Competitive Scholarships
For the majority of our competitive scholarships you need to have applied in the year before you started your course at Royal Holloway and you cannot apply once you are studying. However, the music scholarships and the sports scholarships are open to current students and further information about these, including how to apply, can be found by following the relevant link below:
Non-competitive Income-related Bursaries
For our income-related bursaries, the Royal Holloway Bursary, Access Entry Bursary and the Care Leavers and Estranged Students Bursary you do not need to make an application as your eligibility is automatically assessed each year. However, so that the Bursaries team are able to assess your eligibility you need to have completed the following steps:
- Have had your application means-tested by Student Finance England (SFE);
- Had your evidence verified by SFE;
- Both you and your sponsors (usually parent(s)/guardian(s) or partner) will need to have provided consent for SFE to share your household income information with Royal Holloway. Both you and your sponsors can give this consent to SFE over the phone. Their number is 0300 100 0607 and the helpline is open Monday to Friday 8:00am to 8:00pm and Saturday and Sunday 9:00am to 4:00pm.
To ensure your bursary is paid on time you will need to have completed all of the above steps by the following dates:
| Instalment Date: | Date we require your SFE Information: |
|---|
| Friday 13 December 2024 |
Friday 15 November 2024 |
| Friday 4 April 2025 |
Friday 14 March 2025 |
| Friday 13 June 2025 |
Friday 23 May 2025 |
If we do not have the required information by the above deadlines, you will still be assessed for the bursary once we have all your information. However, you will not receive the payment until the next instalment date. If there is a delay in your SFE application being completed, please contact us as early as possible so that we can help you to resolve it. You can find answers to common questions about Bursaries and Scholarships on Ask Royal Holloway. If your query falls outside of what's already addressed, you can contact a member of the team using the 'Ask a Question' button, located at the bottom of our help pages. This ensures your query reaches the right team promptly, saving you time and ensuring a faster response.
Please be aware, if we do not receive the information we need from SFE by the end of the academic year on Friday 13 June 2025 we will be unable to assess you for a bursary for the acedemic year 2024/25, you will lose your eligibility and no retrospective payment will be made.