• You must be studying your first master’s qualification, and studying for an LLM, MA, MEd, MBA, MEnt, MPH, MPhil, MRes, MSc, MSc by Research, MusM.
• You must have been assessed for fee status as a ‘home’ student for both your Undergraduate and Master’s degree course.
• You must have started your undergraduate course after September 2012.
• You must be studying an eligible Master’s degree at The University of Manchester, starting in September 2026, full-time or part-time for a maximum of two years.
• You must have graduated from your Undergraduate degree in the last five years (no earlier than June 2022)
• You must meet at least on of the priority criteria to be eligible.

Students on the following courses are not available to receive this bursary:

• Postgraduate certificates/diplomas (PGCert, PGDip, PGCE);
• Integrated undergraduate master’s (MChem, MMath);
• Master of Architecture (MArch);
• MA Architecture and Urbanism;
• MSc Physician Associate Studies;
• Doctoral degrees (PhD)

You cannot receive this bursary if:

• You receive course funding from an employer, a public funding body or an undergraduate loan (such as the NHS, PGCE, Integrated Master’s)
• You are receiving any other University funding (not including fee discounts, such as the Alumni discount)
• You are doing a distance learning course, and you completed your undergraduate degree more than five years ago

Personal factors:

• If you are a care leaver or care-experienced student;
• If you are an estranged/independent student;
• If you are a young carer;
• If you are a refugee or asylum seeker;
• If you have a disability;
• If you are from a military family;
• If you identify as belonging to one of the following ethnic groups:- Black or Black British – Caribbean, Black or Black British – African, Mixed – White and Black Caribbean, Mixed – White and Black African, Other Black background .

Socio-economic factors:

• If you were eligible for free school meals during secondary education;
• If you lived in an area of relative deprivation when applying to your undergraduate university course.

Higher education progression information:

• If you live in a postcode of low progression to higher education;
• If you went to a low attaining secondary school;
• If you go to a low attaining sixth form/college.

Not all eligible students will be successful in their application. We’ll prioritise students based on the number and nature of the priority criteria that you meet.