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Scholarships & Bursaries

There are a range of scholarships and bursaries to help support you in your studies and reward achievement. Follow the links to find out more – and remember to get your application in before the closing date. To get advice on your eligibility contact us: smart@uel.ac.uk

Sir John Cass’s Foundation Lord Mayor’s Scholarship Programme

Download the UEL Achievement Scholarship Form

UEL has been granted scholarships funded jointly by Sir John Cass's Foundation and the Lord Mayor's Office in the City of London. Three scholarships will be awarded to full-time undergraduate students who start a course at UEL in September 2011.

Awards are for £7000 a year (for a maximum of three years). Applicants must meet the following criteria:

Be aged under 25 on 1 September 2011
Be enrolled on an undergraduate BSc degree in engineering, design and technology or mathematics.
Be a permanent resident of one of the following London Boroughs and have lived there for at least one year: Camden, City of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth or Westminster.
Be eligible for student support and have been assessed by Student Finance England as having a residual household income of £50,778 a year or less.

You can download the full Scholarship details and an application form here. Deadline extended to Friday 30th September 2011.

UEL Progress Bursary (UK and EU)

All full-time ‘home’ and EU students who successfully complete their first semester of study and continue into the second semester will receive £500 worth of credits.

These credits can be spent on a range of goods or services designed to support you in your studies and include books, computers, campus rent and Oyster card top-ups. In years two and three, students who successfully complete their first semester of study and continue into the second semester will receive £300 worth of credits which can be spent in the same way.

For further information contact finance.registry@uel.ac.ukor phone 020 8223 7526.

UEL Standard Bursary

‘Home’ students who receive the full Maintenance / Special Support Grant, whose household income is lower than £25,000 and are being charged the maximum fee of £3,375 a year will receive a Standard Bursary of £338 for the year.

EU students may be eligible for a discretionary bursary, based on having a household income that would have entitled them to receive a full grant as a UK student.

Payment is made directly into students’ bank accounts during the second semester and no application is necessary.

For further information contact finance.registry@uel.ac.ukor phone 020 8223 7526.

UEL Undergraduate Scholarships

To recognise the achievement of new UK/EU students who will be joining UEL on a full-time undergraduate programme we award £1,000 Undergraduate Scholarships each year. Successful applicants will receive cheque payment in two equal instalments approximately 4 weeks after the start of each semester in the first year of your studies (ie, October and Feburary)

We would like to encourage all eligible applicants to apply for the scholarships as they provide a great way for your to support your studies and get off to a flying start at university.

For more information and to apply download an application form here.

Foyer University Bursary

Any full-time undergraduate ’home’ student who lives in, or has ever lived in a foyer may be entitled to a bursary worth £1,000 per year.

Foyer University Bursary applicants should be aged under 25, but students aged over 25 who have lived in a foyer during the year before commencing their course may also be eligible.

For further information and to apply online, you should go to www.foyer.net You can also email bursary@foyer.net or phone 020 7430 2212 for advice.

Once you have applied online, you will be sent a letter from the Foyer Federation which will need to be completed by your Foyer keyworker and then forwarded to Mandy Hey in SMART with a covering letter from yourself.

The award will be payable in two instalments of £500, one at the beginning of each semester, and you will be able to receive an award for each year of your studies.

Care Leavers Bursary

Any full-time undergraduate ‘home’ student who lives in, or has ever lived in, local authority care may be entitled to a bursary worth £1,000 per year.

‘Care Leavers’ aged under 25 should write directly to Mandy Hey in SMART requesting the bursary and enclosing a letter from their social worker, caseworker or Home manager confirming that they are a ‘care leaver’ and the addresses and dates of their residence in care.

The award will be payable in two instalments of £500, one at the beginning of each semester, and care leavers are able to receive an award for each year of their studies.