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Financial Support

For PARTNERS students, on particular courses, there may be financial support available once you begin to study at Newcastle University.

Some of the funding opportunities that were available for PARTNERS students starting the University in 2025 included:

Name Contribution Subjects

Alner and Craner Scholarship  

£2,000 per year for three years of study  

Students from WP background, any degree programme (1 scholarship will be awarded to Geography student) 

Clyde Higgs Undergraduate Scholarship  

£6,000 spread over three or four years of study  

Agri-business Management, Agriculture, Agriculture with Farm Business Management, Animal Science, Environmental Science, Sustainable Land and Business Management 

Connor King Foundation Scholarship  

£1,000 per year for Stages one to five 

`Dental Surgery BDS 

Dianne and Brian Arkley MB BS Bursary 

£1,000 in Stages one to four, and £2,000 in Stage five. 

 

MB BS 

 

Edward Long Scholarship  

£2,000 per year for three years of study  

Any degree programme, for care leavers from the North East  

Elizabeth Clark Scholarship  

£2,000 per year for three years of study  

Environmental Sciences 

F. William Stephenson Excellence Scholarship  

£3,000 for one year  

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 

Hodcroft Larsen Undergraduate Scholarship  

£2,000 for three years of study 

Female students in Chemical Engineering 

Houston Family Scholarship 

£2,000 per year for three to five years of study  

Students on STEM subjects 

James Skillington Scholarship  

£1,000 per year for three years of study  

Chemistry  

Jimmy Steele Scholarship  

£1,000 per year for Stages one to four 

Dental Surgery BDS 

John and Anne Scott Scholarship  

£3,030 per year for three years of study  

Mechanical Engineering 

John Pain Scholarship 

£3,000 for one year of study 

Agriculture-related coursein theSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences. 

PARTNERS Programme in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) subjects (Charles Letts Memorial Scholarship) 

£2,000 per year for three years of study  

 

Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM subjects) 

 

Patch Fund for Dentistry  

£1,000 per year for Stages one to four 

Dental Surgery BDS 

Sandman Undergraduate Scholarship  

£2,500 per year for three years of study  

School of Engineering, with a preference for Mechanical Engineering 

Scott-Briggs Bursary  

£1,000 for one year of study 

Subjects in School of Natural and Environmental Sciences; School of Engineering; School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics; or School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences. 

Shipwrights Ark Scholarship 

£2,000 per year for three years of study 

MEng Marine Technology course within the School of Engineering 

St Nicholas' Educational Trust Scholarship 

£1,250 per year for three years of study. 

 

Any UG degree 

The Geoffrey Harold Greatrex Scholarship 

£1,000 per year for Stages one to five 

MB BS 

Troy-Green Award 

£1,000 for one year of study 

MB BS 

Wilson Campbell Memorial Scholarship 

£1,000 

Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering 

Women’s Giving Circle Scholarship 

£2,000 per year for three years of study 

Subject areas where female undergraduates are underrepresented in 2025/26 e.g. Engineering; Computing; Maths, Statistics, and Physics;  

Please refer to the Subject Scholarships webpages for specific eligibility criteria and links to online application forms: Subject Scholarships | Undergraduate | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk) 

Funding opportunities vary each year and by the course that you study. Scholarship provision for 2026 entry is not yet fully confirmed.

The PARTNERS Team will get in touch with students throughout the application process to raise awareness of financial support opportunities.