This scholarship is not currently accepting applications.
Ahmad Tea Scholarship
This scholarship is for Black UK applicants, towards the cost of undertaking the MB ChB Medicine (A100) course.
One award was available in 2021/22, which provides full tuition fee support in any year where the recipients tuition fees are not paid by the NHS. In addition, the successful applicant is also in receipt of a non-repayable living cost award of up to £15,000 per academic year.
This award is funded through the generosity of the Ahmad Tea company.
Eligibility
You can apply if you:
- have one of the following categories of ethnicity:
- Black African
- Black Caribbean
- Black Other
- Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
- Mixed – White and Black African
- Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)
- Hold an offer to study on the MB ChB Medicine (A100) course in 2021/22 having been awarded a place following a successful interview or are currently on year zero of the MB ChB Gateway to Medicine (A108) course.
- Are a Home/UK student.
- Are a resident in the United Kingdom.
- Have applied for, or intend to apply for, means tested support from your regional funding provider (e.g. Student Finance England) and have consented to share your household income details with the University.
- Are eligible for the financial support available from the UK Government, in the form of the tuition fee and living costs loans from the Student Loans Company.
Applicants must apply for means tested support to enable the University to get confirmation of your household income from the Student Loans Company. However, you will not be required to take out any loans you are eligible to receive if you do not wish to take them.
Read the full eligibility criteria.
How to apply
The Ahmad Tea Scholarship was a one-off award and is no longer accepting new applications.