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The Neelam Aggarwal Scholarship

Find out how the scholarship might help you, if you’re eligible, and how and when to apply.

Overview

Funding of up to £3,750 for an undergraduate student enrolling in 2024/25. 

  • ​​​​​Value: £1,250 a year, for up to three years.
  • Study level: Undergraduate — new students in their first year only
  • Eligible courses: all full-time undergraduate courses.
  • Applications:

You can only apply for this scholarship if we’ve offered you a place at Manchester Met.

Deadlines for applying: 

  • Apply for your course by 31 January 2024.
  • If we offer you a place, you must apply for the scholarship by 15 June 2024.

Aim of the scholarship

The Neelam Aggarwal Scholarship was set up in memory of Neelam Aggarwal and is supported by the Aggarwal Family. In memory of Neelam’s commitment to inclusion, it aims to help disadvantaged young people to advance in life by providing financial support.

Check if you can apply

To apply, you must:

  • hold a firm offer to study a new full-time undergraduate course in 2024/25
  • have a household income of £42,875 or less. We’ll check this against your Student Finance application. Please contact us if you will not be applying to Student Finance for a maintenance loan.
  • be a UK student (English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish) paying fees of £9,250, and have a UK Student Support Number
  • pay for your course yourself, including through a student loan or a payment from your parents. Your course fees must not be paid by a business, charity or other organisation

Check the terms and conditions

Before you apply, read our terms and conditions. 

They explain: 

  • what’s expected of people who get scholarships 
  • what happens if you leave your course or we withdraw the scholarship 
  • how we use your personal information 

How to apply

You’ll need to complete the application form.

Applications open on 1 January 2024.

You must apply by 15 June 2024. We will not consider late applications.  

If we get a lot of applications, we may ask you to do an interview. The interview will be online in late June or early July. 

Application form

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Data Protection

The Manchester Metropolitan University ('the University') is the Data Controller for the personal data you disclose via this form. We use the provided information to assess and manage your scholarship application. If you have consented to receive our marketing communications we will also use your personal data to send you targeted information about relevant services and benefits which we think will be of interest. You can withdraw your consent to receiving any, or all, of the above communications at any point by emailing SFSAdmin@mmu.ac.uk. Your personal data will only be retained for as long as it is necessary in accordance with the University’s Retention and Disposal Schedule, see the privacy notice for student scholarships for more details. For further information about us, how we process your personal data and your rights, please view our privacy notice.

Contacts

Contact us

If you’ve any queries about this or other scholarships, email sfsadmin@mmu.ac.uk or get in touch.

sfsadmin@mmu.ac.uk