Scholarships and Bursaries for 2024 

We know that going to any University or Higher Education Institution is a financial commitment. That is why we are dedicated to easing the financial burden for our students through our bursaries and scholarships.

We have several financial awards available for future and existing students. View the options below to decide which one is best for you. 

If you have any questions or would like more information, please get in touch

Our generous donors and supporters continue to provide the funds that make our bursaries and scholarships possible – so watch this space, we will publish information about additional financial support when we have it.

NMITE Life Changer Bursary A multi-year cash bursary which offers transformative financial support to individuals from Herefordshire, or who have been educated in Herefordshire. View Bursary
Engineer in Herefordshire Bursary A high-value bursary to support accommodation or fees offering a fantastic opportunity to Herefordshire-based individuals who might not otherwise come into Higher Education View Bursary
Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship

This generous cash scholarship supports women pursuing a degree in Integrated Engineering at NMITE. The aim is to provide more opportunities for women in engineering education – helping to address the current underrepresentation in the field.

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NMITE Life Changer Bursary

NMITE’s Life Changer Bursary is a high-level cash bursary which offers a transformative opportunity to individuals from Herefordshire, or who have been educated in Herefordshire. This bursary is open to new NMITE students on all undergraduate programmes who are not yet registered, and who would be seeking to enrol in September 2024.

Bursary Level per individual:

£10,000 cash over the duration of your study.

  • £1,000 two weeks after the start of the programme, including full engagement of Welcome Week activities.
  • Further payments awarded as you progress through your studies.

The maximum award is £10,000

For those studying on the Fast Track BEng (Hons) Integrated Engineering, the maximum award is capped at £7,000.

Number available for September 2024: 30

Bursary Eligibility Criteria:

To be considered for the Life Changer Bursary, applicants must:

  • Be joining as a new NMITE student in September 2024
  • Have accepted a formal offer on one of NMITE’s undergraduate programmes (either as firm or insurance choice if applying through UCAS) AND
  • Have lived within Herefordshire (Herefordshire postcode) for the previous two years or have been educated at a Herefordshire education institution for at least the previous two years (school or college).

Application and Selection Process:

  1. Make an application to study at NMITE through UCAS (or directly through our website). The NMITE admissions team can provide any help needed.
  2. You will be notified if your application to study at NMITE is successful and made a formal offer of a place in the September 2024 intake. At this stage, you will be notified about any financial awards that are available for you to apply for. Please note that while you may apply for more than one financial award, you can only be in receipt of one.
  3. To apply for Life Changer Bursary, you must formally accept your offer (as either a firm or insurance acceptance) and then submit the evidence detailed below as soon as possible.
  4. Please email your application to bursaries@nmite.ac.uk by 5.00pm on Thursday 6th June 2024 at the latest but note that these bursaries are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
  5. Your application will be submitted to the Financial Awards Committee who will make a decision based on the information supplied.
  6. You will be notified of the decision within 20 working days of the application.
  7. You must have formally enrolled on to your programme at NMITE to receive the funds following an award of the bursary.
  8. If you choose to accept the bursary, you will be asked to sign a Financial Award Agreement and agree to the Terms and Conditions of the bursary.
  9. Bursaries and Scholarships cannot be deferred.

Evidence:

Sufficient evidence to demonstrate that applicants meet criteria will be required. This will be in the form of the following:

Criteria Evidence
Live within Herefordshire (Herefordshire postcode) for over two years. Proof of addresses for past two years
Have been educated in Herefordshire for at least previous two years.

1. Letter from your education provider verifying that you have attended for at least two years.

2. a certificate of attendance, transcript, or award certificate in your name from a Herefordshire school or college

Closing date: 5pm on Thursday 6th June 2024

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NMITE Student in Church Street, Hereford

NMITE Engineer in Herefordshire Bursary 

NMITE’s Engineer in Herefordshire Bursary is a high-level bursary which offers a transformative opportunity to Herefordshire-based individuals who might not otherwise come into Higher Education. This bursary is open to new NMITE students who are not yet registered on a course.

Bursary Level per individual:

Up to £9,000 per year of study.

The Bursary will be applied as credit towards tuition fees or accommodation.

Number available: 2

Bursary Criteria:

To be considered for the Engineer in Herefordshire Bursary, applicants must:

  • Hold a formal offer to study at NMITE and be joining NMITE as a new student in September 2024; AND
  • Have lived within Herefordshire (Herefordshire postcode) for over five years; AND
  • meet at least one of the following criteria:
    • Have a household income less than or equal to £25,000 pa
    • Be the first in their family to access Higher Education
    • Are receiving Free School Meals
    • Have caring responsibilities  
    • Be care-experienced (i.e. have lived in public care or as a looked-after child, including with foster carers under local authority, in a residential children’s home, or have been adopted after being in care)
    • Be able to otherwise demonstrate financial hardship and social disadvantage

Application and Selection Process:

  1. Make an application to study at NMITE through UCAS (or directly through our website)
  2. You will be notified if your application to study at NMITE is successful. At this stage, you will be notified about any financial awards that are available for you to apply for. Please note that while you may apply for more than one financial award, you can only be in receipt of one.
  3. To apply for the Engineer in Herefordshire Bursary, you must write a personal statement of up to 500 words outlining your current financial circumstances and the difference this bursary will make to you.
  4. You must also submit the additional evidence detailed below.
  5. Please email your application to bursaries@nmite.ac.uk 
  6. Your application will be submitted to the Financial Awards Committee who will make a decision based on the information supplied.
  7. You will be notified of the decision within one week of the closing date.
  8. You must have formally enrolled on to your course at NMITE in order to be awarded the bursary.
  9. If you choose to accept the bursary, you will be asked to sign a Financial Award Agreement and agree to the Terms and Conditions of the bursary.
  10. Bursaries and Scholarships cannot be deferred.

Evidence

Sufficient evidence to demonstrate that applicants meet criteria will be required. This will be in the form of the following:

Criteria Evidence
Live within Herefordshire (Herefordshire postcode) for over five years Proof of addresses for past five years
Have a household income less than or equal to £25,000 Evidence from payslips or other means of income
Be the first in your family to access Higher Education. This means that neither of your parents have received a Higher Level qualification.  You count as being first in family to access Higher Education even if the following people have accessed Higher Education:
  • Your foster parents
  • Your care workers
  • Your brother or sister
  • Your biological parents (if you are adopted)
  • A parent with whom you have had no contact during your secondary and post-16 education
A letter of trust, signed by a witness declaring that you are the first in your family to attend high education. Your witness must:
Receiving Free School Meals Letter from school
Have caring responsibilities  Evidence could take the form of either :
  • a Department for Work and Pensions Allowance statement confirming you’ve received a carers' allowance in the past, and this has now ceased
  • a letter confirming your role and responsibilities caring for that person from an appropriate third party who is close to the situation – this could be your GP, support worker, social services, or a local authority
Be care-experienced Evidence from local authority

Closing date: 5pm on Thursday 6th June 2024

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NMITE Students

Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship

Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship

To support women pursuing a degree in Integrated Engineering at NMITE.

About

With the help of the Motorola Solutions Foundation grants program, NMITE is able to offer this Scholarship, which aims to attract more women into engineering by offering a competitive funding package specifically for women undergraduates.

This scholarship is open to all students regardless of fee status.

Rationale

Women account for only 16.5% of the engineering workforce in the UK. This gender gap originates at a much earlier stage, with low levels of female representation within STEM subjects being seen at A-Level and Higher Education. In 2017, only 15% of engineering undergraduates in the UK were women, and in 2021 only 23% of students starting A-level Physics were female.

Central to NMITE’s mission is to train engineers from different walks of life so that the sector better reflects society. By recruiting a wider diversity of undergraduate engineers with greater gender representation, we can deliver creative thinking for engineering solutions to the world’s problems.

Scholarship Level per individual:

£5,000 in cash for the first year of study to be awarded in two instalments in the first year of study.

  • £1,000 in September 2024
  • £4,000 in November 2024

Number available for September 2024

4

Scholarship Criteria:

To be considered for the  Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship, applicants must:

  1. Be women.
  2. Be joining as a new student at NMITE for the September 2024 intake for an Integrated Engineering degree at BEng or MEng level.
  3. Students studying the Foundation Year are not eligible.

Scholarship Process:

  1. Make an application to study at NMITE through UCAS (or directly through our website).
  2. You will be notified if your application to study at NMITE is successful and made a formal offer of a place in the September intake.
  3. To be eligible for the Scholarship, you must tell us that you are a woman or identify as a woman and apply for the Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship , by submitting a short statement (500 words or less) about how the Motorola Solutions Foundation Scholarship will enable you to make an impact on an engineering issue that is important to you
  4. Please email your application to bursaries@nmite.ac.uk by 5.00pm on Thursday 6th June 2024.
  5. You may be invited to a panel interview should the scholarship applications be high.
  6. Your application will be submitted to the Financial Awards Committee who will make a decision based on the information supplied.
  7. You will be formally notified in writing about your Scholarship. You must have formally enrolled on to your course at NMITE for the Scholarship to be activated.
  8. If you choose to accept the scholarship, you will be asked to sign a Financial Award Agreement and agree to the Terms and Conditions of the scholarship.
  9. Please note that you can only be in receipt of one Financial Award at a time.

Closing date: 5pm on Thursday 6th June 2024

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Students getting hands-on with engineering at NMITE

Standard application process

  • Make an application to study at NMITE through UCAS (or our website). Some scholarships and bursaries specify a deadline for this, so do read the information carefully.
  • You will be notified if your application to study at NMITE is successful. At this stage, you will be notified about any scholarships and bursaries that are available for you to apply for. 
  • You may be required to complete an additional application for your chosen scholarship or bursary.
  • You will be notified about the outcome of your application within one week of the deadline, and you can choose whether or not to accept it.
  • If you accept the scholarship or bursary, you must register to study at NMITE before the course start date to be eligible to receive payment.
  • You will be asked to sign a financial award agreement.
  • Leave the rest to us – we’ll disperse your financial award on the specified payment dates.

Terms and Conditions

Our scholarships and bursaries are payable only to Registered Students at NMITE. They are applied as credit towards tuition or accommodation fees.

You can apply for as many scholarships and bursaries as you like, but you can only be in receipt of one at a time unless specified otherwise. If you are successful for multiple scholarships and bursaries, you can choose which one you would like to accept.

Please read our full Terms and Conditions before applying for a scholarship or bursary.

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NMITE Students working out equations together

How is NMITE able to provide bursaries?

NMITE is built on the generosity of individuals and organisations who have made generous donations to support our game-changing Higher Education Institution. Our donors are keen to support NMITE and give our students the best possible start, and our scholarship and bursary offering would not be possible without them.

If you would like to help us support our students by becoming a donor, please do get in touch below.