Northumbria University Undergraduate Award
Northumbria University
Apply NowWant extra cash and support for your degree? Apply for the Northumbria Undergraduate Award to secure £4,000 across your first three years, ease study and living costs, and access tailored support to boost your university success.
The Northumbria Undergraduate Award is a cash award for UK/Home students starting a full-time undergraduate course at Northumbria University. It is designed to support students from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds in Higher Education and help with budgeting and study costs during their degree.
Successful applicants receive a total of £4,000, paid in instalments across the first three years of study. The award is made on an annual basis, provided the student progresses to the next year of study, and it is not paid during a placement year or repeated year.
Students who receive this award cannot also receive another Northumbria undergraduate award in the same cycle. Applicants must meet the university’s residency, enrolment, funding and offer conditions, and they must satisfy at least one of the award’s priority criteria.
These include living in a low-progression neighbourhood, being from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, or having a declared physical or mental health condition, long-term illness, or learning difference. Applications are submitted online, with a short written response or optional video statement explaining how the award will support success in Higher Education.
31 Aug 2026
01 Sept 2026
September 2026 intake
Location
- Be a UK/Home applicant, including students domiciled in Jersey, Guernsey, the Channel Islands, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
- Apply and enrol on a full-time undergraduate course starting in first year at Level 4 at Northumbria University’s Newcastle Upon Tyne campus.
- Meet the conditions of your offer and the individual entry requirements for your course.
- Be a self-funded student, not sponsored by an employer.
- Apply for one or more elements of the Government Student Finance package.
- Register with Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales or Student Finance Northern Ireland.
- If you are a Scottish student, register with the Student Award Agency for Scotland and apply to be means-tested for maintenance funding so that SAAS can send your data to Student Finance England.
- Agree to share consent via your Student Finance Provider with Northumbria University.
- Be from a neighbourhood with a low progression rate to Higher Education, or be from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, or have declared a physical and/or mental health condition, long-term illness, or learning difference on your UCAS form.
£4,000 total
A £4,000 cash award paid in instalments across years one, two and three of study. Payments are made in stages, with a maximum of three years support, subject to annual progression to the next year.
Free to apply; no participant fee is stated.
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