Are you looking to progress in your career, but wondering how you will be able to fund your studies? We understand that studying at university can be a challenging financial commitment, which is why we have over £2 million available in our scholarship fund to help you achieve your ambitions.
Applying for scholarships and bursaries can sometimes feel overwhelming, and misinformation can make them feel inaccessible. We break down some of the most common myths students have around applying for our scholarships and bursaries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Am I eligible for a scholarship or bursary?
Our wide range of scholarships and bursaries are awarded based on need or merit (or a combination of the two). As the number of available awards is limited, we would recommend that you plan where possible to ensure you can meet the costs associated with your course without the need for an award. You can find more information about other funding sources on our undergraduate or postgraduate fees and funding pages.
- The awards listed below are available for students beginning a course during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years
- If you’re an international applicant, take a look at our International Scholarships and Bursaries
How do I apply for scholarship awards?
The majority of our awards are designed so that you only need to make one scholarships application in order to be considered for all relevant awards. We’ve created a grid for you to see all of this clearly. To apply for any of these awards, you will need to have received an offer for one of our courses. To get started, simply follow the link provided in your offer letter.
Widening Participation criteria
Some of our awards are needs based and have specific Widening Participation criteria. This is to ensure awards go to students whose backgrounds are under-represented in Higher Education. When you access the scholarship application form following the link in your offer letter, you’ll be asked to confirm which of the Widening Participation criteria you possess. For the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years, our Widening Participation criteria means that applicants will need to provide evidence of one of the following:
- Any experience in local authority care
- Estrangement from family
- Refugee status
- Being the sole carer of a parent(s) or, if living away from home, the sole carer of a sibling
- Have a registered disability
- Low household income demonstrated by:
- Being in receipt of Income Support, Job Seeker's Allowance, or Employment and Support Allowance
- Being in receipt of Universal Credit
- Being in receipt of, or living with a parent/Guardian in receipt of Asylum Support
- Being in receipt of free school meals
- Being in receipt of a 16-19 Bursary in England or EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
- Being in receipt of Learner Support (FE 19+) or equivalent FE funding for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
- Living with a parent/Guardian in receipt of Child Tax Credit where the candidate is named on the award and the household income used to calculate the tax credits is less than £25,000.
- Living with a parent/Guardian in receipt of Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or Income-based Employment and Support Allowance.
- Living with a parent/Guardian in receipt of Universal Credit, if the annual household take-home pay as stated on the award is less than £25,000.
Later in the process you will be asked to provide evidence of this before any award is confirmed.
What is the online assessment?
For some awards, we use an online assessment designed by our Academic Team and tested by a student panel in order to help us identify successful candidates. The assessment does not require any prior knowledge or preparation and is intended to provide an objective assessment of critical thinking and reasoning. It is a timed test that lasts for 30 minutes which you can sit when you are ready. For students who usually receive additional time for assessments, this can be requested via the scholarships application form link within your offer letter in advance of taking the test.
When you complete the test, you’ll be advised as to whether or not you have ‘passed’ the basic test threshold score of 10 for undergraduate or 12 for postgraduate. Students scoring below the pass mark will not be in receipt of any award that has the online assessment as one of the criteria. Passing the test does not mean that you have automatically secured an award. Instead your score, along with any other eligibility criteria will be compared to others once the application window has closed.
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Undergraduate Scholarships
Career Changer Scholarship
Applicable for: All undergraduate degrees, excluding apprenticeship programmes
Overview
- 12 Full Fee Scholarships, the remainder of successful applicants will be offered a partial scholarship - are available for Business, Criminology, Law, Psychology and Policing courses starting in January 2024.
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our undergraduate degrees
- In the application form you’ll need to evidence: previous work experience, transferable skills that will assist you to progress to a new career and motivation for a career change (T&Cs).
How do I apply?
To make a scholarship application you must complete the scholarship application form, which is an online form:
- For courses starting in January 2024: apply here (open from 1 July 2023)
- For courses starting in September 2024 - To be confirmed
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
- For courses starting in September 2024 - To be confirmed
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Mid December 2023
- For courses starting in September 2024 - To be confirmed
Set for Success Scholarship
Applicable for: All undergraduate degrees, excluding apprenticeship programmes
Overview
- 2 first year full fee awards are available to all undergraduate degrees, excluding apprenticeship programmes.
- 4 awards of £2,000 each are available for Business and Law courses starting in January 2024.
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our undergraduate degrees
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
- Have a minimum of AAB at A Level (or equivalent)
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
- For courses starting in September 2024 - To be confirmed
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Tuesday 13 December 2023
- For courses starting in September 2024 - To be confirmed
The University of Law Undergraduate Bursary
Applicable for: All undergraduate degrees, excluding apprenticeship programmes
Overview
The University of Law Undergraduate Bursary is for students starting their studies with us in September 2023 and January 2024. This bursary intends to provide additional financial support to new full-time undergraduates who have a household income of “zero” (as calculated by your national Student Finance service).
What is the award amount?
- Awards of £1000 per academic year of the course (except during any year-long work placement) depending on the household income remaining at zero in the proceeding academic years.
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our undergraduate degrees
- Not already an undergraduate degree holder
- Be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom (i.e., not an international student)
- Have your household income assessed by your UK national Student Finance Service and have agreed for this assessment to be shared with the University and have had your household income assessed as zero by your national Student Finance service by 31st October 2023 (for students commencing their course in September 2023) or 29th February 2024 (for students commencing their course in January 2024).
How do I apply?
There is no separate application for The University of Law Bursary. In order for the university to automatically assess your eligibility you will need to follow these three steps:
1. Apply for Student Finance through one of the following UK national Student Finance services
- Student Finance England (SFE);
- Student Finance Wales;
- Student Finance Northern Ireland;
- Student Awards Agency Scotland.
2. Provide your household income to your national Student Finance Service.
3. Both you and your sponsors/parents/partner/guardians must give consent to share your household income with the University. Your consent must be activated on your Student Finance Service account before/on 31st October 2023 or 29th February 2024 dependent on the date you commence your course. For any queries on giving your consent please contact your national Student Finance service directly.
What is the application deadline?
You must provide your household income to your national Student Finance service and your consent to share your household income with The University of Law by 31st October 2023 or 29th February 2024 as applicable. If you do not do this, you will not be eligible for a bursary for the entire duration of your undergraduate course at The University of Law.
When will the winners be announced?
If you meet the eligibility criteria, you will be allocated the Bursary and you will receive written confirmation to your university email address in December 2023 or March 2024 as applicable.
Please contact our Money and Housing Team at [email protected] if you think you meet the bursary eligibility criteria but haven’t received the email communication by January 2024 or April 2024 as applicable.
Payments will be made in two equal instalments each year. Students must remain enrolled throughout the academic year to retain the bursary.
Please see the terms and conditions for The University of Law Undergraduate Bursary.
Postgraduate Scholarships
May, June and July 23 intake
Law First Scholarships
Applicable for: LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2)
Overview
June 2023
- 3 awards of £5,000 each are available for LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2)
What are the eligibility criteria?
You will need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate courses
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
- Have a first-class undergraduate degree or distinction at Master’s level
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in June 2023 – applications are now closed
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in June 2023 – winners have been announced
Lord Blunkett Widening Access Award
Applicable for: All postgraduate courses excluding apprenticeship programmes, SQE1&2 Preparation, SQE1&2 Exam Preparation and SQE Law Essentials Online
Overview
Business:
- 5 awards of £1,000 are available for May 2023
Law:
- 10 awards of £1,000 are available for June / July 2023
What are the eligibility criteria?
You will need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate courses
- Meet the Widening Participation criteria
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Add your Widening Participation details to the form
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in May / June / July 2023 – applications are now closed
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in May / June / July 2023 – winners have been announced
September 23 onwards
Baroness Warsi and Sadiq Khan Full Fee Scholarship
Applicable for: All postgraduate law courses excluding short courses
Overview
• September 2023: 6 full-fee awards
• January 2024: 2 full-fee awards
What are the eligibility criteria?
You will need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate law courses
- Meet the Widening Participation criteria
- Have the highest score in the online assessment (the highest scoring students will be awarded the named awards)
- Have a minimum of a 2:2 (or equivalent) at undergraduate level
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Add your Widening Participation details to the form
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in September 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in September 2023 – winners have been announced
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Tuesday 13 December 2023
Bar Practice Course (BPC) Awards
Applicable for: Bar Practice Course (BPC)
Overview
June 2023 intake:
- 1 Senior Scholars - £3,000 each
- 1 Advocacy Scholarship (London) - £2,000 each
- 2 Advocacy Scholarship (Birmingham and Leeds) - £1,750
September 2023 intake:
- 1 Master / Mistress of Moots (London Bloomsbury) - £4,500
- 7 Senior Scholars (1 per campus) - £3,000 each
- 14 Advocacy Scholarships (London) - £2,000 each
- 20 Advocacy Scholarships (All other campuses) - £1,750 each
- 30 BPC Deans Awards for Excellence - £1,000 each
January 2024 intake:
- 2 Senior Scholars - £3,000 each
- 2 Advocacy Scholarship (London) - £2,000 each
- 2 Advocacy Scholarship (Birmingham and Leeds) - £1,750
- 10 BPC Deans Awards for Excellence - £1,000 each
Please note: Winners of our advocacy awards and scholarships will be required to become a member of our Advocacy Committee. Details of roles and responsibilities can be found here.
What are the eligibility criteria?
- All winners will be chosen during the selection event stage of the application process for our BPC and LLM Bar Practice.
- As such you will need to successfully pass the selection event stage and be in receipt of an offer to be eligible for any awards.
- You will also need to have submitted a CV and covering letter and have received an offer for one of our postgraduate law courses.
How do I apply?
- When you are invited to book a slot on one of our selection events you will be able to upload a CV and covering letter.
- During the selection event those who deliver the strongest performances of the Plea in Mitigation will be shortlisted for the second stage.
- This involves reviewing CVs and covering letters to identify those with exceptional leadership skills and strong organisation ability along with mooting and / or advocacy experience to identify the winners of each respective award.
- The Dean’s Award for Excellence will also be reviewed as part of the selection event. Instead of the above stated criteria, the Dean’s Awards will be issued on the basis of general performance at selection, alongside previous strong academic performance
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in June 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting in September 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Sunday 3 December 2023*
*Please note: you must book and attend a Selection Event by Sunday 3 December 2023 to be consider for one of our January 2024 awards.
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in June 2023 – winners have been announced
- For courses starting in September 2023 – winners have been announced
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Friday 15 December 2023
Campus Dean’s Award
Applicable for: Legal Practice Course (LPC) and LLM Legal practice (SQE1&2)
Overview
- 150 awards of £2,000 each are available for courses starting in September 2023
- 26 awards of £2,000 each are available for courses starting in January 2024
- 4 awards of £2,000 each are available for courses starting in March 2024
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Have received an offer for one of the above courses
- Have a minimum of a 2:2 (or equivalent) at undergraduate level
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in September 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
- For courses starting in March 2024 – Sunday 21 January 2024
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in September 2023 – winners have been announced
- For courses starting in January 2024 – Tuesday 13 December 2023
- For courses starting in March 2024 – Friday 18 February 2024
Career Changer Scholarship
Applicable for: All postgraduate courses excluding short courses
Overview
- 12 full fee scholarships, the remainder of successful applicants will be offered a partial scholarship - are available for Business, Law and Psychology courses starting between July 2023 and June 2024.
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate degrees
- In the application form you’ll need to evidence: previous work experience, transferable skills that will assist you to progress to a new career and motivation for a career change (T&Cs).
How do I apply?
To make a scholarship application you must complete the scholarship application form, which is an online form:
- For courses starting between July 2023 and October 2023: applications are now closed
- For courses starting between January 2024 and June 2024: apply here (open from 1 July 2023)
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting between July 2023 and October 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting between January 2024 and June 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting between July 2023 and October 2023– Early July 2023
- For courses starting between January 2024 and June 2024 – Mid December 2023
Charles Russell Speechlys Scholarship
Applicable for: All postgraduate law courses
Overview
International law firm, Charles Russell Speechlys and The University of Law are offering 1 award of £6,000 to a student wishing to study the above courses in September 2023.
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate law courses
- Meet the Widening Participation criteria
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
- Have a minimum of a 2:1 (or equivalent) at undergraduate level
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Add your Widening Participation details to the form
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
- We’ll then shortlist 15 candidates who will undergo a two-stage process with Charles Russell Speechlys. This includes a pre-recorded presentation and a final live skype interview
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in September 2023 – applications are now closed
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in September 2023 – winners have been announced
First Class Scholarship
Applicable for: Available for MA Law, LLM's, Psychology, Business, LLM Legal Practice, LPC and PgDL
Overview
September 2023
- 40 awards of £3,000 each are available for MA Law (Conversion), MA Law (SQE1), PgDL and LLMs.
- 50 awards of £5,000 each are available for LPC and LLM Legal Practice
- 10 awards of £5,000 each are available for Postgraduate Business courses
October 2023
- 10 awards of £5,000 each are available for MSc Psychology
January 2024
- 15 awards of £3,000 each are available for MA Law (Conversion), MA Law (SQE1), PgDL and LLMs.
- 18 awards of £5,000 each are available for LPC and LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2)
February 2024
- 5 awards of £5,000 each are available for Postgraduate Business courses
- 10 awards of £5,000 each are available for MSc Psychology
March 2024
- 2 awards of £5,000 each are available for LPC and LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2)
June 2024
- 4 awards of £5,000 each are available for Postgraduate Business courses
What are the eligibility criteria?
You will need to:
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate courses
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
- Have a first-class undergraduate degree or distinction at Master’s level
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in September and October 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting in January and February 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
- For courses starting in March 2024 – Sunday 21 January 2024
- For courses starting in June 2024 – Sunday 14 April 2024
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in September and October 2023 – winners have been announced
- For courses starting in January and February 2024 – Tuesday 13 December 2023
- For courses starting in March 2024 – Friday 18 February 2024
- For courses starting in June 2024 – Friday 10 May 2024
The Lord Blunkett Widening Access Scholarship
Applicable for: All postgraduate courses excluding short courses
Overview
- 60 awards of £2,000 are available for September and October 2023
- 20 awards of £2,000 are available for January 2024
- 5 awards of £2,000 are available for February 2024
- 20 awards of £2,000 are available for March 2024
- 5 awards of £2,000 are available for June 2024
What are the eligibility criteria?
You need to:
- Meet the Widening Participation criteria
- Have received an offer for one of our postgraduate courses
- Have the highest score in the online assessment
How do I apply?
- Follow the scholarships link in your offer letter
- Complete the online scholarships assessment
- We’ll add your final academic results to your submitted scholarships application when we have them
What is the application deadline?
- For courses starting in September and October 2023 – applications are now closed
- For courses starting in January and February 2024 – Sunday 12 November 2023
- For courses starting in March 2024 – Sunday 21 January 2024
- For courses starting in June 2024 – Sunday 14 April 2024
When will the winners be announced?
- For courses starting in September and October 2023 – winners have been announced
- For courses starting in January and February 2024 – Tuesday 13 December 2023
- For courses starting in March 2024 – Sunday 18 February 2024
- For courses starting in June 2024 – Friday 10 May 2024
Read the Terms and Conditions for each of our scholarships and bursaries:
Terms and Conditions relevant for students studying after 1st September 2022
Terms and Conditions relevant for students studying after 1st September 2023
International Awards
As part of our ongoing dedication to giving students every possible opportunity to succeed, we also offer a range of scholarships and bursaries for our international students.
Find out moreAwards by Location
Depending on where you choose to study with us, you may be eligible for money off your course. We currently offer awards for our Hong Kong, Newcastle and Nottingham campuses.
Find out more