The information supplied on this page is for undergraduate students starting their studies in September 2024 or after.
Please refer to the Historic Terms and Conditions for your year of entry if you joined the University of Bath before September 2024.
What is the Accommodation Bursary?
Students with a household income of up to £30,000 are eligible for a Bath Bursary or Gold Scholarship, and can receive £750 off their first-year accommodation costs as part of their funding packages.
Students with a household income of between £30,000 and £60,000 are eligible for an accommodation fee reduction of up to £1,000.
If eligible, the Accommodation Bursary will be automatically deducted from either your January or April accommodation fees - dependent on when we receive your household income assessment.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the £1000 Accommodation Bursary, you must meet all of the following:
- you are an eligible new first-year Home UK undergraduate student starting studies in 2024/5
- you are registered on a full-time undergraduate degree course
- you are a current student at the time of award
- you have been housed by the University in the 2024/5 academic year
- you have a household income assessment of between £30,000 and £42,875
To be eligible for the £500 Accommodation Bursary, you must meet all of the following:
- you are an eligible new first-year Home UK undergraduate student starting studies in 2024/5
- you are registered on a full-time undergraduate degree course
- you are a current student at the time of award
- you have been housed by the University in the 2024/5 academic year
- you have a household income assessment of between £42,876 and £60,000
Students residing in couples accommodation are not eligible for an Accommodation Bursary.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have applied for a household income assessment ahead of starting your studies. It can take 6-8 weeks for the SLC to conduct and process a household income assessment; so, we strongly recommend that you start this process as soon as possible. Please do not leave it until August to apply for your student finance.
The University is not responsible for any delays in your student loans application being processed or information not being passed onto us by your student loans awarding agency.
The consent option to share your household income with the University will be automatically ticked within your SLC application. Please ensure that neither you nor your parent/guardian unticks this, otherwise the University will be unable to assess your funding eligibility.
How to apply
There is no application process for the Accommodation Bursary. Awards will be made provided the University has received an eligible household income assessment for you and you have been housed by the University.
Once you have made Bath your Firm or Insurance choice, you will be able to check whether you are eligible for an Accommodation Bursary by logging onto the Bath Application Tracker (Student SAMIS account) and checking the Bath Financial Support Package area. Here you will be able to see whether we have received a household income assessment for you, and whether it is within one of the eligible thresholds.
Once you have enrolled as a student at Bath, this information will move to ‘Student Home’ within your SAMIS account.
Closing date?
The final date to be considered for an Accommodation Bursary is Friday 14th March 2025. The University will not make any further awards after this point.
Other funding opportunities
Financial support is also available to assist students who require en suite University accommodation due to their disability, and who wouldn’t otherwise have applied for en suite accommodation due to it being too expensive.
See our scholarships and bursaries web pages for information about other funding opportunities.
If you are a current student experiencing financial hardship you can speak to Student Money Advice who will be able to offer you helpful information and advice.