Undergraduate funding

These scholarships and studentships are available to undergraduate students in the Department of Mathematics.

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

We offer prizes for current students each year, ranging from £100 to £250, based on academic performance.

Maths Academic Excellence Scholarships

These scholarships recognise and reward academic achievement.

  • Funding: £1,000
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students

Kathleen Ryan Excellence Scholarship

Scholarships will be awarded to up to three students who achieved the highest credit-weighted scores over all the previous year's Maths modules.

  • Funding: £1,000
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Number available: Three

Annie Currie Williamson Scholarship

Generously funded by a graduate of the Department of Mathematics at the University of York, these scholarships help support applicants who show academic potential.

  • Funding: £1,500 a year, for three years
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: UK (home) students
  • Number available: Three

York Bursary

Depending on your household residual income you could be eligible for our non-repayable York bursary.

  • Funding: Annual award over the course of your degree
  • Academic year: 2022/23
  • 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: 2022/23
  • 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: 2022/23
  • Open to: UK (home) students

Be Exceptional 60th Anniversary scholarships

To celebrate our 60th anniversary, we're offering tuition fee discounts to international students.

  • Funding: £7,500
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Application deadline: Monday 12 June 2023, 11.59pm BST
  • Open to: International (including EU) students

York Opportunity Scholarship 2023

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

Extracurricular funding

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

Yorkshire Bach Choir

These awards pay for vocal lessons for any students contributing to ensembles and singing in the Yorkshire Bach Choir. It could also be to increase the lesson allowance of Music students, particularly those who are part-time and specialising in performance.

  • Funding: Variable
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students

St Wilfrid's Church Scholarship

The Oratory of St Philip Neri at St Wilfrid's Catholic Church offers choral scholarships for soprano, alto, tenor and bass to form a quartet.

  • Funding: £1500 each
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students
  • Number available: 4

York Minster Choral Scholarships

York Minster offers choral scholarships lasting 12 months or longer to altos, tenors and basses who are undergraduate or postgraduate students.

  • Funding: £7032.48
  • Academic year: 2023/24
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students

Previous funding opportunities

These opportunities are closed to applications. They may reopen in future years.

Further information