University of Surrey Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary 2025

The Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary aims to support students who are:

Care Leavers - You have been ‘looked after’ for at least 13 weeks by a local authority at some point since you were 14 years old, and were in care on or after your sixteenth birthday.

Or, 

Estranged Students - You are estranged from both parents/carers. By estranged we mean that either:

• You have not communicated with either of your biological or adoptive parents for a period of time before your course began
• Your parents cannot be traced or it is not possible, practical, or safe to make contact with them
• Your parents have significant mental or physical health problems which prevent you from contacting them
• Both of your biological or adoptive parents are deceased.

• Table of Content
• About University of Surrey
• Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary
• Aim and Benefits of Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary
• Requirements for Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Surrey

The University of Surrey was established on 9 September 1966 with the grant of its Royal Charter, but its roots go back to a late 19th-century concern to provide greater access to further and higher education for the poorer inhabitants of London. Since the University's founding in the 1960s, and before that at Battersea College, our community has thrived through strong connections and collaboration with the outside world. We've formed close partnerships with other institutions and businesses, reaching across geographic boundaries, and used those relationships to bring potential to life.... continue reading

Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary

Aim and Benefits of Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary

The Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary is an annual bursary of £3,000 plus an additional £500 on graduation to support with moving on costs.

Requirements for Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary Qualification

In order to be eligible:

• You must be a full-time undergraduate student
• You must be a UK student
• You must be paying full tuition fees (therefore NHS-funded students and students who are being funded are not eligible).

Application Deadline

How to Apply

The Student Success Team will contact eligible students using the information you provide the University on Enrolment.

Please note the schemes detailed are subject to OfS (Office for Students) approval and therefore our bursary schemes may change in order to meet regulations.

For more ddetails, visit University of Surrey Scholarship webpage