Cost of Living Bursary

Eligibility

You live in a postcode with a lower participation rate in Higher Education (quintiles 1 and 2). We will use your main home address from your application and you can use this Postcode Checker to see whether you will qualify.

Terms and conditions

To be eligible for this award you must be a new, undergraduate or foundation year student who are ordinarily resident in a postcode classified as Polar4 quintiles 1 and 2 at the point of application.
Students may receive only one financial scholarship or bursary from the University. Where a student is eligible for multiple university scholarships/bursaries, they must confirm which one they wish to accept after enrolment.
Eligibility for this bursary does not exclude or affect eligibility to apply for or receive hardship funds or other similar financial support should financial difficulties arise during studies as well as sport participation fund or employability grant.
Applicants will be notified of their eligibility shortly after receiving an offer of study. In the interim, applicants may check postcode eligibility using this online checker
To be eligible for this award applicants must have fully completed enrolment and be actively engaged on their programme by 16 October 2026.
This bursary is available only to new students commencing on the first year of their programme of study.
The bursary will be paid in two instalments within the first academic year, subject to the student's continued enrolment and engagement with the programme of study
This award is for 2026 entry only. Students who defer entry to 2027 or later, or who interrupt or withdraw from their studies during the 2026 academic year, will not be eligible for the award.
This bursary is not available to Hull York Medical School Students
This award is applicable to students commencing an on-campus programme of study at the University of Hull