Manchester Master's Bursary

The bursary scheme is for students who meet specific eligibility and demographic criteria. You will need to check whether you meet these before submitting an application.

You will need to meet all the following (plus at least one of the demographic criteria):

• Studying for an LLM, MA, MEd, MBA, MEnt, MPH, MPhil, MRes, MSc, MSc by Research, MusM.
• Studying a full-time one-year or part-time two-year course, for a maximum of two years.
• Be a home student paying tuition fees and have been in the UK for at least five years prior to starting your undergraduate course.
• Not hold a master's qualification or higher.
• Commenced your undergraduate course after September 2012.
• Intercalating medical students taking a master's course are eligible to apply. Medical students should note that if they plan to intercalate and take a master's course between Years 2 and 3, they won't be eligible for undergraduate loans in Year 3. However, there will be no interruption to funding if they intercalate between Years 3 and 4, and they will be eligible for the postgraduate loan.

In addition:

If you're studying a distance learning course you are eligible if you have completed your undergraduate degree within the past five years.
You will not be able to apply if you are deferring your entry.
You must not be receiving course funding from an employer, or public funding body or be covered by an undergraduate loan (such as NHS, PGCE, integrated master's).
If you are applying for MA Social Work, you'll be eligible if you don't receive the NHS Bursary.
You would not normally be eligible for other University funding in addition to the Manchester Master's Bursary. Exceptions to this are bursaries awarded as a fees discount, including an Alumni Scholarship.