The OptiGene Foundation Engineering Bursary 2023 entry
The OptiGene Foundation Engineering Bursary is now open to receive applications from Home/UK students studying any undergraduate engineering degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS) at the University of Surrey, starting in September 2023.
About
The OptiGene Foundation Engineering Bursary provides a scholarship of £15,000 over three years (£5,000 per year) for undergraduate students of any engineering course at the University of Surrey with a household income of less than £35,000 and/or who meet any of the listed criteria for widening participation. This scholarship is available for one student starting their studies in Autumn 2023.
Eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible:
- You must be a full-time, first-year undergraduate student
- You must be a UK student
- You must demonstrate a household income of less than £35K, and/or meet any of the criteria for widening participation:
- From a Low Participation Neighbourhoods (LPNs, defined as POLAR4 Quintiles 1 and 2 by OfS*
- From an area of high deprivation (Index of Multiple Deprivation, IMD) Quintiles 1 and 2**
- Care leaver or in local authority care
- From a family where parents/carers are in non-professional households (NS-SEC groups 4-8)
- From a family with no parental history of higher education participation
- Classed as having a disability
- Young carer
- Mature learner
- Refugee or asylum seeker
- Estranged from family
- Have a parent/carer who has served in the armed forces or reserves
- Students from a Black, Asian and Minority background
- From Gypsy, Roma or Irish Traveller (GRT) communities
- Identify as New Traveller, Boater, Bargee or Showperson
*You can check if you live in an LPN (POLAR4 Quintile 1 or 2 by using the OfS online Postcode Lookup Tool.
** You can check your postcodes Index of Multiple Deprivation data using this online look up tool. Your postcode must be rated 1 -4 in column F.
Courses that the bursary is applicable to:
- Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)
- UCAS Code H300
- UCAS Code H301
- Automotive Engineering Beng (Hons)
- UCAS Code H330
- UCAS Code H331
- Mechanical Engineering MEng
- UCAS Code H309
- UCAS Code H303
- Automotive Engineering MEng
- UCAS Code H334
- Biomedical Engineering BEng (Hons)
- UCAS Code HB38
- UCAS Code HBJ8
- Biomedical Engineering MEng
- UCAS Code HB3V
- UCAS Code HBH8
- Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hons)
- UCAS Code H400
- UCAS Code H401
- Aerospace Engineering MEng
- UCAS Code H409
- UCAS Code H402
- Civil Engineering BEng (Hons)
- UCAS Code H200
- UCAS Code H201
- UCAS Code H209
- Civil Engineering MEng 5 years with PTY
- UCAS Code H210
- Chemical Engineering BEng (Hons)
- UCAS Code H802
How to apply
The OptiGene Foundation Engineering Bursary application form must be completed and submitted by the deadline date, which is 8 October 2023.
Please submit completed application form to bursariesandscholarships@surrey.ac.uk.
Optigene Scholarship application form (2023 entry)
Application deadline
Contact details
For enquiries regarding this bursary, please contact bursariesandscholarships@surrey.ac.uk.
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