The intention of the award is to provide students who would not normally be able to access postgraduate study with financial support to pursue their academic interests.

Ten awards will provide eligible students with a fee waiver of up to £5,000 towards the cost of 2025/26 tuition fees.

These awards have been generously funded through donations by alumni and friends to the University.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this award, you must complete the University of Bristol’s Access Postgrad scheme. 

In addition, you must:

• be a final-year undergraduate student at the University of Bristol in 2024/25.
• be a UK (Home) fee-paying student.
• undertake a one-year, full-time or two-year part-time postgraduate taught programme at the University of Bristol (on a MA, MSc, LLM, MRes programme).
• meet one or more of the University's widening participation criteria.

Non-eligible programmes

These programmes will not qualify for the fee waiver:

• PGCE
• PG Cert
• PG Dip
• MPhil
• MScR
• PhD
• EdD
• EngD
• DEdPsych
• MD
• DDS
• MMus.

How to apply

Find out more information about the scheme and how to apply.

All final-year applicants to Access Postgrad will automatically be considered for one of the 10 fee waiver awards. 

Deadline

Applications for Access Postgrad 2024/25 will open on 9 September and close on 7 October 2024.

Further details

Read the full terms and conditions.