Skip to main content University of Leeds homepage
Students home page

Part-time Leeds Bursary

Find out how to apply for the Part-time Leeds Bursary and see how much you might receive.

Applications for the Academic Year 2025/26 open in Summer 2025. You can currently only apply for 2024/25 or earlier.

Eligibility

To qualify for the Part-time Leeds Bursary, you must be registered on a:

  • part-time undergraduate degree,
  • foundation degree,
  • diploma of higher education (DipHE), or
  • certificate of higher education (CertHE), lasting for at least one year.

You must also be studying at least 30 credits a year (25% of a full-time course).

You must have completed your online registration at the University before submitting an application for Leeds Bursary. Registration opens in the first week of September for new students and the first week of August for returning students.

Applying

To apply for the part-time Leeds Bursary, you must complete the application form. You will need to complete an application for every year you are a student.

If you have had a household income assessment by your funding awarding body

If you have applied to your funding awarding body for an income-assessed maintenance loan (living costs), provided household income information, and given consent for your income to be shared with the University, you only need to complete a small part of the application form.  

If you have not had a household income assessment by your funding awarding body

If you have applied to your funding awarding body for a tuition fee loan only, or a tuition fee and a maintenance loan but not provided them with household income information, you will need to complete the entire application form (6 pages) and provide the documents requested in the form.

You will need to provide evidence of your income (and, if you live with a partner, their income) as part of your application submission. It is recommended that you gather this evidence before starting the application.

The evidence you may need can include:

  • evidence of your income: this could include a P60, payslips, or pension payments
  • evidence of the benefits you receive: this would include Universal Credit, Working/Child Tax Credits
  • evidence of your partner’s income: a Tenancy or Mortgage agreement
  • a Council Tax bill
  • an SLC notification letter or Utilities bill (to evidence your home address)
  • birth certificates for children you are supporting financially.

Apply for the Part-time Leeds Bursary

Complete the Microsoft form using your University login details.

After you’ve applied

Applications can take up to four weeks to process once all required evidence has been provided. If you submit your application and provide all required evidence by 31 October, then you should receive the first instalment of your bursary award on time. 

If you submit your application and evidence after 31 October, then it may take up to six weeks before your first instalment is processed.  

Choosing your support

If you are a UK student, you can receive your part-time Leeds Bursary award as a cash payment paid into your bank account, tuition fee discount against your student loan, or accommodation discount if in University accommodation.

Find out how to choose your support. If you don’t choose a support option on Minerva, awards will default to being paid as a cash award. You will need to provide your bank details on Minerva to receive a payment. 

EU students (with a Student Support Number prefix ‘EURS’) can only receive the part-time Leeds Bursary as a tuition fee discount.

Receiving your bursary

Once your eligibility for the Leeds Bursary has been confirmed by email, you will need to follow a few key steps to ensure it is processed as expected. Find out about receiving your bursary.

How much funding you can get

The amount of funding you will receive through the part-time Leeds Bursary depends on your household income and your credit load for the year for which you’re applying.

If you started a part-time degree, foundation degree, DipHE, or CertHE in 2017/18 or later

Household income of £25,000 or less

  • 40 credits: £835 award
  • 60 credits: £1,250 award
  • 80 credits: £1,670 award
  • 90 credits: £1,875 award

Household income of £25,001 – £30,000

  • 40 credits: £500 award
  • 60 credits: £750 award
  • 80 credits: £1,000 award
  • 90 credits: £1,125 award

Household income of £30,001 – £36,000

  • 40 credits: £335 award
  • 60 credits: £500 award
  • 80 credits: £670 award
  • 90 credits: £750 award

Household income of £36,001 – £42,875

  • 40 credits: £170 award
  • 60 credits: £250 award
  • 80 credits: £335 award
  • 90 credits: £375 award

During the part-time foundation year in Interdisciplinary Studies (PHE), from 2017/18 or later

Household income of £25,000 or less

  • 60 credits: £1,500 award

Household income of £25,001 – £30,000

  • 60 credits: £750 award

Household income of £30,001 – £36,000

  • 60 credits: £500 award

Household income of £36,001 – £42,875

  • 60 credits: £250 award

If you started a part-time degree, foundation degree, DipHE, or CertHE in 2014/15, 2015/16 or 2016/17

Household income of £25,000 or less

  • 40 credits: £835 award
  • 60 credits: £1,250 award
  • 80 credits: £1,670 award

Household income of £25,001 – £30,000

  • 40 credits: £500 award
  • 60 credits: £750 award
  • 80 credits: £1,000 award

Household income of £30,001 – £36,000

  • 40 credits: £335 award
  • 60 credits: £500 award
  • 80 credits: £670 award

Household income of £36,001 – £42,600

  • 40 credits: £170 award
  • 60 credits: £250 award
  • 80 credits: £335 award
Fees and funding