University of Surrey 2025 Battersea Scholarship for Undergraduate Students

Applications are now open for the University of Surrey 2025 Battersea Scholarship  for Undergraduate Students. The Battersea Scholarship will support an undergraduate student during their degree programme at the University of Surrey. The scholarship will provide £4,000 a year for three years of academic study, plus £4,000 for a Professional Training placement (if taken). The Battersea Scholarship will be awarded to one successful applicant.

• Table of Content
• About University of Surrey
• Battersea Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Battersea Scholarship
• Requirements for Battersea Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Surrey

The University of Surrey was established on 9 September 1966 with the grant of its Royal Charter, but its roots go back to a late 19th-century concern to provide greater access to further and higher education for the poorer inhabitants of London. Since the University's founding in the 1960s, and before that at Battersea College, our community has thrived through strong connections and collaboration with the outside world. We've formed close partnerships with other institutions and businesses, reaching across geographic boundaries, and used those relationships to bring potential to life.... continue reading

Battersea Scholarship

Application Deadline	05 Oct 2025
Country to study	United Kingdom
School to study	University of Surrey
Type	Undergraduate
Sponsor	University of Surrey
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Battersea Scholarship

The Battersea Scholarship will provide up to £16,000 (£4,000 a year for 3 years of study, plus a PTY year if taken) for a care-experienced student at the University of Surrey.

Requirements for Battersea Scholarship Qualification

To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be a first year undergraduate Home/UK student who is from a care-experienced background.

Care experienced is defined as students who “have spent time in local authority care, in a residential children’s home, have been looked after at home by a supervision order or have lived with relatives under kinship care.”

Criteria for care experienced is as follows:

• Living with foster carers under local authority care
• In residential care (for example, a children’s home)
• Looked after at home under a supervision order
• Or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (for example, a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.

Application Deadline

October 5, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to University of Surrey on app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk to apply

To apply for this scholarship students entering the first year of their undergraduate degree at the University of Surrey should complete all sections of the application form.

Please note that you cannot receive this scholarship in addition to the other University bursaries.

Successful students will be advised of their application outcome during the first semester.

Please note that application to the Battersea Scholarship is competitive and not all applications will be successful.

For more details, visit University of Surrey scholarship webpage