How can I fund my study abroad?
Your tuition loans and maintenance loans or grants from Student Finance England, Wales or Northern Ireland can be used for your study period abroad. The amount of maintenance funding you are eligible for will often increase during your period of study overseas.
Be sure to check with Student Finance how many years of funding you have remaining.
Turing Scheme
The Turing Scheme is the UK’s global programme to study and work abroad. The scheme provides funding for international opportunities in education and training abroad. If you are eligible to receive funding from the Turing programme, we will be in touch with you after you have been accepted into the Study Abroad programme.
The amount of funding students are entitled to will depend on the cost of living of their host country. To find details of which countries are listed in each group, visit on the Turing website.
Additional support for those from disadvantaged backgrounds
The definitions of what constitutes a student from a disadvantaged background used by the Turing Scheme can be found .
Alongside the higher grant rate, students from disadvantaged backgrounds will also receive funding towards the direct costs of travel, depending on distance between the UK and your destination. You could also be eligible to claim for additional travel expenses, including the costs of visas, passports, and health insurance.
Additional support for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
For participants with SEND, the scheme can fund up to 100% of actual costs for support directly related to these additional needs, if these cannot be facilitated by the host institution. For further details regarding this and to discuss your individual situation, please contact c.muradore@worc.ac.uk
Travel grant
The UK government offers a means-tested to cover airfares and medical insurance, immunisations and visas. The Travel Grant is available to students who have applied for a maintenance loan based on their household income.
To apply for it you will need to send a Travel Grant Claim Form to SFE, along with evidence of expenditure (receipts/invoices).
The reimbursement covers reasonable travel expenses and related costs, and the amount reimbursed depends on your household income. Please note the first £303 of travel costs is disregarded, which means this is deducted from the total amount of Travel Grant claimed over the year.
All reimbursements are at the discretion of SFE.
There are other UK Student Finance companies offering travel grants with different criteria:
BUTEX Scholarship
The ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Worcester is a member of the BUTEX network. As a result, students studying at the ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Worcester are eligible to apply for a £500 scholarship to support a study abroad period. To find out how to apply, please visit the .