Scholarships and bursaries
We offer a range of financial support packages to help you succeed at university, no matter your income or background.
Beatrice Shilling Scholarship
The Beatrice Shilling Scholarship is a scholarship for UK fee-paying students, who are women and hold an offer to study an undergraduate engineering course at the University of Manchester.
Key information
- Paid directly to you
- £2,000 per year
- Other
- Academic mentor, pastoral and careers support, and membership of the Shilling community
- Award length
- Up to 4 years
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Fee status
- Home (UK)
- Number of awards available
- 20 (2 per discipline)
- Student type
- Prospective
- Application deadline
- No application required
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The Beatrice Shilling Scholarship is a scholarship for UK fee-paying students, who are women and hold an offer to study an undergraduate engineering course at the University of Manchester.
Scheme eligibility
Essential criteria are criteria you must meet to be considered for this scheme. Students who do not meet this criteria will not be considered for this award. The essential criteria for this scheme are as follows:
To be considered, you need to:
- be a woman (inclusive of trans women) / be assigned female at birth (such as AFAB non-binary);
- have an offer of study an undergraduate engineering course at The University of Manchester
- be recognised as a UK resident and paying home (UK) fees;
- have chosen Manchester as your firm choice by the June UCAS deadline;
- commit to contributing to outreach and recruitment activities, especially encouraging more women to study engineering;
- achieve a minimum of 60% average performance during each year of study.
Priority criteria
Priority criteria are additional criteria we use based on the information you have provided us to make our final selection decisions. The priority criteria for this scheme are as follows:
Priority given to the highest performing applicants, or those with the highest potential to attain based on their UCAS application, within each engineering discipline (at least 2 students per discipline)
Application and selection process
How to apply
The University will automatically assess all eligible applicants and assign the scholarship based on academic merit.
Terms and conditions
Breaks in funding
This award is not provided during study years abroad, placement years, or if a student takes a study interruption.
Your course offer and this scheme
Receipt of this award is subject to you meeting you course offer commitments and registering at the University of Manchester in the year of entry specified in the application form.
Contact
For enquiries about this award, please contact us