Scholarships

National Scholarship Programme

Each scholarship has an overall benefit of £3,000. You will receive £1,000 as a grant and £2,000 as a fee waiver.

To be eligible to apply for a scholarship you must have a household income of less than £25,000, plus at least one of the following:

• You've high UCAS tariff points
• You're disabled
• You're a care leaver
• You're a student who the University would expect to be assessed on parental income, who has been assessed as being independent of parental support for the purposes of their student funding
• You live in a low participation postcode area.

The University of Derby has set additional criteria in the following areas:

Students with high UCAS tariff points

This means students with UCAS Tariff points or equivalent qualifications and grades that are of 301 points and above. Applications from those with the highest tariff points or equivalent will be weighted accordingly.

Disabled Students

Students declaring a disability, where evidence exists that they are likely to qualify for Disabled Students' Allowance

Care Leavers/those without parental support

Students applying for a scholarship who are leaving statutory local authority care, and students who the University would expect to be assessed on parental income, who have been assessed as being independent of parental support for the purposes of their student funding.

Low participation postcode areas

Students applying for a scholarship who live in a postcode area that has been recognised as an area from which a relatively low percentage of people enter higher education. More information about low participation post code areas in England and which areas they are can be found on the HEFCE website. This provides an understanding about which areas may qualify, however individual postcodes are listed on a national database available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEfCE) that the University will consult in detail by individual postcode.

The criteria set out above are intended to ensure that scholarships reach those who most need them. Therefore students who are able to provide evidence for multiple criteria are more likely to be successful in being awarded a scholarship.