Academic Excellence Scholarship

You will be eligible for this scholarship if you have achieved AAA or equivalent at level 3 and you are registered onto a full-time,  undergraduate degree at CCCU at our Canterbury or Medway Campus. This scholarship is not available to students who start in Level 5 (Year 2) or Level 6 (Year 3).

The scholarship will be automatically allocated to you once your Level 3 qualifications have been received and verified. The scholarship is paid in two equal instalments, one in December after you start your course. The second instalment is paid when you progress onto the second year of your course and payments are also made in December.

The accepted qualifications and grades are: 

• AAA or above from 3 A Levels
• Distinction Distinction Distinction or above from a BTEC National Extended Diploma (RQF) or BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF)
• Distinction Distinction in a BTEC National Diploma and a Distinction in a BTEC National Extended Certificate or one A Level at Grade A or above
• A or above in the NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Diploma or CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma
• Distinction or above in the UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• Access to HE Diploma with 45 Distinctions at Level 3 or above
• T Level at Distinction or above

Equivalencies:

WJEC Level 3 Diploma in Criminology at Grade A is equivalent to one A Level at Grade A

Distinction or above from a BTEC National Extended Certificate (RQF) or BTEC Extended Certificate (QCF) is equivalent to one A Level at Grade A

AQA Level 3 Extended Certificate with Distinction is equivalent to one A Level at Grade A

IfS Diploma in Financial Studies at Grade A is equivalent to one A Level at Grade A

International Baccalaureate subject at Higher Level with a grade 6 is equivalent to one A Level at Grade A

AQA Extended Certificate in Applied Business or Applied Science at Distinction or above is equivalent to one A at A Level

Cambridge International Pre-U Principal subject at D1-D3 is equivalent to one A at A Level