Sussex Bursary

Sussex Bursary (2025)

What you get

£1,000 in your first year of study (either Year 1 or Foundation Year).

£500 in subsequent years.

Type of award

Undergraduate and Foundation Year

Funding type

Sussex funded

Eligibility

The bursary will be paid automatically to you via Student Finance if you meet all the following criteria:

• New starter or returning to your undergraduate course on or after September 2025
• Funded as a Home student in 2025/26
• Have an assessed household income of less than £35,000
• Not in receipt of non-means tested grant element to your funding (such as Welsh funded students or Year 2 / 3 Social Worker students)
• Registered as a full-time student in 2025/26
• Studying at Sussex (i.e. not on a placement year or Year Abroad).

To receive the bursary your household income must be validated by:

• Student Finance England - or
• Students Awards Agency for Scotland - or
• Student Finance ni.

Find out more about your household income and Student Finance England's validation process

If you are on a Year Abroad or Placement Year you will not be eligible for the award in that year as you pay a reduced tuition fee to the University.

If you meet the other eligibility criteria and are repeating a year on health or personal grounds you may be eligible for the £500 award. Please get in touch with the Funding Team for more details.

Students who started their studies before September 2020 will continue to receive the First-Generation bursary if they qualify.

Please Note: If your household income is re-assessed to be above the £35,000 threshold before the award is paid the bursary award will be withdrawn. The previous entitlement letter will no longer apply.

Number of scholarships available

Unlimited

Deadline

How to apply

Bursary application is automatic as the University receives the information directly from Student Finance.

Contact us

Please contact the Funding Team (studentfunding@sussex.ac.uk) if you have any questions.

Timetable

Bursary notification letters will be sent directly to you from Student Finance in late June 2025. Please check your email and also your online Student Finance portal for receipt of the bursary notification letter

The bursary will be paid in one instalment on or close to the 14^th of November each year.