University of Sunderland

Undergraduate Scholarships

University of Sunderland 2010 Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme

Are you a high calibre student looking to enroll on an undergraduate computing course in September 2010?

Are you interested in a £2,000 scholarship to support your academic ambitions? If so, the University of Sunderland may be able to offer you an exciting opportunity.

The Department of Computing, Engineering and Technology intends to offer up to 20 of these scholarships to 2010-11 applicants with the best entry grades. This grade score will be decided once exam results are available in summer 2010 but a tariff score of 360 points is a good guide. Scholarships are available to Home/EU students who make Sunderland their first choice university to study for an undergraduate degree in an eligible Computing programme (see list of eligible programmes below).

BA Business Computing

BSc Computing

BSc Computer Forensics

BSc Games Software Development

BSc Network Computing

BSc Computer Science

BSc Ethical Hacking and Security System Design

BSc Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)

The scholarship is for the first year only and paid to students who have fully enrolled at the University and completed most of their first term. It will be paid in 2 instalments of £1,000 one in December 2010 and one in March 2011. It is not means-tested and you don't have to pay it back. This scholarship will be paid in addition to any other University of Sunderland bursary or scholarship a student is entitled to.You do not need to make a separate application, you will automatically be considered once you make the University of Sunderland your first choice on UCAS.

For entry in academic year 2009-10 the University rewarded 16 high flying applicants to computing and related subjects with a Sunderland Software City Scholarship. Sunderland Software City is a project designed to make Sunderland a centre of excellence in software and computing and the scholarships are designed to attract and keep talented people in Sunderland to make this happen.

For more information about this Scholarship Opportunity contact The Applied Sciences Recruitment Team on 0191 515 2758 or e-mail the Applied Sciences Recruitment Team.