ARU Bursary

Our ARU Bursary is open to undergraduate and integrated Masters students from the UK. It is also available to EU students starting a course in the 2022/23 academic year who remain eligible for student finance.

To be eligible for our ARU Bursary you should:

• be starting a course
• be a UK student or an EU/EEA student who remains eligible for student finance
• be studying a full-time or part-time undergraduate degree or an integrated Masters course, on our Cambridge, Chelmsford or ARU Peterborough campuses
• have a household income of £42,875 and under
• be fully registered on a course at ARU starting on or after 1 August 2020
• have made a means-tested application to Student Finance England (or another UK student funding provider such as the Student Awards Agency for Scotland), have given your consent to share the financial details and have been deemed eligible for support
• engage with your studies on an ongoing basis. Engagement is based on your attendance in lectures and tutorials as well as engagement with our Learning Management System and library resources.

You will not be eligible for our ARU Bursary if you are:

an international student living outside the UK or EU (including Channel Islands)
studying for a degree apprenticeship, or as a distance learner or blended learner
sponsored by the NHS, an employer or a local authority
studying at one of our partner institutions
on a year out, on a year-long placement or study abroad
pending registration or re-registration, intermitting, suspended or excluded
not engaging with your studies.