Scholarships

If your household income is at or below £35,000, you may be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship. You do not need to apply for this as you will be automatically considered if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Am I eligible?

To be automatically considered for an Opportunity Scholarship, you need to meet the following criteria:

• you are registered at the University
• you commenced your studies between 2014/15 and 2023/24
• you have been income assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland, or the Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• your household income has been evaluated as £35,000 or below and you and your parents have consented to share this information with the University

You are not eligible to be considered for the Opportunity Scholarship if:

• you already hold an honours level degree or equivalent
• you are eligible for NHS funding
• you are on a placement year and paying a reduced tuition fee
• you are studying a course leading to a PGCE qualification
• you have not been income assessed by Friday 7th June 2024

How and when will I find out if I am receiving the scholarship?

We will automatically assess your eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship. If you are eligible, you will receive an email from the Student Loans Company (SLC) directing you to your online Student Finance account to view your award letter. The email will be sent to the email address that you have listed with the SLC.

You should expect to receive this email anytime between registration and early November. You can also check your online Student Finance account under the ‘Letters and Emails’ section to see if you have been issued with an award letter yet.

If you think you are eligible and you have not received an award letter by mid-November, only then contact us and we can check if you are eligible and why an award has not yet been approved.

What can I get?

• If your household income is at or below £25,000 then you will receive a £2,000 bursary
• If your household income is between £25,001 and £35,000 then you will receive a £1,000 bursary

If you are studying Business Accounting and Finance, you will receive a pro rata scholarship in Years 2, 3 and 4, as you will be paying a reduced fee. You will receive either a £1,332 bursary or a £666 bursary in Years 2, 3 and 4, depending on your household income.

When and how will I receive my payments?

Your award is paid across three instalments. The instalments will be paid into the same bank account that your student loan is paid into.

The 2023/24 payment dates are:

• 15th November 2023
• 7th February 2024
• 1st May 2024

If your income assessment is completed after 2nd November 2023, you will receive any missed instalments 10 working days after we approve your scholarship (unless the academic year has ended).

If you need to update your bank details, you will need to contact the SLC as soon as possible.

What if I leave the University?

If you withdraw or suspend your studies then we will cancel all future payments of your scholarship. You may also need to repay some of your scholarship. Please refer to the table below to determine your eligibility.

If you are thinking of withdrawing or suspending and you are worried about your finance, contact us to speak with one of our Student Finance Advisors.

Contact

If you have completed the above steps and you have not received a confirmation letter by mid-November, or if you have any further enquiries contact us by:

• Emailing us
• Telephone: 0191 208 7247, 0191 208 3108 or 0191 208 4488

The 2014-23 Opportunity Scholarship (PDF: 135KB) gives terms and conditions and includes more information about the scholarships.

Thanks to alumni and friends of Newcastle University who support Opportunity Scholarships:

• Anthony Walter Blackwell Will Trust
• Newcastle University Women’s Club
• Scott-Briggs Bursary and Professor Paul Dent
• Imran Ahmed and Sadia Nujhat
• Fiona Foundation
• The E June Copland and Kenneth D Hunter Donation
• Gordon Cannon Scholarship‌

If you are an EU student then you may be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship depending on your household income.

Am I eligible?

In order to be considered for Opportunity Scholarship you need to meet the criteria listed below:

• You are registered at the University
• You commenced your studies between 2017/18 and 2020/21
• You have been income assessed by the EU Team within the Student Loans Company (SLC)
• Your household income must be at or below £35,000

You will not be considered for the Opportunity Scholarship under the following circumstances:

• You commenced your studies in 2021/22, 2022/23 or 2022/24
• You already hold an honours level degree or equivalent
• You are eligible for NHS funding
• You are on placement and you are paying a reduced tuition fee
• You are studying a course leading to a PGCE qualification
• You have not been income assessed by Friday 7th June 2024

How and when will I find out if I am receiving the scholarship?

If you think that you are eligible for a scholarship then you need to complete a bursary income form and send this to the SLC. This form should have been sent to you with your tuition fee loan request form. If you have not received the bursary income form then you will need to contact the SLC.

Once you have completed the form then we will automatically assess your eligibility for a scholarship. If you are eligible then you will receive a letter from the Student Loans Company (SLC).

If you think you are eligible and you have sent off your bursary income form and you have not received an award letter by mid-November, only then contact us and we can check if you are eligible and why an award has not yet been approved.

What can I get?

• If your household income is at or below £25,000 then you will receive a £2,000 bursary
• If your household income is between £25,001 and £35,000 then you will receive a £1,000 bursary

If you are studying Business Accounting and Finance, you will receive a pro rata scholarship in Years 2, 3 and 4, as you will be paying a reduced fee. You will receive either a £1,332 bursary or a £666 bursary in Years 2, 3 and 4, depending on your household income.

When and how will I receive my payments?

Your award is paid across three instalments and you’ll be paid into the same bank account that you provided details of to the SLC.

The 2023/24 payment dates are:

• 15th November 2023
• 7th February 2024
• 1st May 2024

If your income assessment is completed after 2nd November 2023 you will receive any missed instalments 10 working days after we approve your scholarship (unless the academic year has ended).

If you need to update your bank details you will need to contact the SLC as soon as possible.

What if I leave the University?

If you withdraw or suspend your studies then we will cancel all future payments of your scholarship. You may also need to repay some of your scholarship. Please refer to the table below to determine your eligibility.

If you are thinking of withdrawing or suspending and you are worried about your finance, contact us to speak with one of our Student Finance Advisors.

Contact

If you have completed the above steps and you have not received a confirmation letter by mid-November, or if you have any further enquiries contact us by:

• Emailing us
• Telephone: 0191 208 7247, 0191 208 3108 or 0191 208 4488

The 2017-20 Opportunity Scholarship EU (PDF: 138KB) gives terms and conditions and includes more information about the scholarships.

Thanks to alumni and friends of Newcastle University who support Opportunity Scholarships:

• Anthony Walter Blackwell Will Trust
• Newcastle University Women’s Club
• Scott-Briggs Bursary and Professor Paul Dent
• Imran Ahmed and Sadia Nujhat
• Fiona Foundation
• The E June Copland and Kenneth D Hunter Donation
• Gordon Cannon Scholarship‌

If your household income is at or below £40,000, you may be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship (MBBS/BDS). You do not need to apply for this as you will be automatically considered if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Am I eligible?

To be automatically considered for this award, you need to meet the following criteria:

• you are registered at the University as a final year Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) or Dental Surgery (BDS) student
• you have been income assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland, or the Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• your household income has been evaluated as £40,000 or below for the previous (2022/23) academic year and you and your parents have consented to share this information with the University

You are not eligible to be considered for this award if:

• you already hold an honours level degree or equivalent
• you are in receipt of the Opportunity Scholarship

How and when will I find out if I am receiving the scholarship?

We will automatically assess your eligibility for this award. If you are eligible, you will receive an email from ukscholarships@ncl.ac.uk confirming this.

The email will be sent to your university email address and will contain instructions on how to receive the award which you should follow carefully. You should expect to receive this email anytime in December.

If you think you are eligible and you have not received a notification email by the end of December, only then contact us and we can check if you are eligible and why an award has not yet been approved.

What can I get?

• If your household income is at or below £25,000 then you will receive a £2,000 bursary
• If your household income is between £25,001 and £35,000 then you will receive a £1,000 bursary
• If your household income is between £35,001 and £40,000 then you will receive a £500 bursary

If you are repeating part of a year or you are studying part timethen you will have a reduced fee liability. In this scenario you will receive a pro rata award (e.g. you are paying 50% of the total tuition fee then you will receive 50% of the bursary).

When and how will I receive my payments?

Your award will be paid in one lump sum in mid-January.

What if I leave the University?

If you withdraw or suspend your studies prior to the expected payment date, you will no longer be eligible to receive the award.

If you are thinking of withdrawing or suspending and you are worried about your finance, contact us to speak with one of our Student Finance Advisors.

Contact

If you have completed the above steps and you have not received a confirmation letter by the end of December, or if you have any further enquiries, please contact us by:

• Emailing us
• Telephone: 0191 208 4488

Please refer to the 23/24 Opportunity Scholarship (Final Year MBBS/BDS) Regulations (PDF: 96KB) for full terms and conditions and further information.

If your household income is between £35,001 and £40,000, you may be eligible for the Undergraduate Support Scholarship. You do not need to apply for this as you will be automatically considered if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Am I eligible?

To be automatically considered for the Undergraduate Support Scholarship, you need to meet the following criteria:

• you are registered at the University
• you commenced your studies between 2014/15 and 2023/24 if you are a UK student
• you commenced your studies between 2014/15 and 2020/21 if you are an EU student
• you have been income assessed by Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland, or the Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• your household income has been evaluated as between £35,001 and £40,000, and you and your parents have consented to share this information with the University

You are not eligible to be considered for the Undergraduate Support Scholarship if:

• you already hold an honours level degree or equivalent
• you are eligible for NHS funding
• you are on a placement year and paying a reduced tuition fee
• you are studying a course leading to a PGCE qualification
• you are in receipt of the Opportunity Scholarship
• you have not been income assessed by Friday 7th June 2024

If you subsequently become eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship, the award given will be no more than £1,500 for a household income under £25,000 and no more than £500 for a household income between £25,001 and £35,000. No student is eligible for more than £2,000 across both the Opportunity Scholarship and UG Support Scholarship. Please refer to the terms and conditions of the Opportunity Scholarship for more detail on eligibility.

How and when will I find out if I am receiving the scholarship?

We will automatically assess your eligibility for the Undergraduate Support Scholarship. If you are eligible, you will receive an email from the Student Loans Company (SLC) directing you to your online Student Finance account to view your award letter. The email will be sent to the email address that you have listed with the SLC.

You should expect to receive this email anytime between registration and early November. You can also check your online Student Finance account under the ‘Letters and Emails’ section to see if you have been issued with an award letter yet.

If you think you are eligible and you have not received an award letter by mid-November, only then contact us and we can check if you are eligible and why an award has not yet been approved.

What can I get?

If your household income is between £35,001 and £40,000 then you will receive a £500 bursary

When and how will I receive my payments?

Your award is paid in one instalment. The instalment will be paid into the same bank account that your student loan is paid into.

The 2023/24 payment date is 15th November 2023.

If your income assessment is completed after 2nd November 2023, you will receive the payment 10 working days after we approve your scholarship (unless the academic year has ended).

If you need to update your bank details, you will need to contact the SLC as soon as possible.

What if I leave the University?

If you withdraw or suspend your studies prior to 15th November 2023 then we will cancel payment of the scholarship.

If you are thinking of withdrawing or suspending and you are worried about your finance, contact us to speak with one of our Student Finance Advisors.

Contact

If you have completed the above steps and you have not received a confirmation letter by mid-November, or if you have any further enquiries contact us by:

• Emailing us
• Telephone: 0191 208 7247, 0191 208 3108 or 0191 208 4488

Please refer to the 23/24 UG Support Scholarship Regulations (PDF: 111KB) for full terms and conditions and further information.

The GO Global Scholarship is a £1,500 bursary and is designed to support students who wish to undertake a short term global placement, which has been approved by the Global Opportunities team.

You must be a current, undergraduate Newcastle University student who is paying UK Home tuition fees to be eligible for this scholarship. You must also meet at least one of the criteria listed below:

• In receipt of the NCL Opportunity Scholarship 
• Care leaver/ Care Experienced 
• Carer/ Caring Responsibilities 
• Estranged Student 
• Refugee/ Asylum Seeker 
• Gypsy/ Roma Travelling Community 
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic group (BAME) & attended a UK state school throughout schooling

All eligible students are welcome to apply. However, we wish to support as many students to go abroad as possible and therefore, if we are over-subscribed, we may preference applications from students whose degree programmes do not already include a global placement. 

Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis. Please submit your funding application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you aren't sure which summer opportunity you will pursue we can work with you to help you select an appropriate placement.

The application process includes an application form and a short personal statement. Your application will be assessed based on your eligibility and personal statement. 

Further information, including detailed eligibility criteria can be found in the terms and conditions and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the Global Opportunities team by email for help.

You can also sign up to the Global Opportunities mailing list to be the first to hear about new scholarship and funding opportunities.

Background

All University Endowed Prizes for Academic Excellence (formerly Exhibition awards) are awarded annually to first year undergraduates. The prizes carry considerable prestige and are merit based awards.

The pooled awards, which are funded by various bequests, replace the former Exhibition awards and apply across varying groupings of academic disciplines to reflect the previous spread of individual awards.

Eligibility

These awards are competitive across the whole University and can be held by any Year 1 student. Only exceptionally high achieving students should be nominated for these prizes.

Selection

Endowed Prizes are awarded on the basis of end of stage examination results, reflecting the student’s performance throughout the academic year. Nominations are put forward by the Schools. Prizes are then awarded by the University Endowed Prizes Committee.

2021/22 Endowed Prizes Award Winners:

• Jennifer G. Ambarita, BSc Computer Science
• Adrian Buchholz, BSc Computer Science
• Tran H.N. Le, BSc Hons Physics
• Daniel A. Richardson, BSc Hons Mathematics
• Matas Budreckas, BSc Agric with Hons Farm Bus Mgmt
• Molly Claassen, BSc Hons Marine Biology
• Emily R L Johnson, BSc Hons Environment Sci with Placement
• Timothy C Lyne, BSc Hons Agriculture
• Shivani Baghirathan Nicholls, BSc Hons Biology
• Tang Hoi Ka, Bachelor of Dental Surgery
• Ameena Bourenane, BSc Hons Oral and Dental Health Sciences
• Chloe Thompson, Master of Dietetics
• Holly Edgerton, BSc Human Nutrition with Prof. Placemt
• Claire Carlton, Master of Pharmacy with Honours
• Victoria E Catterall, BSc Hons Sport and Exercise Science
• Eleanor A Mannix, BSc Hons Psychology
• Daniel A. Embleton, BSc Jt Hons Psychology & Biology
• Aaron A Scott, BSc Hons Biochemistry
• Rebecca K Watson, BSc Hons Physiological Sciences
• Abigail Keane, BA Hons Modern Languages
• Louise TY Ng Fong Tiao, BA Hons Modern Lang & Linguis
• Sophie Krol, BA Hons Linguistics with French
• Saskia Ball, BSc Hons Bus Acc & Finance w Work Plcm
• Lukas Weidlich, Bachelor of Laws
• Erin Smith, Bachelor of Laws
• Chloe Summers, BA Hons History
• Joel Fossard Jones, BA Hons English Literature
• Francesca Elsy, BSc Hons Geography
• Brooke Armstrong, BA Hons Education
• Eleanor Brown, BA Hons Philosophy
• Albert Thorpe, BA Hons Philosophy
• Sara Jane Cleever Thorpe, BA Hons Fine Art
• Elena Fabian Kolpanowicz, BA Hons Geography and Planning
• Aidan PE Togonon, BA Hons Architecture
• Rekyan Amanullah, BSc Hons International Business Mgt

The Stanley Raymond Dennison Scholarships were established from legacy funds donated from the estate of Professor Stanley Dennison CBE. Professor Dennison was a notable and eminent economist, former chief economic assistant in the war cabinet, holder of the David Dale chair of economics, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Newcastle University and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull. He also served on the review body for doctors’ and dentists’ remuneration, on the University Grants Committee, and as Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals.

The Scholarships are devoted to assisting the further studies of the highest achieving first year undergraduates at Newcastle University.

2021/22 Stanley Dennison Scholarship Winners:

• Domantas Gruodis, BSc Computer Science
• Jake McMillan, MPhys Physics with Hons
• Wynnie Chong, MChem Hon Chemistry (Industrial Training)
• Farhan Mirza, BSc Computer Sci with Ind Placement
• Charlotte Stott, Master of Pharmacy with Honours
• Emily F Gibson, BSc Hons Psychology
• Rebecca Green, BSc Hons Pharmacology
• Phoebe E Pardoe, BSc Hons Sport and Exercise Science
• Tallulah Kilgannon, BA Hons Linguistics
• Eleni P Liassou, BSc Hons Accounting and Finance
• Cesur Basoglu, BA Hons Politics & Economics
• Deborah Bell, BSc Speech and Language Therapy
• Jessica Loftus, BA Combined Honours
• Jennifer Sykes, BA Hons Music
• Abbie Lowdon, BA Hons Architecture

The William Benedict Coleman Scholarships were established in 1997 from the funds donated from the estate of the late Mrs Sarah Ann Deary Coleman. The funds perpetuate the memory of her husband, a successful engineer who lived and worked in the North East of England.

1. The Scholarship shall be known as the William Benedict Coleman Scholarships and shall be devoted to assisting studies of the most promising undergraduates in Engineering at Newcastle University
2. The Scholarships shall be awarded each year to the best students seeking entry to Stage 2 of the MEng/BEng course in any Engineering School within the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, at least one of whom will be in receipt of Student Loans Company fee and maintenance funding
3. The award of the Scholarship will be based in each case upon the candidate's performance in Stage 1 of his/her degree programme. The awards shall be made by the University Exhibitions and Engineering Scholarships Committee which includes at lease one member of each Faculty. The Heads of Engineering Schools (or their nominees) shall submit nominations for the Scholarship on an annual basis
4. The minimum value of each Scholarship shall be £2,000 per year. The Scholarships will be renewable each year for Stages 3 (and Stage 4 MEng only), subject to satisfactory progress towards the chosen degree
5. The Scholarships will be awarded from the fund annually, up to the full value of the monies available (as advised by the University Finance Office), except when there are too few applicants of sufficient merit

2021/22 William Benedict Coleman Scholarship Winners:

• Gedeon Kolcsar, BEng Hons Mechanical Eng
• Levenya Dewanarayana, MEng Mech Eng with Biomedical Eng
• Harrison Bamforth, BEng Mar Tech Hons Mar Eng
• Ainas Variavicius, MEng Hons E'ronics & Comp Eng w Ind Proj
• Basmalah Etri , MEng Hons Chemical Engineering Industry
• Louise Jarbrink, BEng Hon Civil & Struc Eng
• Kyle Backhus, BEng Geospatial Surveying and Mapping
• Keafiwa F. Radipitse, BEng Geospatial Surveying & Map w Yr Ind

The M A Burnip Scholarships were established with funds from the Will of the late Mabel Annie Burnip for the general purposes of Newcastle University in memory of Dr Ethel Williams, suffragette. Up to two Scholarships are normally awarded each year to undergraduate women students in Engineering.

1. The Scholarships shall be known as the M A Burnip Scholarships.
2. Up to two Scholarships may be awarded in any one year, subject to the level of income available.
3. The Scholarships shall be tenable by women students who enter undergraduate courses in Engineering with the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering.
4. The value of each Scholarship in any year shall be £600.
5. The Scholarship shall be awarded by the University Exhibitions and Engineering Scholarship Committee on behalf of the Senate of the University on the recommendation of the Head of an Engineering School.
6. The Scholarship shall not be tenable jointly with any other Scholarship, Exhibition or similar award in the gift of the University.
7. Each Scholarship shall be tenable for the normal three of four consecutive years of an undergraduate degree course, subject to the student maintaining satisfactory attendance and progress on her course and provided that:

• in the event of the student not maintaining satisfactory attendance and progress the Scholarship shall be terminated unless the Committee, on the recommendation of the Head of School concerned, determines that the Scholarship shall be suspended for a specific period, not exceeding one academic year;
• the Committee on the recommendation of the Head of the School concerned suspend the Scholarship for a period not exceeding one academic year in order to permit the student to obtain relevant professional or industrial experience;
• not more than one period of suspension of the Scholarship under sections 6 (a) and (b) shall be granted to any one student.

2021/22 MA Burnip Scholarship Winners:

• Beka Bowkett, BEng Mar Tech Hons Mar Eng
• Emily Turner, BEng Hons Mechanical Eng
• Zilan Altindag , MEng Hons E'ronics & Comp Eng w Ind Proj

The late Miss Jane Whiteside Alexander Batey bequeathed the sum of £5,000 for the purpose of establishing a memorial fund in memory of her late brother, Robert Alexander Batey, who graduated in 1926 at Armstrong College, Newcastle and was for a time lecturer at the Sunderland Technical College. It has been determined that the income from this bequest shall be applied in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The scholarships will have an annual value of £600 and shall be tenable for two years. The holders will be known as R A Batey Scholars.
2. The scholarships will be awarded by the University Exhibitions and Engineering Scholarship Committee, after consultation with all the Heads of Engineering Schools in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, to the two students who achieve the best results in the Part 1 course in each academic year.
3. If no candidate is deemed to have attained a sufficiently high standard the scholarships will not be awarded.
4. These Regulations may be varied from time to time by the University if, by reason of material changes in the conditions of study in the University, or of changes affecting the majority of students attending Schools within the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (whether their homes are in the North East of England or elsewhere), or of changes in Government regulations or otherwise, amendments are deemed to be necessary to comply with the wishes of the original benefactor. Such amendments must be of a minor character and should be introduced for the purpose of affecting the overall charitable purpose of Miss Batey.

2021/22 RA Batey Scholarship Winners:

• Lewis Wilkinson, BEng Hons Mechanical Eng

Funding provided by Research Councils is usually very competitive with strict application deadlines. In most cases, you must apply through the department in which you intend to study. Most Research Councils will not accept applications made directly to them.

Contact your prospective supervisor or department to find out more about Research Council funding opportunities, eligibility criteria and how to apply. UK students are usually eligible to receive funding for all of their tuition fees and maintenance. EU students usually receive fees-only funding.

Research Councils:

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)