Student Financial Support

The Keele Excellence Scholarship

The Keele Excellence Scholarships (no application needed)

The Excellence Scholarship is a cash award paid to students who attain the highest grades in their pre-entry qualifications, regardless of household income levels. 

For details of which qualifications and grades could result in you receiving a Shcoalrship, and how much you might receive, look at our Excellence Scholarships 2013 qualifications list  Please note that if your qualification is not on this list, you will not be eligible to receive an Excellence Scholarship.

For further queries, please email us at bursaries@keele.ac.uk

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• £2,000 Scholarship

If you attain a minimum of three "A" grades at A2 level (or equivalent in other similar qualifications - please see above).

and you commence a full-time undergraduate degree course at Keele University in September 2013

and you are a UK or EU student liable to pay £9,000 tuition fees

You should receive a Keele University Excellence Scholarship of £2,000 a year for the duration of your full-time, undergraduate degree at Keele University.

• £1,000 Scholarship

If you attain a minimum of two A grades and one B grade at A2 level  (or equivalent in other similar qualifications - plesae se above).

and you commence a full-time undergraduate degree course at Keele University in September 2013

and you are a UK or EU student liable to pay £9,000 tuition fees

You should receive a Keele University Excellence Scholarship of £1,000 a year for the duration of your full-time, undergraduate degree at Keele University.

• £500 Scholarship

If you attain a minimum of one A grade and two B grades at A2 (or equivalent in other similar qualifications - please see above).

and you commence a full-time undergraduate degree course at Keele University in September 2013

and you are a UK or EU student liable to pay £9,000 tuition fees

You should receive a Keele University Excellence Scholarship of £500 a year for the duration of your full-time, undergraduate degree at Keele University.

General information

This information refers to all three Excellence Scholarships:

The Scholarship will not be awarded to students who receive NHS or other public funding for their course.

Students taking undergraduate medicine will not receive the Keele Excellence Scholarship.

Students with the relevant grades in a mixture of qualifications (for example, two Distinctions in a BTEC qualification and an "A" grade in one A level) will not be eligible to receive an Excellence Scholarship. 

If you have any queries about eligibility for Excellence Scholarships, please contact us at bursaries@keele.ac.uk

The Keele University Bursary

The Keele University Bursary (no application needed)

A bursary of £1,000 a year is available for all undergraduate students
who:

-      Commence their full-time undergraduate degree at Keele in September 2013,

-      Have a gross annual household income below £25,000

-      Receive the maximum maintenance grant or Special Support Grant of £3354 in 2013/14

-      Are not on a course that receives other public funding eg. NHS funded courses, PGCE or Social Work

PGCE students

UK and EU students commencing a full-time PGCE course at Keele University in September 2013 who have a gross annual household income below £25,000 including any university or external bursary income and who are in receipt of the maximum maintenance grant or Special Support Grant will receive a Keele Bursary of £800. The bursary will be paid early in semester two.‌

The Keele University National Scholarship Programme Award

The Keele University National Scholarship Programme Award  (application needed)

Of the students who meet the criteria for the Keele University Bursary, a proportion will receive a National Scholarship Programme Award (NSP) worth £3,000. This comprises a £2,000 tuition fee reduction and a £1,000 cash bursary in year one.

This award is paid for the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree course only.

You can receive either the National Scholarship or the Keele University Bursary, but not both. It is possible, however, to receive the NSP in year one and, if you are eligible, to rceive a Keele Bursary in subsequent years.

The National Scholarship is based on criteria including (but not restricted to); eligibility for Free School Meals, receipt of a ChildCare Grant, being a Looked After Child, completion of Keele's A2K scheme.

We will send National Scholarship Programme application forms and further details to students who receive an offer of a place at Keele. If you are holding an offer from Keele but have not received an application form by April 2013, please contact us: bursaries@keele.ac.uk

• PDF: The National Scholarship Programme 2012/13 details
• PDF: The National Scholarship Programme 2012/13 Application Form

We are still accepting applications for the National Scholarship Award from 2012 new entrants. So, if you expect to enrol in your first year at Keele in September this year and you beleive that you will receive the maximum maintenance grant (or if you have already had notification from Student Finance England that this is the case), look at the guidance above to see whether you are eligible to apply for a National Scholarship Programme Award from Keele. You can apply whether you have Keele as your firm (F) or insurance (I) choice. If you have any queries, please call 01782 734240/733996 or email bursaries@keele.ac.uk

Student Money booklet September 2013 (pdf)

Student Money 2013 ‌

Bursaries and Scholarships for students who commenced study at Keele between 2006 and 2008 (“old scheme”).

Bursaries and Scholarships for students who commenced study at Keele between 2006 and 2008 (“old scheme”).

Students who enrolled at Keele before September 2009 may receive bursaries and scholarships from the original bursaries scheme. You will not be eligible for bursaries or a scholarship from the new scheme.

If you first enrolled in the first year at Keele between 2006 and 2008 and are in receipt of one or more of the following bursaries:

-      KeeleLink Bursary

-      Ethnic Minority Bursary

-      Rural Bursary

-      Medical Bursary

-      Deans’ Scholarship

-      Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship

-      Lindsay Scholarship

-      Law Scholarship

-      Care Leavers’ Bursary

You will receive payment annually into your bank account for up to four years or until the end of your undergraduate course at Keele, whichever is soonest. It is not possible to apply for a bursary or scholarship once you are enrolled at Keele; those who are eligible to receive a bursary under the “old scheme” were informed in writing before, or during, their first year at Keele.

Payments are made at the end of January in one payment for awards up to and including £1000; awards over £1000 are paid in two installments, one in January and the other in the second week in May. If your circumstances or your bank account details change please contact bursaries@keele.ac.uk