Being a doctor or dentist is an honourable and expensive professional choice. Managing funds may be a daunting worry when faced with the demands of constant tests, late-night study sessions, and the sporadic existential moment in the library at three in the morning. Thankfully, the NHS Bursary is available to assist. By easing the financial strain of attending medical or dental school, this financial help serves as your support system. It frees you from worrying about how you’re going to pay for your education and lets you concentrate on what is really important, like learning the nuances of anatomy from the ulna to the radius.
Host Country: UK
Opportunity Type: Medical, Dental
Financial coverage: Partial Funding
Eligibility Criteria:
- To become a doctor or dentist, you have to be a student.
- Either a 3- or 4-year graduate entry course or a 5- or 6-year undergraduate course is what you should be enrolled in.
- The Office for Students’ medical and dental student intake must include your course.
- You are still eligible if you were awarded the NHS Bursary in a prior academic year.
- You have to be an English resident from the beginning of your first academic year and normally dwell in England.
- You are not eligible for the NHS Bursary if you moved from another region of the UK to England just to pursue your studies.
Benefits:
- Non-Means Tested Bursary: A set sum of money awarded to all qualified students without regard to their ability to pay for education. This amounts to £1,000 for the 2023–2024 academic year.
- Means-Tested Bursary: Extra money according to your family’s earnings. Based on your circumstances, you might get:
- up to £3,191 if living away from home while studying in London,
- up to £2,643 if living away from home while studying outside of London,
- $2,207 if residing at home.
- Contribution to Tuition: Paying tuition directly to your university up to a maximum of £3,715 for graduate entry courses and £9,250 for undergraduate degrees.
- Extra Allowances: Possible additional financial assistance depending on individual circumstances; these include childcare, dependents’ allowance, parent learning allowance, travel and accommodation expenses, allowance for disabled students, and extra weeks’ allowance.
Deadline: 3 January 2025
