ELIGIBILITY:

The Thrive Bursary is open to students studying taught undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes whose ordinary residence is in one of the countries listed below. Your ordinary residence is the country where you have been domiciled for the last 5 years and excludes countries in which you reside purely for the purpose of studying.

To be eligible for this bursary, you must be domiciled in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, or Zimbabwe.

You must be classified as an overseas student for fee purposes. If your fee status changes at any point, the bursary will be withdrawn.

You must be fully self-funding your studies.

Your ordinary residence must be in one of the countries listed above. 

You must be enrolled in a full-time taught course at Swansea University in academic year 2026/27.

Your course fees must be higher than £16,000 per year to be eligible for the Thrive Bursary.

For undergraduate students the progression bursary of £2,000 will only be applied if you successfully pass and progress to the subsequent year. Students retaking a year will not receive the Thrive tuition fee discount, but the tuition fee discount of £2,000 will be applied again on successful progression.

The Thrive Bursary is awarded automatically to eligible applicants, so no separate application is required.

Full details and eligibility criteria are outlined in the Thrive Bursary Terms and Conditions.

BENEFIT:

Level of Study	Bursary Amount
Undergraduate	The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Postgraduate (Taught Course Only)	The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the year of study.