High Achiever Scholarship
An entry scholarship, worth £2,000, is available to UK undergraduate students with high grades.
The scholarship is awarded as a termly reduction in tuition fees and is applicable for the first year (a reduction of £500 per term over our 4 term academic year). All awards are subject to your meeting the University’s academic entry requirements and abiding by the University’s rules and regulations.
This scholarship is not available for Medicine students.

“I received the High Achiever Scholarship and the application process was very simple – I sent a couple of emails, confirmed that I was eligible for it and did not have to think about it again – it was added onto my degree for the next two years.”
Karina, Law student
Criteria and eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship, candidates need to:
- be a UK or Irish national (living in the UK or Ireland)
- have achieved AAB or above (or equivalent) in their A Levels
- have made Buckingham your firm UCAS choice, or making a firm acceptance of a direct offer of a place.
Matched courses
To qualify for the scholarship, an application to one of the following programmes listed below is required.
- Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Accounting and Finance with integrated Foundation BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Business Economics BSc (Econ) (Hons), (2 years)
- Business Economics with integrated Foundation BSc (Econ) (Hons), (3 years)
- Business Management (including work placement year) BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Business Management BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Business Management with Applied Computing BSc (Hons), (2 years and 1 term)
- Business Management with Entrepreneurship BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Business Management with integrated Foundation BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Computing (Cyber Security) BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Computing (Cyber Security) BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Computing BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Computing BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Computing with Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Computing with Accounting and Finance with integrated Foundation BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Computing with Business Management BSc (Hons), (2 years and 1 term)
- Computing with Business Management with integrated Foundation BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Computing with integrated Foundation BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Content Creation, Digital Media and Journalism BA (Hons), (2 years)
- Content Creation, Digital Media and Journalism with integrated Foundation BA (Hons), (3 years)
- Digital Marketing BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Economics (Single) BSc (Econ) (Hons), (2 years)
- Economics with integrated Foundation BSc (Econ) (Hons), (3 years)
- English Literature (Single) BA (Hons), (2 years)
- History BA (Hons), (2 years)
- History with Economics BA (Hons), (3 years)
- History with Economics BA (Hons), (2 years)
- History with English Literature BA (Hons), (3 years)
- History with English Literature BA (Hons), (2 years)
- History with Politics BA (Hons), (3 years)
- History with Politics BA (Hons), (2 years)
- International Relations (Single Honours) BA (Hons), (2 years)
- Law LLB (Hons), (2 years)
- Law and Criminology LLB (Hons), (2 years)
- Law with Business Management LLB (Hons), (2 years and 1 term)
- Law with integrated Foundation LLB (Hons), (3 years)
- Liberal Arts BA (Hons), (2 years)
- Liberal Arts with integrated Foundation BA (Hons), (3 years)
- Psychology BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Psychology with Applied Computing BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Psychology with Business Management BSc (Hons), (2 years and 1 term)
- Psychology with English Literature BSc (Hons), (2 years)
- Psychology with integrated Foundation BSc (Hons), (3 years)
- Security, Intelligence and Cyber BA (Hons), (2 years)
How to apply
Reminder: You need an application ID to submit an application for this scholarship, which you receive after submitting your application to one of our courses. Ensure your course application is submitted before applying for our funded scholarships.
September 2025 entry
Scholarships for courses commencing September 2025 are now available to apply for.
January 2026 entry
The scholarship application form for courses commencing January 2026 is not yet available.