Royal Holloway has four bursaries available for undergraduate students:

• Care Leavers and Estranged Students bursary
• Access Entry bursary
• Royal Holloway bursary - household income less than £25,000
• Royal Holloway bursary - household income between £25,000 - £30,000

Click on the links above for more information.

All qualifying undergraduate students are automatically considered for the Access Entry and Royal Holloway income related bursaries, so no application is required.

Please note: to be considered, you must give permission to the Student Loans Company to share your household income information and details of your maintenance loan application with Royal Holloway.

Payments are usually paid on the last day of each term. You will be advised on the exact dates by email. 

Please ensure that your bank details are up-to-date on Campus Connect. For further information on how to complete this please see the Bursaries and Scholarships webpages. 

For bursaries and scholarships that are awarded based on household income, both you and your sponsor(s) (usually parent(s) or partner need to give consent to Student Finance England (SFE) to share this information with us. For example, if you live with both parents then you, your mother and your father will need to give their consent to SFE.

Both you and your sponsors can set up this consent by calling 0300 100 0607. The line is open Monday to Friday 8.00am to 8.00pm and Saturday and Sunday 9.00am to 4.00pm.

If you think you may be eligible for the Care Leavers and Estranged Students Bursary, please contact the Student Services Centre.

Students eligible for non-competitive bursaries and scholarships will receive an email in October confirming their eligibility and providing further information. If you believe you are eligible but have not heard anything by the beginning of November please contact the Student Services Centre quoting your Royal Holloway student ID number and your Student Finance England Customer Reference Number.

You can choose to take some or all of your award in cash, as an accommodation fee reduction, a tuition fee reduction or a combination of these. An email will be sent to eligible students in October with details of how to make your choice. The email will include a deadline by which you need to let us know how you would like to receive your bursary.

If you do not reply by the deadline, the award will be defaulted to a cash award of up to £1,500 and paid into your bank account in three instalments. Payments are usually paid on the last day of each term. Cash awards are normally paid by BACS in instalments.

Please ensure that your bank details are up-to-date on Campus Connect. For further information on how to complete this please see the Bursaries and Scholarships webpages. 

You can find out more on what financial support you may be entitled to and how you will receive the award on our Buraries and Scholarship webpage.

You will need to have accepted your scholarship award, fully completed your enrolment and added your bank account details in Campus Connect before any scholarships can be paid. Please also check the payment date of your scholarship to see when payment is due to be made.

If your bank account details are on Campus Connect you will receive your payments in your bank account on their set payment dates.

Please see our Postgraduate scholarship webpage for information about scholarships available to postgraduate students.

If you have any further queries regarding your scholarship and/or bursary please visit the Scholarships and Bursaries webpages for further details. 

Royal Holloway alumni who continue their studies with us at postgraduate level automatically receive a 15% discount on tuition fees for the first year of study.

If you have graduated from another University of London institution you can receive a 10% discount on tuition fees (exemptions apply, see our scholarships (terms and conditions).

On all of the above there is no need to apply and the discount applies for first year of study.