Funding your studies

Contact the Finance Office

The Student Finance Office is located in Student Central on Level 4 of the Central Services Building on the main Queensgate Campus.

The Student Finance enquiry desk is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm (Monday to Friday) during term time and between 10.00am and 2.00pm out of term. Outside these hours our services are available through iPoint.

The cash office is open 10.00am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 3.30pm during term time, and 9.00am- 1.00pm out of term.

For queries about invoices received or payments, tuition fee charges, grants, bursaries and scholarships:

Tel: +44 (0)1484 472 210
Email: sfo@hud.ac.uk

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The Student Finance Office can provide support and advise all students regarding financial issues including:

• Information and guidance regarding possible sources of funding for all courses in the University
• Budgeting advice to discuss a variety of options and strategies in order to manage on a budget
• Facilities for the billing and payment of income to be collected by the University
• Debt advice via personal and confidential sessions is available from trained staff along with mediation and resolution

Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme

At the University of Huddersfield, we’re passionate about research; seeking to solve the problems and answer the questions posed by industry, science and society. To help us make this difference, we seek the very best Huddersfield graduates to participate in our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme, which gives those selected access to a full tuition fee waiver on their research degree.

Details

Our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme provides a full fee waiver on either full-time or part-time research degrees, meaning the recipient will not be charged tuition fees for their research degree. This waiver applies to eligible research degrees starting from September 2020 and is open to home, EU and international candidates.

Eligibility criteria

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is a competitive application process and to be eligible you must have achieved one of the following:

- A first class honours degree
- A distinction at taught Master’s

or

- Have been recommended on the basis of your Master’s by Research by your supervisor and academic school

and

- Have graduated from the University of Huddersfield in the last three years. If you are due to graduate in the current academic year, then any offer will be conditional on your degree outcome

General

- Our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is available for research undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis.

- Research degrees include the following awards; PhD, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Enterprise (EntD), Doctor of Public Administration (DPA), Master of Arts by Research, Master of Science by Research and Master of Enterprise.

- Our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is available for the standard registration period only; for doctoral awards this will be either 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time and for Master’s by Research awards this will be either 1 year full time or 2 years part time. The fee waiver will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period, including any write up period.

- The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.

If you have any queries or require further information please contact study@hud.ac.uk

How to apply?

To apply, complete our online research degree application form. Please make clear on your application that you wish to be considered for our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme.

Applications must be submitted as follows to be considered for our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme:

Research start date	Application deadline
September 2020	02 July 2020*
January 2021	23 October 2020
April 2021	29 January 2021
September 2021	04 June 2021

*please note that the deadline for the School of Music, Humanities and Media is 04 June 2020.

Selection process

All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.

Academic bursaries

In addition to our Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme, academic bursaries to support research studies may also be available. Academic bursaries are only available to exceptional candidates who have already successfully secured a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship.

Academic bursaries up to the value of £3,000 per year for full-time or £1,500 for part-time research may be awarded at the academic schools’ discretion once a candidate has successfully secured a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship.

Academic bursaries are available for the standard registration period only; for doctoral awards this will be either 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time and for Master’s by Research awards this will be either 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time. The bursary will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period.

Further information

School of Art, Design and Architecture sadapgradmin@hud.ac.uk
School of Applied Sciences SASResearchAdmin@hud.ac.uk
Business School sbuspgrsupport@hud.ac.uk
School of Computing and Engineering sce.research.admin@hud.ac.uk
School of Education and Professional Development sepdresearch@hud.ac.uk 
School of Music, Humanities and Media MHMpostgrad@hud.ac.uk
School of Human and Health Science HHSPhDApps@hud.ac.uk

10% Alumni Discount

The University of Huddersfield values its alumni and is pleased to offer an exclusive 10% Alumni Discount to assist with the cost of taught Master’s level study.

Details

Our Alumni Discount is a 10% reduction off the annual tuition fees on full-time and part-time taught Master’s level degrees only. This discount applies to eligible courses starting during the academic year 2019/20 to home students only.  If you are an international student, please see our scholarships, discounts and bursaries page for details of financial support available to you.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the 10% Alumni Discount you must:

• Become a registered student on a certified taught Master’s level degree programme at the University of Huddersfield. The majority of programmes qualify for the discount but please check the exception list below.

and

• Be a graduate of the University of Huddersfield having achieved an Honours award at Level 6 (Degree level).

Application process

You do not need to complete a separate application form for the Alumni Discount.  The discount will be automatically applied on the basis of information on your postgraduate application and your undergraduate student record.

Payment

You will not be separately notified of your discount but if you are eligible your tuition fee liability will be reduced by 10%.

Exception list

The following postgraduate programmes are not eligible for the 10% Alumni Discount:

• Postgraduate study which does not lead to a full, certified Master’s level degree qualification, including Postgraduate Diplomas, Postgraduate Certificates or any postgraduate study that leads to credit only.
• Professional study which may include some postgraduate level study but overall is determined to be at undergraduate level and for which undergraduate fees are charged. This includes:
• Courses funded by the Department of Health
• Teacher training programmes
• MArch (Master’s in Architecture)

General

• For students studying on a part-time basis, the 10% Alumni Discount will only apply in Years 1 and 2 of study.
• The 10% Alumni Discount will not apply to any study years involving resits/repeats of modules.
• The 10% Alumni Discount is available for students enrolling during the academic year 2019/20. The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the discount in future academic years.
• Once the 10% Alumni Discount is granted, it will apply for the duration of your course.

If you have any queries or require further information, please contact sfo@hud.ac.uk

New £1,000 bursary for Huddersfield graduates continuing onto postgraduate taught programmes

Eligibility Criteria

Students who achieve either 2:1 or 1st classification for their undergraduate studies will receive a £1,000 bursary as a reduction of their fees to commence taught postgraduate studies*. This will be dependent on students passing all their assessment points with 50% or more.

* Bursary only available to University of Huddersfield 2020 graduates entering onto full-time or part-time postgraduate taught studies starting with us in September 2020. This bursary will be automatically granted to those meeting the eligibility criteria who have already applied for taught postgraduate studies.

Please note; by qualifying for the new £1,000 bursary, this makes you ineligible for our 10% alumni discount on postgraduate taught fees. If however you don’t meet the eligibility criteria for our new £1,000 bursary, then you may still qualify for our 10% alumni discount.