Thrive Bursary

Other eligibility requirements

Undergraduate The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees). 

Postgraduate (Taught Course Only) The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the year of study.

Eligibility

1. You must be classified as an overseas student for fee purposes. If your fee status changes at any point, the bursary will be withdrawn.

2. You must be fully self-funding your studies.

3. The Thrive Bursary can only be assigned once, at the start of a full time degree programme at Swansea University.

4. Your Ordinary Residence must be in one of the countries listed. Your Ordinary Residence is the country where you have been domiciled for the last 5 years and excludes countries in which you reside purely for the purpose of studying: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

5. You must be enrolling on to a full-time taught course at Swansea University in academic year.

6. For Undergraduate students the progression bursary of £2,000 will only be applied if you successfully pass and progress to the subsequent year. Students retaking a year will not receive the Thrive tuition fee discount, but the Tuition fee discount of £2,000 will be applied again on successful progression.

7. Students studying an Undergraduate course that includes a Year Abroad or Year in Industry are not eligible to receive the progression bursary in their industry year or year abroad. Those studying a two-year Masters with an industry placement will receive the bursary in Year 1 only, not in the placement year.