Bursaries and Scholarships

An entry scholarship, worth £2,000, is available to undergraduate Home Fee status students (UK students and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland), achieving AAB or above (or equivalent) in their A-Levels. The scholarship is dependent on you making Buckingham your firm UCAS choice, or making a firm acceptance of a direct offer of a place. This scholarship is not available for Medicine students.

High Achiever Scholarship details and eligibility criteria.

This scholarship is for a £2,500 fee reduction, paid in four termly instalments throughout your first year of study. To be eligible you must study an undergraduate degree* with us and have achieved the equivalent of AAB at A level in your local qualifications.

*Cannot be combined with any other scholarship. Not applicable for the University’s MB ChB or courses based on Crewe Campus.

A postgraduate scholarship is available to home and international students holding a First Class Bachelor’s Honours degree from the UK or the equivalent level of qualification from other countries. It will be awarded to applicants of postgraduate degrees including Masters by Research and PhD programmes*. The scholarship will reduce tuition fees by 33%.

*Not available for Lean Leadership, School of Education courses, Postgraduate Certificates or Diplomas.

Graduates from The University of Buckingham who receive an offer to study a postgraduate degree at the University are eligible for the following discount on tuition fees.

• 33% for obtaining a First Class degree*
• 25% for obtaining a 2:1*

Postgraduates who have completed a University of Buckingham Masters degree are eligible for the following discount on tuition fees for a Buckingham PhD programme.

• 33% for obtaining a Distinction*
• 25% for obtaining a  Merit*

*not all postgraduate courses are eligible for these discounts.

Swains Scholarship

In 2020 Ronald Swains of High Wycombe left a legacy bequest to The University of Buckingham. He wished to establish a permanent endowment in his name to fund a scholarship in perpetuity. In memory of Ronald Swains, we are pleased to offer the Swains Scholarship of up to £2,500 per year for any undergraduate degree course. To apply you must be a resident of Buckinghamshire or Milton Keynes and be able to demonstrate financial need.

Scholarship conditions

• It must be awarded to Buckinghamshire residents only (including Milton Keynes),
• It can be awarded to an undergraduate degree in any subject,
• Applicants should demonstrate a ‘financial need’,
• It can be one lump sum per year or divided into several smaller awards as the Scholarship and Bursaries committee see fit.

Swains Scholarships details and eligibility criteria.

Snowdon Masters Scholarships

Snowdon Trust provides grants to physically disabled and sensory impaired students studying in the UK.

The Snowdon Masters Scholarships have been designed to identify and accelerate talented disabled individuals through higher education.

Snowdon Masters Scholarships details and eligibility criteria.

Sheikh / Mubarak Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Scholarship

In partnership with Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, this scholarship is for exceptional students from Arabic countries pursuing higher education in the UK. This initiative offers one £20,000 award towards tuition fees for a full-time postgraduate degree (Master’s degree) in any subject starting in September 2025.

Sheikh / Mubarak Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Scholarship details and eligibility criteria.

Gregory Scholarships

Scholarships for UK nationals of up to £4,000 are available for undergraduate programmes in Business.

Diversity in Computing Bursaries and Scholarships

The School of Computing of The University of Buckingham is committed to inspiring more young women to pursue careers in computing and IT. We are delighted to offer a £2,000 scholarship or a bursary to female, undergraduate Computing students.

Gregory Scholarships

Scholarships for UK nationals of up to £4,000 are available for undergraduate programmes in Computing.

Coase Scholarships

The Coase Scholarship has a value of £11,000 for a two-year degree. Up to 7 scholarships are available per academic year and cover a range of economics programmes starting in January and September each year.

Coase Scholarship details and eligibility criteria.

Beloff Scholarships

Two scholarships of £2,500 are available to students who show an interest in and passion for political economy applied to public policy and who join the programme in September. Candidates for the Beloff scholarships should explain in 800 words their plans following the end of the programme and their interest in applied political economy.

Beloff scholarship details and eligibility criteria

The Faculty of Education awards a limited number of means-tested bursaries for all courses offered, with preference given to the QTS with PGCE, Independent PGCE and BA in Education.

Applicants should contact the Registrar: shonali.mathur@buckingham.ac.uk

The Paul E. H. Davis Scholarships support students beginning their undergraduate or postgraduate English Literature programmes.

These scholarships include one for the 2-year BA (Hons) English Literature programme, and one for our MA in English Literature by Research.

Paul E.H. Davis Scholarships details and eligibility

Gregory Scholarships

Scholarships for UK nationals of up to £4,000 are available for undergraduate programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Leche Trust Bursary

Applications are invited for a partial studentship on the Buckingham University MA in Decorative Arts and Historic Interiors starting September 2023. Generously funded by the Leche Trust, the bursary, worth £7500, will cover almost 60% of the full-time course fees for UK students and just under 40% of the fees for international students.

To be eligible for the bursary, students will need to have applied for and been offered a place on the course.

Leche Trust Bursary details and eligibility criteria.

Gregory Scholarships

Scholarships for UK nationals of up to £4,000 are available for undergraduate programmes in Psychology.