Postgraduate funding - Wrexham Glyndwr University

What am I entitled to?

Welsh Students

Students from Wales who enrol on a master’s degree starting in September 2022 are eligible for up to £18,430 as a mixture of loans and grants.

A non-means tested loan is available to all eligible students. The amount of loan will be equal to the total support (£18,430) less the total grant a student is eligible for.

Eligible students beginning a full or part-time course based anywhere in the UK on or after August 1, 2022, can apply for student finance.

To be eligible you must:

Be studying for a taught master’s degree.
Be under 60 years of age at the start of the first academic year of your course.
Normally reside in Wales.
Studying at a UK university or college, or by distance learning.

You can find out more by watching this video below by Student Finance Wales.

More information for Welsh Students

English Students

To be eligible for a loan, you must:

Be studying for a taught master’s degree.
Be under 60 years of age at the start of the first academic year of your course.
Normally reside in England.
Be studying at a UK university or college, or by distance learning.

More information for English Students

To check if you are able to get student finance for your course here at Wrexham Glyndŵr University, please contact our student fees and funding team.

For more information about our postgraduate programmes, see our postgraduate courses section or visit one of our postgraduate open evenings.

Welsh Postgraduate Taught Masters Incentivisation Bursary Scheme

Two types of bursaries are available:

Bursaries worth £2,000 for students studying a STEMM subject
Bursaries worth £4,000 for anyone aged 60 or over studying a master's programme in any subject area.
Bursaries are available to candidates applying to full-time (normally one year) and part-time (normally two years) programmes of study.
Where students are studying a Part-time course, the bursary will be applied over two years of study.
The bursaries are non-means tested i.e. will not depend on an applicant’s family income

Students in receipt of Health Education and Improvement Wales bursary funding, the NHS bursary and Social Care bursary are not eligible for the schemes.

STEMM students

Students of any age living in Wales in 2022/23 can receive £2,000 to study a master’s degree in any science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or medicine (STEMM) subject. APPLY HERE.

Students aged 60 and above

People aged 60+ living in Wales can receive £4,000 to study a master’s degree in Wales in 2022/23. APPLY HERE.

Eligible students will receive notification of bursary entitlement by the end of October 2022, awarded bursaries will be to contribute towards costs associated with their programmes of study.

If you are not sure about your eligibility or have any queries, please contact the Student Funding & Money Advice Team for further information.

Email: funding@glyndwr.ac.uk

Telephone: 01978 293295

WGU Postgraduate Alumni Scholarship

The university offers a Postgraduate Alumni scholarship scheme for taught postgraduate study in the academic year 2022/23.

To be eligible for the alumni scholarship, the prospective student must meet the entry requirements for their chosen postgraduate programme of study and be in receipt of an unconditional offer for entry on to that programme, to have firmly accepted that offer and to have met all entry requirements.

The following fee-waiver is available to Wrexham Glyndŵr University graduates who wish to undertake a full or part-time postgraduate taught degree programme at Wrexham Glyndŵr University.

20% for graduates who have secured a first-class degree.
20% for graduates with a 2:1.
20% for graduates with a 2:2.

NB: This is not applicable to students studying at Franchise or partner institutes

How to apply: Applicants who meet the Postgraduate Alumni Scholarship criteria and have received a conditional or unconditional offer of a place on a postgraduate programme of study will automatically have the alumni scholarship applied following enrolment. If you have any questions about the process, please see contact admissions@glyndwr.ac.uk.

Deadline for applications is 31st July 2022

Terms and conditions apply, please see PG Scholarship T&Cs for more information.

Alternative Funding for Postgraduate Courses

Employer Sponsorship

Many graduates take up postgraduate study directly after completing their first degree. However, there is always the option of deferring your further study to a later date - this way you may even be lucky enough to work for an employer who is able to pay for - or at least partially fund your course, particularly if the course is relevant to your career progression.

An employer-sponsored postgraduate course can be an ideal arrangement - you will be given the opportunity to achieve a qualification that will improve your ability to do the job and will open up your career prospects, and your employer will benefit from a better-qualified, more productive and better motivated employee.

Key Things to Agree With Your Employer: