New Students - 2022/23 Entry
If you're a full time undergraduate student with home* fee status starting at The University of Nottingham in September 2022 there are several types of bursary and scholarship on offer. To be eligible to apply for most of these funds you must be liable for the home undergraduate tuition fee and not be in receipt of a bursary from outside the University. If you're an International or EU student please go to the international scholarship pages for details of relevant scholarships.
Check out the list below and click on the titles for more information.
University Bursaries
These bursaries are guaranteed which means if you meet the eligibility criteria you will definitely get the award. The awards included in this category are the Core Bursary and Nottingham Potential Bursary.
Potential Scholarships
These awards a funded by generous private donations and are designed to encourage and develop the potential of students from lower income backgrounds and/or those who have overcome significant difficulties to come to University.
The Potential Scholarships have quite varied criteria and are largely competitive.
Witty Entrepreneurial Scholarship
Sir Andrew Witty, Former Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, has generously established this major scholarship programme for continuing and new undergraduate students in 2022/23. For further information please refer to
The Witty Entrepreneurial Scholarship.
Travel Scholarships
Funded by generous donations, our Aspire Scholarships are competitive awards aimed at students who will be travelling abroad as part of their course. Please note, these awards must be applied for in the academic year prior to your study abroad year.
Travel Scholarships for 2022/23 will include:
The Oblath International Enrichment Scholarships
N Horton Smith and Aspire Travel Scholarship
The Catherine Williamson Travel Scholarship
The Monica Partridge Travel Scholarship
More information on the Aspire Scholarships can be found here in due course.
Applications for these funds will go live in January 2023.
Scholarships based on the subject you are studying
Funded by generous donations we have several competitive scholarships that are based on the subject you are studying. Additional criteria will apply.
Please refer to the Subject Specific Awards web pages where there are relevant links.
Scholarships for students who are from the local area
Sports Scholarships
The University of Nottingham offers a range of sporting scholarships aimed at providing an unrivalled level of support to the brightest and best talents in the sporting world. - see the
Department of Sport web pages
* A 'home' student is one who meets certain UK residence criteria. These are the same criteria as apply to eligibility for home funding from the Student Loans Company.