not eligible for these bursaries. Some University of Sunderland courses are not eligible for the Just Add You Bursary due to the additional funding that students studying these courses are eligible to receive. These include: Medicine MBChB. Courses where students are in receipt of the NHS Learning Support Fund: Midwifery, All Nursing courses, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Paramedic Science and Out of Hospital Care. Courses where students are in receipt of an NHS bursary: Social Work. Postgraduate courses where undergraduate fees are charged or where students are in receipt of bursaries and scholarships for teacher training: PGCE/PCET courses, Annual household income of £27,500 or less, Annual household income of between £27,501 and £47,500. Awards: Gypsies, Travellers, Roma, Showmen and Boaters, Asylum seekers and refugees: £3,000 (£2,400 StudyPlus credit, £600 cash awarded over academic years 1, 2 and 3) Carers, Annual household income of £27,500 or less: £2,000 (£1,600 StudyPlus credit, £400 cash awarded over academic years 1, 2 and 3) Annual household income of between £27,501 and £47,500: £1,000 (£1,000 StudyPlus credit awarded over academic years 1, 2 and 3) Mature students: £500 (£500 StudyPlus credit awarded over academic years 1, 2 and 3).