Undergraduate funding

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

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

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 first year of study; £10,000 tuition fee discount for second and third year of study

Academic year

2026/27

Qualification level

Undergraduate

Open to

International (including EU) students

Number available

Six

Dean's Global Excellence Scholarship

Care Leavers and Estranged Students Bursary

This bursary is for students who are under 25 when they start their studies, and who also meet one of the following conditions: come to York as a care leaver (or through the national Foyer Federation), or who are irreconcilably estranged from their parents (or both parents have passed away).

Funding

Annual award over the course of your degree

Academic year

2025/26

Department

Any

Qualification level

Undergraduate

Open to

UK (home) students

Care Leavers and Estranged Students Bursary

Equal Access Scholarship (undergraduate)

We're pleased to offer two scholarships for undergraduate students who are seeking refuge in the UK. You must have applied to the University of York before submitting an application for this scholarship.

Funding

£12,300 per annum living costs plus a full fee waiver for three years of an undergraduate degree

Academic year

2026/27

Qualification level

Undergraduate

Open to

International (including EU) students

Number available

2

Equal Access Scholarship (undergraduate)