Bursary value: £1000 per academic year
Eligibility criteria:
- Be joining the university for the first time in September 2025
- Be registered on a full-time undergraduate degree course at Nottingham which you commenced in 2025/26
- Not have studied for an undergraduate degree before starting your current course
- PGCE/Graduate Entry Nursing/Graduate Entry Medicine students are only eligible for the Nottingham Potential Bursary on the grounds of having dependants
- Have UK 'Home' status for funding purposes
- Be liable for the tuition fee set in 2025/26
- Have had a full financial assessment carried out by Student Finance
- Not be in receipt of a Maycock-Whileman Scholarship or an Alumni Scholarship award
PLUS one or more of the following:
- Entering via an Access route or with vocational qualifications (at further education level) and with a household income between £0-£35,000 (as assessed by Student Finance) - we will require a copy of your certificate or transcript
- Students with a household income between £0-£35,000 (as assessed by Student Finance) with financially dependent children or adults - we will require a copy of your 2025/26 Student Finance letter showing you to be in receipt of either Childcare Grant, Parents Learning allowance or Adult Dependants Grant
- Students who have fulfilled specified conditions through participation in one of the programmes below:
- Completion of a University of Nottingham Sutton Trust Summer School
- Attendance at a minimum of eight Ambition Nottingham: 16-18 sessions (Tier 1 students only)
- Attendance at a minimum of eight Nottingham Pathways to Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science/Medicine/Law (online) sessions
- Successful completion of Realising Opportunities
- Attendance at 16 hours of IntoUniversity sessions (outside of in-school sessions in year 12 or 13. At least four of the contact hours need to be in year 13.)
Students that successfully complete one of these programmes will automatically be eligible and do not need to apply for the award.
Part-time students - The Nottingham Potential Bursary provides additional support on a pro-rata basis for new part-time undergraduate students. You will need to have a means-tested assessment carried out by Student Finance (SF) as well as meeting one of the criteria above in order for us to assess your eligibility for this bursary. Your award amount will depend on the number of credits you're taking. You can find out more about funding for part-time undergraduate students on our website.