Published: 14 Mar 2025 282 views
Applications are now open for the University of Surrey 2025 Battersea Scholarship for Undergraduate Students. The Battersea Scholarship will support an undergraduate student during their degree programme at the University of Surrey. The scholarship will provide £4,000 a year for three years of academic study, plus £4,000 for a Professional Training placement (if taken). The Battersea Scholarship will be awarded to one successful applicant.
The University of Surrey is a public research university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey, in the South East of England, United Kingdom. The university specialises in science, engineering, medicine and business. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology before gaining university status. Its roots, however, go back to the Battersea Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891 to provide further and higher education for London's poorer inhabitants... continue reading
The Battersea Scholarship will provide up to £16,000 (£4,000 a year for 3 years of study, plus a PTY year if taken) for a care-experienced student at the University of Surrey.
To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be a first year undergraduate Home/UK student who is from a care-experienced background.
Care experienced is defined as students who “have spent time in local authority care, in a residential children’s home, have been looked after at home by a supervision order or have lived with relatives under kinship care.”
Criteria for care experienced is as follows:
To apply for this scholarship students entering the first year of their undergraduate degree at the University of Surrey should complete all sections of the application form.
Please note that you cannot receive this scholarship in addition to the other University bursaries.
Successful students will be advised of their application outcome during the first semester.
Please note that application to the Battersea Scholarship is competitive and not all applications will be successful.
For more details, visit University of Surrey scholarship webpage
