University of Bath 2025 The Gold Scholarship Programme

If you are an undergraduate student starting your studies in September 2025, you may be eligible to apply for the Gold Scholarship Programme.

The Gold Scholarship Programme (GSP) is available to students with a household income of £30,000 and below, and is worth up to £5,000 per year of study.

As well as financial support, the GSP offers a compulsory enrichment programme to enhance personal development. This includes:

• 50 hours of volunteering or approved roles a year
• mentoring
• personal development, networking and skills training sessions1
• support with placements and internships
• pastoral support networks

• Table of Content
• About University of Bath
• The Gold Scholarship Programme
• Aim and Benefits of The Gold Scholarship Programme
• Requirements for The Gold Scholarship Programme Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Bath

The University of Bath is a public university located in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966 and can trace its roots to a technical school established in Bristol in 1856.

The Gold Scholarship Programme

Aim and Benefits of The Gold Scholarship Programme

The payment structure will be as follows:

• First year on campus - £5,000 total comprised of: £3,250 cash, £1,000 campus credit plus £750 accommodation reduction if in university-housed accommodation

• Continuing student studying in Bath all year - £5,000 total comprised of: £4,000 cash and £1,000 campus credit

Details of the payment schedule can be found here.

For students on placement:

• Placement student thin paid placement - £2,500 total comprised of: £2,000 cash and £500 campus credit

• Placement student thin unpaid placement - £5,000 total comprised of: £4,500 cash and £500 campus credit

• Placement student thick unpaid placement - £5,000 total comprised of: £5,000 cash

Requirements for The Gold Scholarship Programme Qualification

You must meet the following criteria to be considered for a Gold Scholarship:

• You are a new first-year Home UK2 undergraduate student in the 2025/6 academic year
• You have a household income assessment3 of £30,000 or below
• You are registered on a full-time undergraduate degree course based on the University of Bath campus
• You meet a contextual criterion

The contextual criteria that we consider are:

• Eligibility for Free School Meals during secondary school education4
• Your home postcode is considered to be in an area of relative deprivation, as defined by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation4 and IF you attended a private school, this was for no more than two years within the last four years.
• You are a Care Leaver
• You are estranged
• You are a Young Adult Carer
• You are a refugee

You must ensure that you:

• Have requested for a household income assessment to be completed by your relevant UK student loans awarding agency e.g., Student Finance England (or equivalent)
• Have not withheld permission for your household income assessment to be shared with the University by your student loans awarding agency

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.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

New first-year undergraduates who are due to start studies in 2025 will be invited to apply for the GSP through the University of Bath Application Tracker.

You will be required to answer 3 supporting questions, all with a word count of 250 words. You will be invited, by email, to do this from mid/late May 2025, if you have made us your Firm or Insurance choice via UCAS.

Applications to the GSP will be scored solely on answers to the supporting questions; so, we urge applicants to answer the questions carefully and fully.

For more details, visit University of Bath Scholarship webpage