Undergraduate funding

These scholarships and studentships are available to undergraduate students in the Department of English and Related Literature.

Your chosen course, level of study and other statuses may all affect your eligibility for the opportunities listed here.

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Undergraduate Admissions

english-ug-admissions@york.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1904 323366

BA English Widening Access Scholarship

The Department of English provides Widening Access Scholarships worth £1,000 each year of study. These scholarships provide just one way for us to recognise and celebrate the success of students who have overcome significant barriers and challenges in their journey to higher education.

  • Funding: £3,000, paid in annual instalments of £1,000 for three years in total
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Number available: Five

English and Related Literature Academic Excellence Scholarships

This award recognises the academic excellence of your application by offering a scholarship during your first year of study.

  • Funding: £1,000
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: UK (home) students

International Scholarship Awards

This award recognises the academic excellence of your application by offering a scholarship during your first year of study.

  • Funding: £1,000
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: International (including EU) students
  • Number available: 15

Language and Linguistic Science Academic Excellence Scholarships

We are pleased to confirm that £1,000 Academic Excellence Scholarships, which recognise and reward academic achievement, will be available to incoming students starting their course in September 2020.

  • Funding: £1,000
  • Academic year: 2020/21
  • Application deadline: Friday 1 May 2020, 11.59pm BST
  • Open to: EU and UK (home) students

Holbeck Scholarship

These scholarships are open to pupils from schools and colleges in the Yorkshire and Humber region, who are applying to any UK university for entry in September 2024.

  • Funding: £1,750
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Application deadline: Tuesday 7 May 2024, 11.59pm BST
  • Open to: UK (home) students

York Enigma Scholarship

The York Enigma Scholarships have been established with the generous support of York alumni and entrepreneur Max Noble to support talented undergraduate students at York.

  • Funding: £3,300, paid over three years
  • Academic year: 2021/22
  • Application deadline: Friday 19 November 2021, 11.59pm GMT
  • Open to: UK (home) students

Care Leavers and Estranged Students Bursary

This bursary is for students aged under 25, who come to York as care leavers or who are irreconcilably estranged from their parents.

  • Funding: Annual awards over the duration of your course
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: UK (home) students

Cowrie Foundation Scholarship

Created to offer support to Black British undergraduates from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

  • Funding: Tuition fees at the UK (home) rate, plus a maintenance stipend of up to £8,000 for each year of your course.
  • Academic year: 2025/26
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Number available: Two

Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship

To reward excellence, the Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship offers a tuition fee discount to talented undergraduate students within the faculties.

  • Funding: Full tuition fee discount for the first year followed by £10,000 tuition fee discount for the second and third year.
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: International (including EU) students
  • Number available: 2 per faculty

Equal Access Scholarship (undergraduate)

We're pleased to offer two Equal Access Scholarships for undergraduate students who are seeking refuge in the UK. Please note that you must have applied to the University of York before submitting an application for this scholarship.

  • Funding: £12,300 living costs plus a full fee waiver
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: International (non-EU) students
  • Number available: 2

International Achievement Scholarship

Through this scholarship, we aim to celebrate the achievements of our best and brightest international undergraduate applicants.

  • Funding: £10,000 (first year of study only)
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: International (including EU) students
  • Number available: 50

International Regional Scholarship

Our International Regional Scholarship is here to support international undergraduate and postgraduate students to help them excel.

  • Funding: up to £9000 (first year of study only)
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: International (including EU) students

Unite Accommodation Scholarship

The Unite Accommodation Scholarship helps students who are estranged from their parents with the cost of their university accommodation.

  • Funding: University accommodation bills for up to three years of study
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Application deadline: Thursday 1 June 2023, 11.59pm BST
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Number available: One

York Opportunity Scholarship

The York Opportunity Scholarships have been established to provide support to talented students who have the academic potential to study at York.

  • Funding: £3,300 paid over three years
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Application deadline: Monday 2 October 2023, 9am BST
  • Open to: UK (home) students

York Refugee Bursary

The Refugee Bursary is a non-repayable award for students who come to York and have a Refugee immigration status.

  • Funding: Annual award over course of degree
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: UK (home) students

Extracurricular funding

While not directly related to your studies, these opportunities can help you get the most from your time at York.

There are no scholarships or funding opportunities to show here right now. You may still be able to find a funding option that you are eligible for on our undergraduate funding pages.

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Undergraduate Admissions

english-ug-admissions@york.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1904 323366