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The approved access and participation plan (APP) will be published on our website. The University of Nottingham (UoN) provides information on fees, costs, and financial support from both the Government and UoN to prospective and current students. This information is provided through our online prospectuses and printed materials, website and social media, outreach activity, face-to-face meetings at recruitment fairs, open days and interviews, and through responding to individual letters, emails, messages, chats and telephone calls.

Financial Support staff provide pre-admission financial advice. When receiving an offer to study with us, applicants have their fees confirmed in their offer letters or emails, ensuring they are aware of the fee for their programme, and we are clear in our wording that course fees and financial support may change for each year of study.

UoN provides estimates of any additional course-specific costs (for example, specialist clothing and equipment or field trips). UoN's website supports bursary provision through the following functions:

  • Alerting users across all stages of the application process to both the guaranteed bursaries and additional financial support
  • Providing guidance and assistance in the transition to university, including the process to follow to receive the bursary payments
  • Signposting prospective and current students to support services

Financial support

A summary of our financial support offer for students starting in the academic year 2025/26 is articulated below and will be published online on our dedicated web pages prior to the 2025/26 recruitment cycle.

These bursaries and awards are reviewed on an annual basis and any changes are updated on the website prior to the start of the new recruitment cycle. These webpages will include:

  • full details of our eligibility criteria
  • detailed breakdown of all our financial support packages

Full terms and conditions are published alongside each package.

SchemeEligibilityAmount

Core Bursary

Household income between £0-£35,000*

£1,400 per academic year

Nottingham Potential Bursary (NPB)

Meet one of the following criteria

a) Entry via access or vocational qualifications

b) Financially dependent children or adults

c) Specified widening participation programme participants^

For a) or b) students must also have a household income between £0-£35,000*

£1,000 per academic year

Care Experienced and Estranged Bursary

Care experienced (minimum of three months from age 14)

Estranged students**

Household income between £0-£35,000* and under 25 at the start of course

£2,000 per academic year (£1,000 if receiving NPB)

Accommodation Bursary

Care experienced and estranged criteria as above

Up to £13,000 to support first year accommodation in selected halls

Guarantor Policy

Care experienced and estranged criteria as above

Available for returning students who have completed at least their first year of study

WH Revis Article 26 Scholarship

Asylum seeker – competitive process

Tuition fee cost and £500 contribution per year for a maximum of four years

 

* Household income as assessed by student finance.

** Granted independent status by student finance due to estrangement.

^ Eligible participants must have successfully completed one of the following programmes:

  • University of Nottingham Sutton Trust Summer Schools
  • Realising Opportunities
  • Ambition Nottingham: 16-18 (Tier 1 students only)
  • University of Nottingham Sutton Trust Pathways to Medicine or Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
  • Sutton Trust Pathways to Law Online (2024 and 2025 completers only)
  • IntoUniversity post-16 participants (non-school activities)

Fee information

Our current and previous fee information for students is available to view using the links below: