Alumni Bursary

Other eligibility requirements

The Alumni Bursary scheme is open to International Swansea Alumni candidates applying for a Taught Master’s or Research degree in any subject area.

The definition of ‘alumni’ is candidates who have successfully completed a ‘full’ degree programme at Swansea University for example:

• students who have qualified with a Bachelor degree applying for a Taught Master’s or Research programme.
• a Taught Masters’ student applying for a further Taught course, subject to meeting Same Level Study regulations.
• a Taught Masters’ student applying for Research programme.

Eligibility

Alumni Bursaries are available for both full and part-time* study, and are only available to students who have met the minimum academic requirement for an award (see above table for details).

Students must be assessed as an overseas student for tuition fee purposes in relation to their most recent postgraduate application; and must have satisfactorily completed the original degree programme that they were admitted to at Swansea University (excludes ‘fall-back’ qualifications).

The following candidates are NOT eligible for an Alumni Bursary:

• Students deemed eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home (UK) rate
• Exchange students
• Visiting/Associate students (including English Language students)
• The College, Swansea University Foundation/Pre-Master’s Programme students
• CELTA students, students on professional courses LLM Law and Legal Practice and LLM Professional Legal Practice or students pursuing Computational Mechanics (joint degree with UPC, Barcelona)
• Students qualifying with an ‘exit’ qualification
• Students upgrading from MPhil to PhD.