What is the difference between a scholarship, grant, bursary and loan?

 

Scholarships 

  • Are given based on achievement or excellence in academic, sports or music with the aim to help with some living costs or tuition fees

 

Grants 

  • Are given based on low household income, background or personal circumstances, eg. Disabled students, students from particular regions or countries with the aim to help with some living costs or specific purposes

 

Bursaries 

  • Are given based on low household income, background or personal circumstances, eg. Disabled students, students from particular regions or countries with the aim to help with

 

Loans 

  • Are money you can borrow to help pay with tuition fees or to help with living cost as a student. You can find out more about Student Finance by clicking here. 


Scholarships and bursaries for studying in UK

You can find a list below with sites that you can look out for scholarships and bursaries

 

Postgraduate scholarships for International Students outside of EU. 

 

 

Helpful links:

 

Important note: Please look out for scams

  • Check if the details of the charity or organisation providing the grant/bursary/scholarship are valid
  • Ignore claims of unclaimed funds
  • Don’t send money to be eligible for a grant
  • Don’t hand over personal or banking information 

 

Please check our post on how to avoid becoming a victim of a scam.


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