Key facts for Rest of UK bursary

Rest of UK Bursary 2026/27 (the “Bursary”)

This Key Facts Document sets out the main details of the Bursary, as at date of publication. This document should be reviewed alongside the University of Dundee Scholarship and Bursary Terms and Conditions, as those terms and conditions will provide you with additional information that apply to you in respect of the Bursary. If there is any inconsistency between this Key Facts Document and the University of Dundee Scholarship and Bursary Terms and Conditions, the provisions of the Scholarship and Bursary Terms and Conditions will prevail.

Date of publication

September 2025, applicable to 2026/7 academic year (September 2026 entry).

Application Process

• There is no separate application form for this Bursary. Your eligibility will be based on the information you provide to the University during the application process.
• You must ensure the information in your application and any supporting documentation is correct, complete, accurate and up to date as any award is based on this information.
• The University of Dundee reserves the right to withdraw this award if you have submitted information which is false, fraudulent, incorrect, or misleading.
• After you have enrolled at the University of Dundee, our Student Funding Team will receive confirmation from the Student Loans Company if your total household income (combined) is less than £25,000.
• If you are a self-funded student, we are unable to verify household income, and you are therefore not eligible to receive this bursary. We cannot accept any other form of evidence of household income.  

Who is eligible?

You must:

1. Be resident in the UK and classified by the University of Dundee as an RUK (Rest of UK) Fee paying undergraduate student.
2. Be an undergraduate student studying a programme at the University of Dundee, in any discipline excluding Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Health Sciences, Education and Social Work
3. Be an undergraduate student with an annual household income which is less than £25,000 combined.

Award Information

1. £2,000 per year of study, paid in two instalments over the academic year. This will usually be by the end of November 2026 and the end of February 2027.
2. This Bursary will be paid for each full year of study at the University of Dundee, for the full duration of the programme.
3. For periods of Studying Abroad or Placement at any point during study, depending on the length of the trip, you may still be eligible to receive this Bursary whilst you are abroad or on Placement.
4. If the Study Abroad or Placement is for a full academic year, you will not be entitled to receive the bursary for that year.
5. Payment of the Bursary is made after enrolment at the University of Dundee.
6. All payment forms sent to the student by our Student Funding Team must be completed within the given timeline. Failure to complete the forms by the deadline may mean you are no longer eligible to receive the Bursary.
7. Your eligibility to receive the Bursary each year is assessed on an annual basis.
8. You do not have to re-apply annually for the Bursary.

Key Information

1. This Bursary is applicable in the entry year to the University of Dundee only (September 2026 intake) and cannot be backdated to previous years.
2. To be eligible you must:
   • Hold an offer to study an eligible Undergraduate programme at the University of Dundee.
   • Hold an offer for a full-time, on campus programme. This excludes any programme in the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Health Sciences, Education and Social Work
   • Programme fee must be £21,800 or above for Undergraduate programmes.
3. If you have applied for a Part Time or Distance Learning programme, then you are not eligible for this Bursary.
4. The RUK Bursary can be held with other awards, for example, the Academic Excellence Bursary and/or Discover Dundee Bursary.
5. If your Fee status or any other personal information changes before, during or after matriculation, the University reserves the right to re-assess eligibility for scholarships and bursaries and may retract the Bursary Offer should your eligibility have changed.
6. Should you wish to defer entry to the University of Dundee, the following rules apply:
   • Deferral to a new academic year: Bursary cannot be deferred.
7. Changes to the programme of study:
   • If you change programme before/during matriculation or after latest start date (30.09.2026), the University of Dundee reserves the right to reassess eligibility for scholarships and bursaries and may withdraw the Bursary Offer should your eligibility have changed.
   • If your Fee status or any other personal information changes before, during or after matriculation, the University of Dundee reserves the right to re-assess eligibility for scholarships and bursaries and may withdraw the Scholarship Offer should your eligibility have changed.
8. You should ensure you have signed the declaration with Student Loans Company for your student funding, as this is the information we access for bursary purposes.
   • If we are unable to retrieve information from the Student Loans Company to verify household income, then we cannot allocate this award.
9. All communication with you will be via the online applicant portal (eVision). Types of communication may be:
   • Confirming the bursary.
   • Informing you that you have not met the criteria to be awarded the scholarship.
   • Requesting further information.
10. If you are entering a programme on a January start date, rather than September, you are not eligible to receive this Bursary in Year 1.
    • If you meet the criteria to be awarded this bursary, it will be awarded from Year 2 onwards.
11. Satisfactory progress during the programme is monitored and the Bursary can only be paid if you are deemed to have progressed onto the next level of the programme.
12. Payment of this Bursary will be suspended during a period of approved leave of absence (temporary withdrawal of studies) where this period covers a whole academic year and may be reinstated on return to full-time study.
13. The Bursary will be suspended for periods of leave / absence. The Bursary will be reinstated on your return to full time study from the point on which your period of study was suspended. For the avoidance of any doubt, the maximum amount that can be paid under this bursary is £8,000.
14. The University reserves the right to withdraw the Bursary immediately and without notice where we determine that you have misled the University about any aspect of eligibility to receive the Bursary.
15. If you withdraw from your programme of study, you must notify our Student Funding Team that you are no longer enrolled at the University of Dundee.
16. Under any such circumstances, the University shall be entitled to seek repayment of any portion of the Bursary which may already have been paid to you and you will no longer be entitled to any further payments.
17. Payment in subsequent years is dependent on household income and if it increases to above £25,000 combined then you will not be eligible to receive funding.
18. The University of Dundee is unable to disclose details of the scholarship to anyone other than you unless you provide your consent to do so.
19. All scholarship and bursary decisions are final and cannot be appealed.