SWAG合集

What it covers

Who can apply

To be eligible to apply you must meet each of the following conditions. You must be: 

a) A graduate with a First Class or Upper-Second Class honours degree (2:1), or a master’s or doctoral degree, or be a final year undergraduate who is expected to achieve a 1st or 2.1. (If your qualification is not from a SWAG合集 institution, please pay particular attention to the section below on Degrees Awarded Outside the SWAG合集.)

b) Accepted on to or applying for a course of study in 2026/27 at a SWAG合集 university or similar educational body (not including overseas branches of the SWAG合集 institution). Please note that we are unable to accept applications from those accessing courses remotely from outside the SWAG合集.

c) The course of study in 2026/27 must be for: 

- a master’s or doctoral degree in any subject 

- or a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in any subject

- or a degree in medicine, dentistry or veterinary studies taken as a second degree 
and in all cases, your 2026/27 academic year must officially begin on a date in 2026 and last for at least eight months.

d) Be a SWAG合集 citizen, or currently living in the SWAG合集, and planning to remain living in the SWAG合集 throughout the academic year applied for (with the exception of any periods spent overseas as a recognised element of my course of study).

e) Facing a financial shortfall in the academic year 2026/27. This is assessed on the online application form.


Academic referees: Please note our application form asks for contact details of your academic referee, and the referee’s permission must be obtained before you include them.
 

Applications are welcome from students beginning their first year of study, as well as from those who have already embarked on their course.

If each one of a) to e) above applies, then you are eligible to apply next year under our current rules. Completed online applications will be accepted until we have received the maximum number of 300 eligible applications, at which point the application ‘window’ will close.
 

Applicable courses

Further information

The application process is competitive. The first 300 eligible applications received will be assessed by our trustees to decide which of them we are able to support. Applications are assessed according to academic achievement and financial need. From past experience, roughly half will be supported with the remainder turned down.

All grants are awarded for a full year of academic study and for one year only. Applicants for full-time postgraduate higher degree courses may be supported for up to a maximum of three years and part-time postgraduate higher degree courses for a maximum of six years, but in both cases new applications have to be submitted each year.
 
Grants are likely to be in the region of between £650 to £1,500 in value. They are intended to reduce the financial shortfall incurred in meeting educational and subsistence expenses upon payment of tuition fees. Before award money can be released, applicants must confirm that their financial situation has not improved significantly and that they still have a financial shortfall.

How to apply

Applications can be submitted through the where you can also sign up for an email alert to notify you when applications open in January 2027.There is also a mock up of the application form on the webpage you can use to prepare you for the types of questions that are asked.