University of Glasgow Travel Bursaries for Unndergraduate Students 2025

The University of Glasgow is offering travel bursaries to assist with public transport travel costs, to support undergraduate students who could face financial difficulties in taking up their place to study at the University for 2025 entry. The value of the bursary is 50% of your monthly public transport travel costs to get to University, up to a maximum value of £50 per month. Priority is given to new entrants to the Univeristy. Continuing students previously in receipt of the bursary can apply, however, preference will be given to new entrants. 

The Scottish Government’s Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel scheme gives free bus travel to young people under 22 years of age. Please note that if you are under 22 years of age and can reasonably travel to Campus by bus, you will not be considered for the travel bursary.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJune 30, 2025
• Value£50
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorUniversity of Glasgow
• City to studyGlasgow
• School to studyUniversity of Glasgow

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Benefits

50% of monthly travel expenses, up to a maximum of £50 per month, in the first year of study.

Requirements

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be ordinarily resident in Scotland for 3 years prior to the start of their programme, for a purpose other than studying, and be classified as a 'Home' student for fee purposes.
• Hold the offer of a place to study, full-time, at the University of Glasgow in the forthcoming academic year (September 2025)
• Be undertaking their first undergraduate degree. Continuing students previously in receipt of the bursary can apply, however, preference will be given to new entrants. 
• Provide evidence that their, or their family's, circumstances are such that they may find it difficult to take up/continue their place at the University for financial reasons. We will normally consider applicants with a household income of up to £26,000 per annum.
• Applicants currently living in Scotland holding asylum seeker status are also eligible to apply. 
• Not be eligible for the Scottish Government's Young Persons' Free Bus Travel Scheme (if you are under 22 years of age and can reasonably travel to Campus by bus, you will not be considered for the travel bursary)

Application Deadline

June 30, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to University of Glasgow on app.geckoform.com to apply

Please submit your application by selecting the "Apply Now" button at the top of this page. If you have not yet received an offer for a programme from the University of Glasgow, please wait until your offer is confirmed before applying. Submitting a scholarship application without a programme offer will render your application invalid.

The application deadline is 11:00 pm on 30th of June 2025. No applications will be accepted after this date.

For more information contact: [email protected]

For more details, visit University of Glasgow Scholarship webpage