UCL Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship 2025

Applications are now open for the UCL Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship 2025. The Computer Science Aspire Award reduces financial barriers and create opportunities for students from Black or mixed Black ethnic backgrounds who are currently underrepresented in our department. We are making a commitment to three fully funded scholarships.

• Table of Content
• About University College London
• Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship
• Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship

Full tuition fees plus an annual allowance to cover living and study expenses (£20,000), for the normal duration of the programme at UCL. All Aspire scholars will also receive on-going academic and career support during their study.

Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship Courses

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Mathematical Computation
• Robotics

Requirements for Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship Qualification

Eligible candidates must meet all the mandatory criteria:

• Based in the UK with home fee status or be a forced migrant (as defined by UCL)
• Be from a Black or mixed Black Ethnic background
• Have not completed undergraduate study either at UCL or elsewhere previously
• Have accepted an offer of admission to study Computer Science BSc undergraduate, Computer Science MEng, Mathematical Computation MEng or Robotics and Artificial Intelligence MEng programmes for the 2025 intake.

Eligible candidates must also meet at least one of the additional criteria detailed below. 

• Be in financial need as assessed by UCL (household income of less than £42,875) 
• Receive (or were eligible for) free school meals
• Have a disability (underrepresented group in Higher Education)
• Be a care leaver (underrepresented group in Higher Education)
• attend (or have attended) a low-performing school for either GCSE or A-level
• Live in a disadvantaged neighbourhood (we use POLAR classification and/or Index of Multiple of Deprivation (IMD) data to identify levels of financial, social, economic or educational deprivation, as defined by home postcode)

Interview date, Process and Venue for Aspire Award Undergraduate Scholarship

We will consider your educational, personal and financial circumstances. You will need to demonstrate these in your application. Assessment of applications will be made in relation to the eligibility criteria

Check also:
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC 2027
Chevening Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit UCL Scholarship webpage