Undergraduate Scholarships
The University is committed to recruiting the most able students, regardless of social or ethnic background, age or disability.
Each year the University offers a number of scholarships, bursaries and prizes to new UK/EU undergraduate students.
Excellence Bursaries
The University will be offering approximately 90bursaries of £3,000 to top achieving 2008 entrants across all subject areas. The bursary will be payable over a two-year period. For further information, please click here.
National Bursary Scheme in Wales
Swansea University is participant in this scheme. Please see: www.studentfinancewales.co.uk
When you come to make your choice of institution it might be helpful if you read the published evidence on graduate lifetime earnings. The quality of the whole student experience, your future employment prospects and the relatively low cost of living in Swansea should be at least as important as any other factors in influencing your choice. Swansea University is proud of its achievements in all of these areas.
Sporting Entrance Scholarships
Each year the University offers several undergraduate entrance scholarships for outstanding students in their sporting activity. Each scholarship is worth £1000 per annum and is renewable for three years.
The scheme aims to cover the enormous spectrum of talent which young people reveal in individual and team sports. We look for students who not only satisfy the normal academic requirements for admission but who have also demonstrated outstanding ability in whatever sporting sphere they have made their speciality. In practice, because of the intensity of competition for these awards, this normally means having reached a nationally recognised level of excellence.
You can find out what a difference a scholarship can make by reading our Sports Scholar profiles.
How does the scholarship holder benefit?
The most tangible result is the £1000 which the student gets each year, for three years, on top of whatever other grant he/she may be awarded. This money can make a tremendous difference when it comes to paying for equipment, materials, tuition, travelling expenses and the like. In addition each scholar is assigned a Supervisor whose job it is (in consultation with the student's head of department) to help devise a programme of work for the student, so that the best use is made of the scholarship. In this way, we aim to ensure that the student's academic and scholarship work go forward hand in hand and that the scholar achieves distinction in both spheres. See Scholarship Guidelines for further details. Details of the scholarship scheme and an application form may be obtained from the Student Recruitment Office by completing the Online Enquiry Form. Applications must be submitted by mid-March 2006
Students whose applications for a scholarship are unsuccessful may apply, after enrolling with the University, for a Sporting Bursary. The bursaries are worth a maximum of £350 per year.
Contact Gareth Jones for more information.
By telephone: +44 (0)1792 295354
By email: g.m.jones@swansea.ac.uk
By post: Admissions Office, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales UK
Departmental Scholarships and Bursaries
A number of the University’s Schools have set aside funds or been given grants to reward students’ academic achievements and to help them to make ends meet. For details of the scholarships and bursaries currently available (together with any conditions which may be attached) see below.
It is hoped that the number and value of these awards can be increased, and that Schools not presently giving such assistance will be able to do so in the future. Details of the academic scholarships and bursaries listed below can be obtained direct from the Admissions Tutor in the relevant Department. As an undergraduate at Swansea it will also be possible for you to “work your way through College” to a certain extent. Students interested in this option should register with the Worklink employment bureau administered by the University’s Careers Centre. Details are available on the website – www.swansea.ac.uk/careers/
For the latest information, please contact the relevant Academic School.
Business Management
1 West Wales Chamber of Commerce Scholarship (£250) for most promising first year student
Centre for Applied Language Studies
2 Tan
Foundation Prizes (£40) to the students (one male and one female)
showing the greatest development in English Language proficiency
Computer Science
Awards lasting 1 year:
- Mertec Computer Award (£1,000) to most promising 1st year
- JT Morgan Foundation Award (£500) based on interview
- Huw Griffiths Jones Award (£400) based on interview
- Coopers & Lybrand Award (£300) based on interview
- Also five cash prizes and five book prizes
Materials Engineering
A limited number of entrance scholarships worth up to £1,500 are available to student with high A level grades.
Geography
Four Departmental Bursaries of £500
each will be awarded to the entrants with the best qualifications who
make Swansea their firm choice. Two of these bursaries will normally be
awarded to applicants from South Wales
History
Four bursaries of £500 each will be awarded to the entrants with the highest qualifications
Mathematics
Scholarships worth £2500, £1000 and £500 are awarded based on performance in a scholarship examination
Physics
Scholarships worth £500 per annum are
awarded to students on the basis of interview and performance at
A-level. The scholarships are awarded on an annual basis for the
duration of the course, given satisfactory progress in subsequent years
of study.
Institute of Physics
Bursaries are available to selected undergraduates studying
physics. The bursaries are worth £1000 per year. For more information
please click here.
Politics
4 one-year bursaries (£500) awarded (full details available from Department)
Enquiries
If you have any general queries regarding admission to the Swansea University please contact:
The Admissions Office