Science & Engineering Widening Participation Scholarships (UG)

The Science & Engineering Widening Participation Scholarship is designed to support students coming from a diverse range of backgrounds in accessing a high quality education, including many coming from areas that have a low participation in higher education or from backgrounds lacking social or financial privilege. It aims to offer continued support to students who engaged in Queen Mary outreach activities before applying to university.

Eligibility criteria

Students must be eligible to pay Home tuition fees as assessed by Student Finance England or equivalent funding body
Students must be paying full tuition fees (i.e. not in receipt of another scholarship)
Students must be enrolling in year 1 (i.e. transfers into year 2 or advanced entry are not eligible)
This is a one-off payment in your first year. You must be able to finance the remainder of your tuition fees and living expenses
Students must select Queen Mary as Firm Choice on UCAS
Students must be a first time entrant to Queen Mary
Students must have engaged with at least one Queen Mary outreach activity
Students must complete an application form (accessible on this page once applications open)

In addition, students must meet 2 of the following criteria:

Reside in a POLAR4 Quintile 1 postcode or reside in an area with high deprivation (defined as IMD Quintile 1 or 2)

You can find out your POLAR Quintile score here
You can find out your IMD Quintile score here

Parents/guardians have not attended university
Previously have been or are currently eligible for free school meals
Have a disability, if applicable you must register with QMUL Disability and Dyslexia Service by the point of enrolment.
Have lived, or are currently living, in local authority care.