Bursaries

At the Academy we want to help students who come to us with the determination and talent to make it as practicing artists, but who lack the financial means to fulfil their potential.  We make a number of bursaries available to our Diploma and Foundation programme students to enable them to study fine art.

Who Can Apply for a Bursary?

You must have accepted an offer to study at the Art Academy on either one of our Diploma programmes or our Foundation programme.

Your household income must be below £40k (or £60k where there are a number of dependants in the household).

How much financial support can the Academy provide?

Our bursaries are for up to 30% of the annual tuition fees.

In all cases an applicant must be able to pay the remainder of the course fees and living costs. The value of the bursary is deducted from the fee amount payable. (It is not a monetary award).

If you decide to pay the remainder of the fees termly or by a payment plan, these will be subject to published surcharges. Fees for subsequent years are subject to annual inflationary increases (of not more than 5%), prior to the deduction of the awarded bursary amount.

Do I have to reapply for the bursary each year?

Academic bursaries are applied for, and allocated on, an annual basis and reviewed each year (although it is likely that bursary awards will be honoured over subsequent years of your programme, unless you have a significant change in your financial circumstances).

If your financial situation changes during study, you should inform our Academic Coordinator as soon as possible so a review can take place and we can do our best to help you.

When applying for a bursary you will need to provide various personal details including proof of income for yourself or the income provider in your household.