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Beatrice Shilling Scholarship

The Beatrice Shilling Scholarship is a scholarship for UK fee-paying students, who are women and hold an offer to study an undergraduate engineering course at the University of Manchester.

Key information

Award value
Paid directly to you
£2,000 per year
Other
Academic mentor, pastoral and careers support, and membership of the Shilling community
Award length
Up to 4 years
Academic years
2026/27
Study level
Undergraduate
Fee status
Home (UK)
Number of awards available
20 (2 per discipline)
Student type
Prospective
Application deadline
No application required
Applicable subject areas
Department of Engineering courses

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No need to apply. If eligible, you will receive this automatically.

Scheme eligibility

Essential criteria are criteria you must meet to be considered for this scheme. Students who do not meet this criteria will not be considered for this award. The essential criteria for this scheme are as follows:

To be considered, you need to:

Priority criteria

Priority criteria are additional criteria we use based on the information you have provided us to make our final selection decisions. The priority criteria for this scheme are as follows:

Priority given to the highest performing applicants, or those with the highest potential to attain based on their UCAS application, within each engineering discipline (at least 2 students per discipline)

Application and selection process

How to apply

The University will automatically assess all eligible applicants and assign the scholarship based on academic merit.

Terms and conditions

Breaks in funding

This award is not provided during study years abroad, placement years, or if a student takes a study interruption.

Your course offer and this scheme

Receipt of this award is subject to you meeting you course offer commitments and registering at the University of Manchester in the year of entry specified in the application form.

Contact

For enquiries about this award, please contact us