Access Entry Mature Student Bursary

This bursary is available to mature students from the UK and is paid as a cash award in instalments by BACS.

To be eligible for this bursary you must: 

• be 21 or over when starting your first year of study, with a household income of £25,000 a year, or less, as verified by the Student Loans Company.
• have achieved a QAA-recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma and have an unconditional offer from Royal Holloway.

Other information:

• You must give permission to the SLC to share your household income information and details of your maintenance loan application with Royal Holloway, to be considered.
• You can hold this bursary with any other College award. You will also be considered for this bursary if you're studying a four year-MSci degree.If you repeat a year of undergraduate study you will not receive bursary support for the repeated year. You also won't receive the bursary during a compulsory or optional academic year abroad.
• You must be paying tuition fees of £9,535 in the 2025/2026 academic year. If you already hold undergraduate qualifications you won't be considered for this bursary.
• Retrospective payments beyond the academic year will not be made.

Contact us

If you have any queries please contact student-enquiries@royalholloway.ac.uk.