Financial Assistance Form Academic Year 2025-26
Bursaries are awarded to students based on financial need. Funds vary from year to year and the Academy tries to help as many students as it can.
The Academy awarded 180 students with financial assistance bursaries in academic year 2024/25 with most bursary awards in the region of £1,000 to £2,000.
Applications are open to International (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) and Home (Postgraduate) students
UK-fee Bachelor Degree students are not usually eligible for Academy bursaries because they can access both tuition fee loans and maintenance support. We are, however, offering maintenance bursaries for UK-fee BMus students in the most challenging financial circumstances.
If you believe you fit this criteria, please contact Christina Jefferson (Student Funding Manager) at cjefferson@ram.ac.uk
In order to make a complete bursary application you need to demonstrate that you have (or intend to):
- Apply for any tuition fee or maintenance loans that are available in your country.
- Apply for external funding from as many funds as possible. Click the link below for more information.
- Non-UK students need to contact either their own education ministry and/or British Council office for details of possible awards for study abroad.
- Be prepared to work during the long Academy vacations.
- Outline all other sources of funding
About your request
Please note the following about your request:
Please ensure you complete all questions in the form in full.
Also note that this form is a request only and the Academy cannot guarantee we will be able to provide funding for everyone who applies.
Bursaries are awarded for one academic year only so students need to make a new application if they require bursary support in subsequent years of study.
DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION
Applications close at 5pm (BST) on Friday 30th May 2025
2025-26 Financial Assistance Bursary Timeline
JANUARY
- Open for applications for the academic year 2025-26:
17 January 9am (UK time)
MAY
- Deadline for applications:
30 May 5pm (UK time)
- Update requests form:
You may be asked to provide updated funding information, for example if you have been successful in obtaining an award from an external funding source.
JUNE
- Financial assistance committee meeting:
The committee will meet to review financial assistance applications that have been submitted by the advertised deadline. The Bursary Committee will make one of three decisions and provide this through email confirmation:
- Bursary awarded for 2025-26
- Application on hold
The Committee may postpone making a decision on your application if you are waiting to hear the outcome of external funding applications or require further information. - Application Unsuccessful
The most common reasons for bursary applications being unsuccessful are that the steps above are not demonstrated.
- Update requests form:
Applications that have been placed on hold will be asked to provide updated funding information.
JULY
- Financial assistance committee meeting:
The committee will meet to review financial assistance applications held over / brought forward from the June committee meeting.
AUGUST
- Applications after the deadline:
Late financial assistance bursary applications may be considered at the discretion of the bursary committee, once all applications submitted prior to the deadline have been reviewed and sent decisions.
SEPTEMBER
- Start of 2025-26 academic year:
Financial assistance bursary closed to applications / end of financial assistance process for 2025-26 academic year.