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Foundation Year Bursary

The Foundation Year Bursary is available to UK students from low-income households and independent students, who are registered on an undergraduate foundation year.

Key information

Award value
Paid directly to you
£2000 or £4000
Academic years
2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 2030/31
Study level
Undergraduate
Fee status
Home (UK)
Number of awards available
All eligible students will receive the award
Student type
Current
Application deadline
No application required
Eligible students
Low income households Care experienced or Care Leaver Independent / Estranged students
Applicable subject areas
Other

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

The Foundation Year financial award is an alternative support package for a year when you are doing a foundation year. This payment is instead of The Manchester Bursary and you will be automatically assessed for the award based on your Student Finance financial assessment, so you just need to make sure you apply for a financial assessment for that academic year.

The amount you receive, is dependent upon your household income assessment.

Residual household income of up to £25,000: £4,000 cash award

Residual household income of between £25,001-£35,000: £2,000 cash award

Application and selection process

How to apply

The University will do an automatic assessment for the Bursary in the first 6-8 weeks of semester 1 and will email you in November if you are eligible for the award. You do not need to apply or provide any further information to us.

If you are not contacted by December and think you are eligible for a bursary please email our team via the online enquiry form.

If your household income should fall by 15% or more in an academic year you may be able to apply for an in year reassessment with Student Finance to reassess your household income and thus your eligibility for the bursary.

Terms and conditions

Sharing your household income information

When completing your Student Finance England Application, you will need to ensure you have selected the option to consent to share your household income information with the Universities you have applied to or hold an offer with. Without this we cannot access that information, and we will not be able to consider your application for this scheme.

Understanding your fee status

This scheme uses your fee status as part of its eligibility criteria. Find out more about how the University of Manchester assesses tuition fee statuses here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/tuition-fee-status/

Contact

For enquiries about this award, please contact us