Santander Universities – Widening Access Scholarship

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Key facts

  • Number of scholarships: 6
  • Value: £5000
  • Opens: 1 December 2025
  • Deadline: 19 February 2026
  • Helps with: Equipment and study costs, Internship work placement or project costs, Living costs, Tuition fees

Summary

We’re excited to partner with Santander Universities to offer six scholarships worth £5,000 each to support our widening access and refugee/humanitarian protection status students during the 2025/26 academic year. These scholarships are designed to ease education-related costs, including tuition fees, course materials, accommodation, and career development opportunities.

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Eligibility

Who Can Apply?

  • Current full-time undergraduate or postgraduate students enrolled in any year of study during the 2025/26 academic year.
  • Aged 18 or over, UK resident, and classified as a Home Fee Status student.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • they are in receipt of a SAAS Care Experienced Bursary, or;
  • they are in receipt of a SAAS Young Student Bursary in the final year of undergraduate study, or;
  • they are in receipt of SAAS funding as an Independent or Estranged student and receive a Student Bursary or enhanced Student Loan, or;
  • they are in receipt of funding from Student Finance England, Wales or Northern Ireland based on a household income of £34,999 or less, or;
  • they are in receipt of one or more means-tested benefits at the time of application, or;
  • they reside in a postcode which falls within the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) Quintile 1 (check Postcode Quintile), or;
  • they have been in receipt of EMA in the past three years, or;
  • they have been in receipt of free school meals in the past three years, or;
  • they have Refugee status, Humanitarian Protection status or similar, in the UK

No need to be a Santander customer.

Subject eligibility

Accounting & finance, Aeronautical engineering, Architecture, Biochemistry, Biology & biological sciences, Biomedical engineering, Biomedical science, Business, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Civil & environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Computer science, Data analytics, Design manufacture & engineering management, Economics, Education, Electronic & electrical engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Environmental engineering, Forensic science, Genealogy, Health, History, Hospitality & tourism, Human resource management, Immunology, International relations, Journalism, Languages, Law, Management, Management science, Marine Engineering, Marketing, Mathematics & statistics, Mechanical & aerospace engineering, Mechanical engineering, Microbiology, Naval architecture, Naval architecture ocean & marine engineering, Ocean engineering, Pharmacology, Pharmacy & biomedical sciences, Physics, Politics, Product design, Prosthetics & orthotics, Psychology, Renewable energy, Science, Social policy, Social work, Software engineering, Speech & language therapy, Sports engineering, Sustainability, Teaching

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Taught, Undergraduate

Study modes eligibility

Full Time

Fee Status

Home (Scottish)

Student type

Applicant

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How to apply

  1. Register for free on Santander Open Academy (if you haven’t already).
  2. Verify your email (check your junk!)
  3. Log in, click ‘Get Started’, and complete the application form and online assessment.