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We are offering £1,000 cash per year (excluding placement years) to home students studying full time and paying a tuition fee of £9,000 or £9,250. The Access to Higher Education Scholarship is available if you are accepted onto a course with an Access to HE qualification (where it is an entry requirement for the course). .

There is no separate application process for the Access Scholarship. Eligible students are automatically identified and contacted before they start their studies at Âéw¶¹´«Ã½.

The Unite Foundation Scholarship is closed for 2024/25.

The Unite Foundation Scholarship is jointly offered by Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ and the Unite Foundation. The scholarship offers care leaver and estranged students a free student bedroom in Newarke Point for a maximum of three years of eligible study.

The Unite Foundation Scholarship webpage contains more information and eligibility criteria.

Applications for 2024 are now closed.

The Stoneygate Trust Scholarship is dedicated to providing Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ students from a low income or disadvantaged background with monetary awards that will assist them in obtaining at least a grade of 2:1 in their degree programme.

Stoneygate Trust funding will help 3 students from disadvantaged backgrounds per year for the next 3 intakes of students. The scholarship will provide £3,000 per academic year from the trust, with an additional £1,000 per academic year drawn from existing Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ funds.

The Stephen Lawrence Professional Scholarship aims to support aspiring, talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds providing a tuition fee reduction and an annual cash bursary. The scholarship was established in 2016 in honour of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence. You can find out more about Stephen Lawrence and his legacy by visiting Âéw¶¹´«Ã½â€™s Stephen Lawrence Research Centre.

The Stephen Lawrence Professional Scholarship is specifically offered to students in year 1 (Level 4) studying one of the following courses:

• Architecture BA (Hons)
• Architectural Technology BSc (Hons)
• Criminology BA (Hons)
• Health and Wellbeing in Society BA (Hons)
• Journalism BA (Hons)
• Law LLB (Hons)

There are three scholarships available. Each scholarship provides:

• 50% off the cost of tuition fees, and
• £3,500 cash bursary each academic year

Students seeking asylum in the UK are not able to apply for funding from the Student Loans Company and are charged international student fees. Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ offers eight Article 26 Scholarships for undergraduate students unable to access funding.

Please note: the Article 26 Scholarship is only available to students looking to start an undergraduate level programme.

The Article 26 Scholarship consists of:

• A full fee waiver for the duration of the course
• Plus a £3,500 contribution towards living costs per year (or £500 if you are in the care of your local authority)
• One Article 26 Scholarship recipient will also be eligible for free accommodation in a Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ hall of residence for three years (subject to availability). The recipient must be under the age of 25 on 1 September 2021 to receive this element.

The contains more information on eligibility and how to apply.

We are offering £1,000 cash per year to home students studying full time and paying a tuition fee of £9,000 or £9,250. The Care Leavers' Bursary is available to eligible students who come to the University directly from care.

Bursary and scholarship terms and conditions apply.

We are offering £1,000 cash per year to home students studying full time and paying a tuition fee of £9,000 or £9,250. The Estranged Students' Bursary is available to eligible students who are estranged from their family and have no other source of income.

Bursary and scholarship terms and conditions apply.

Applications for 2024 are now closed.

The Waymade Scholarship is generously funded by the Shanta Foundation and supports five BSc undergraduate Nursing or Midwifery students each year. Funds of £3000 are available each year for the full 3 years of study.

National law firm Freeths has established a scholarship programme for law students in memory of Mukesh Patel, former Managing Partner of Freeths’ Leicester Office.

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