The Accommodation Bursary will not be available from the 2025/26 academic year onwards. Support for students’ accommodation and travel costs will instead be provided through larger payments of the University of Bristol Bursary.
Accommodation Bursary
An Accommodation bursary for new undergraduate students living in University allocated accommodation.
This bursary is up to £1,158 towards the rent of your first-year accommodation.
Eligibility
You will be offered an accommodation bursary if you:
- are a new undergraduate starting your course in 2024/25
- are undertaking your first degree
- are a home/UK student, funded through your Regional Funding Provider
- are living in University-allocated accommodation
- have a household income below £42,875 per annum
- the address given on your UCAS form is in one of our eligible designated areas.
How to apply
You must make sure that you have applied for financial support from your regional funding provider and you have given them your consent to your household income information.
The University will automatically contact you if you are eligible. There is no further application process.