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Scholarships and bursaries

Details of the scholarships and bursaries offered to our students can be found below. Contact details for the teams who look after each scholarship can be found under each heading.

Academic scholarships

If you have any questions about the scholarships below, please contact a member of the Student Funding team on 0116 257 7595 (select option 3, then option 2) or by email studentfunding@dmu.ac.uk

  1. Access to Higher Education Scholarship

    We are offering £1,000 cash per year (excluding placement years) to home students studying full time and paying a tuition fee of £9,535. The Access to Higher Education Scholarship is available if you are accepted onto a course with an Access to HE qualification (where it is an entry requirement for the course). .

    There is no separate application process for the Access Scholarship. Eligible students are automatically identified and contacted before they start their studies at 51ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

Scholarships

If you have any questions about the scholarships and busaries below, please contact a member of the Transitions Team (within Student Finance and Welfare) on 0116 257 7872/0116 366 4456 or email transitions@dmu.ac.uk.

  1. Ivy Gate Foundation Scholarship

    The Ivy Gate Foundation Scholarship has kindly been donated by The Ivy Gate Foundation, founded by alumnus Roger Le Tissier. The scholarship provides financial support for students from low income or disadvantaged backgrounds, with an award of £3,000 per year (for a maximum three years).

    Learn more about the Ivy Gate Foundation Scholarship.

  2. Unite Foundation Scholarship

    Applications for 2025/26 will open on 1 January 2025 and close at 11:59 on 20 June 2025.

    The Unite Foundation Scholarship is jointly offered by 51ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and the Unite Foundation. The scholarship offers care leaver and estranged students a free student bedroom in Newarke Point for a maximum of three years of eligible study.

    The Unite Foundation Scholarship webpage contains more informati