University College Birmingham Employers' Scholarships
University College Birmingham
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Want uni without the cost worry? Apply for University College Birmingham Employers' Scholarships to secure tuition and accommodation support, connect with industry partners and build career-ready skills — making higher education accessible where it once felt out of reach.
University College Birmingham’s Employers' Scholarships are a fully funded widening-participation package for undergraduates who live in areas of economic and social hardship in Birmingham. The scholarships are delivered with support from industry partners and are designed to reduce financial barriers to higher education for students who may otherwise feel university is out of reach.
Successful applicants receive a substantial support package that covers tuition fees and accommodation, alongside a living bursary, a Cost of Living Allowance and additional Kick-Start funding. In addition to financial support, scholars may also benefit from mentoring, work experience, interview preparation and, where possible, future job opportunities with employer sponsors.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate commitment to their chosen course and explain how the award would support their ambitions.
21 Aug 2026
Dates from the previous cycle — new dates are announced when applications reopen.
01 Sept 2026
September 2026 entry
Location
- You must be in your final year of post-16 education when you apply (for example, Year 13 or the final year of a college course).
- You must be eligible for UK home fee status.
- If your fee status is due to change from overseas to home before 1 August 2026, you can still apply, but you may need to provide additional information.
- If you still have overseas fee status by 1 August 2026, you may not be able to benefit from the scholarship offer.
- You must obtain home fee status by 1 September 2026 in order to benefit from the financial support as an undergraduate.
- You must meet all of the qualification and subject requirements of the course you are applying for.
- You must have achieved at least five GCSE grades 9-6 (A*-B) or equivalent.
- If English Language and Maths are not included in those five grades, you must have achieved at least grade 4 (C) in both subjects.
- Applicants must meet at least two of the following criteria, unless they have experience of local authority care: eligible for, or recently in receipt of, free school meals; first generation in their family to attend university; completed Key Stage 4 and/or currently attending UCB's sixth form or college; have significant extenuating circumstances affecting academic attainment; or have a household income of £35,000 or below.
- Priority will be given to applicants who have spent time in local authority care.
- Priority will be given to applicants currently resident in a foyer or other supported accommodation.
- You must live in one of the eligible Birmingham postcode districts/wards: B10, B11, B12, B14, B18, B19, B2, B20, B21, B23, B24, B25, B26, B31, B32, B33, B36, B6, B7, B8 or B9.
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