Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary

The Care Leaver and Estranged Student Bursary is an annual financial support programme offered by the University of Surrey to assist students who have experienced care or are estranged from their families. The bursary provides £3,000 per year plus an additional £500 on graduation to help with moving on costs. This support is designed to help these students meet the costs of university education and transition to life after graduation. The bursary aims to ensure that care leavers and estranged students have the financial support necessary to pursue their undergraduate education. Care leavers are defined as those who have been looked after by a local authority for at least 13 weeks since they were 14 years old and were in care on or after their sixteenth birthday. Estranged students are those who have no communication with their biological or adoptive parents due to various circumstances including inability to trace parents, safety concerns, parental health issues, or parental death. The bursary is not paid in addition to the University of Surrey Bursary.