Lady Ryder Medical Scholarships

Two awards may be available in 2025/26, which would provide successful applicants with a non-repayable living cost award of £7,500 per academic year for five years.

Students who were awarded this scholarship:

• between 2022/23 and 2024/25 will receive £7,500 per academic year for up to five years
• in 2021/22 will receive £7,400 per academic year for up to five years.

This award is funded through the generosity of the Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust.

Eligibility

You can apply if you:

• hold an offer to study on the MB ChB Medicine (A100) course in 2025/26 having been awarded a place following a successful interview, or are currently on year zero of the MB ChB Gateway to Medicine (A108)
• are a Home/UK student
• are a resident of the United Kingdom
• are eligible for the financial support available from the UK government (in the form of tuition fee and living costs loans from the Student Loans Company)
• have applied for or intend to apply for means-tested support from your regional funding provider (such as Student Finance England) and have consented to share your household income details with the University. You must apply for means-tested support to enable the University to get confirmation of your household income from the Student Loans Company. However, you are not required to take out any loans you are eligible to receive if you do not wish to take them.
• are eligible for the financial support available from the UK government (in the form of the tuition fee and living costs loans from the Student Loans Company)
• have a household income of £50,000 or less as confirmed by the Student Loans Company