University of Bolton Excellence Scholarship 

  The Amount 

£500 per annum will be paid to the student over the academic year irrespective of their financial means.

Eligibility for Scholarship 

• Students must be being charged tuition fees of £3,225. Fees must be paid via tuition fee loan or student must be self funded.
• The course of study must have commenced in September 2009 or later
• Applicants must be full-time U.K. undergraduate Higher Education University of Bolton students*
• The student must have successfully accumulated 300 UCAS points at A2 level or equivalent, please visit the UCAS tariff at: 

    www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/tarifftables|  

Applying for the Scholarship 

• In order to receive the scholarship students must have completed a student funding application online or downloaded and completed a PN1 application for student funding available from: 

 www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance| 

To receive payment of this scholarship the funding application must be

completed even if the student is not going to apply for any other support (for

example student loans or grants). 

• In addition an application form for the scholarship will be available at the Student Centre, Chancellor's Mall. The form can also be downloaded from: 

http://www.bolton.ac.uk/ProspectiveStudents/Undergraduate/Finance/Excellence%20Scholarship.aspx

The completed application with photocopies of certificates to show the achievement of 300 UCAS points or above at A2 level can be submitted the Student Centre or posted to: 

Excellence Scholarship Scheme

Student Centre

Chancellor's Mall

University of Bolton

Deane Road

Bolton

BL3 5AB

Tel: 01204 903903

E mail: excellencescholarship@bolton.ac.uk|

Notification of Award 

Students will be notified whether their application has been successful or not via their university e mail address. 

Payment dates 

Successful students will receive payment in two separate instalments subject to continuing and satisfactory attendance on the course. Expected payment dates will be as follows 

End of Semester 1 (Jan 2010)   - £250

End of Semester 2 (May 2010)  - £250 

Scholarship payments will be terminated if the student withdraws, transfers to another institution or fails their programme of study. Scholarship payments will be suspended if a student interrupts their studies 

Scholarships will not be paid to students undertaking industrial or work experience on a full time "sandwich" basis. Students studying abroad also will not be eligible to receive the Scholarship. 

Students starting in the Second Semester 

For students who start in  February the scholarship will still be available. The eligibility criteria remains the same.

Payment Dates will be the end of May 2010 and the end of January 2011

٭Please note the deadline for applications for 2009/10 is 31 March 2010

*The scholarship will be paid to first, not subsequent equivalent or lower level HE courses only.

Further Information: 

Ms Karen Bentley

Student Funding Adviser

Tel: 01204 903497

Fax: 01204 903809

Email: studentfunding@bolton.ac.uk|