Depending on the subject you have chosen to study, there may be additional scholarships that are available to you that are administered by your School or Department. The eligibility criteria can vary depending on the School, but students are usually judged according to academic performance and/or financial need. These scholarships are offered in addition to the Birmingham Scholarship. You should contact your School or Department for details.

In recognition of the role that music plays within the University, we offer five music scholarships each year. These are for applicants to disciplines other than Music, and provide 20 hours of musical tuition per year in a addition to access to the Department of Music's specialist facilities. The scholarships are open to candidates who have already achieved Grade 8 in instrumental or vocal studies.  Further details can be accessed by downloading the Music Scholarship guidance notes and application form (PDF - 385KB).

Sport has always been an important part of life at Birmingham, in terms of both our world-leading School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and our successful University sports teams. In recognition of this, University of Birmingham Sport offers around 30 scholarships each year to international-level performers from any academic department and of any nationality.

Scholarship support consists of facility membership (gym and swimming pool), strength and conditioning work, sport science and medicine services (including physiotherapy), lifestyle workshops and help with sports-specific expenditure. To learn more, visit the University of Birmingham Sport website.

The Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships Scheme has been launched thanks to a generous donation of £3 million from Dr Naim Dangoor and will assist up to 4000 students at Russell Group and 1994 Group institutions.

The University of Birmingham will offer 44 scholarships for the 2012/13 academic year. The scholarships will be valued at £1000 and each award will be tenable for one year.

Further details regarding this scholarship are available at the Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships web page. To find out more about this scheme, please visit www.russellgroup.ac.uk/dangoor.

If you are planning on undertaking a vacation project, you may be eligible to get funding for the costs of travel, accommodation, insurance, equipment etc by applying for a Student Development Scholarship.

Established by Professor Sir Kenneth Murray in memory of his mother and father, the Allen and Elizabeth Murray Scholarships scheme provides awards to the value of £2,000 to full-time home undergraduate students entering their second year of study. Candidates must be from a low-income background and be of outstanding academic ability. Each scholar will have their scholarship renewed in their third year provided they maintain a 2:1 standard of progression.

The Allen Murray Centenary Scholarship is available to students in the schools of Biosciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy. The Elizabeth Murray Centenary Scholarship is available to students in the School of Health Sciences and the Institute of Applied Social Sciences.

For further information contact the Student Funding Office.

In order to be eligible for this bursary, you must be an undergraduate student who is the son or daughter, spouse, widow or widower of a commercial traveller, chemist, or grocer, who has been engaged in this occupation in the UK for at least five years in the recent past. A parent or spouse who is unemployed (or deceased) but who fell within one of these three categories when their employment ceased is also included. Funds are intended for those who are experiencing financial hardship. The maximum value of the bursary is £3,000 per annum, however the award will be adjusted according to the circumstances of the candidate, and will be dependant on satisfactory academic performance. Application forms are available from the Student Funding Office, or available to download from the Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust website.

The Grocott Award is available to second year home undergraduate students in the School of Biosciences who are studying animal or plant biology modules outside of the UK that contribute towards their degree programme.

The award is valued at £300 and is selected on the basis of financial constraints. Applicants should be in receipt of the Student Loan and should not be paying for tuition fees themselves. When applications showing similar financial constraints are received, selection will be based on the supporting statement provided by the student, the relevance of the proposed field study to the overall degree programme and the academic record of the applicant.

For further information contact the Student Funding Office.

Awards from the Charles Brotherton Trust are non repayable and they typically range between £200 and £1,000. The trust fund was set up in order to assist British undergraduate and postgraduate students experiencing financial hardship and who are studying scientific subjects in particular, with priority going to students studying Chemistry and other related subjects. The committee will also consider applications from students studying other subjects. Please contact the Student Funding Office for more details.

Whitworth Scholarship Awards are for prospective or current undergraduates or postgraduates of any engineering discipline who have completed a 2 year engineering apprenticeship. The scholarships are valued up to £18,000 (for full time study up to £4,500 pa is available over 4 years, for part time study up to £3,000 pa). The closing date for applications is 30 June each year.

For further information and to apply visit www.whitworthscholarships.org.uk. 

The KAUST Discovery Scholarship

The KAUST Discovery Scholarship invites applications from undergraduates who want to undertake postgraduate study at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. Please visit the KAUST website for further details.