Summary
The Arthur L McCombie Bursary is available for the 2025-26 academic year. It is awarded at £4,000 per annum during the student's penultimate and/or final year of the Undergraduate degree at Honours level (usually third and/or fourth year of studies) and will be awarded up to a maximum of two years.
Description
This scholarship is open to exemplary students enrolled in any Undergraduate course at Honours level, who are on track to graduate with a First Class Honours Degree and who are experiencing unexpected or severe financial need. If the student achieves a First Class Honours Degree upon graduating, a further one-off £1,000 prize may be awarded at the discretion of the scholarship benefactor.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply, you must be enrolled on a full-time undergraduate course at the University of Aberdeen. You must be in your final or penultimate year of study. You must be able to demonstrate financial need. You must not be in receipt of any other current scholarship (with the exception of the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) Bursary). You must be demonstrably on track to graduate with a First Class Honours Degree. You must be based on the Aberdeen campus for the course of study.
Application Procedure
A completed application form, academic reference and documentary evidence should be emailed (PDF or Word attachment) to the relevant person below:
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History - Kate Smith (email: k.a.smith@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Education - Sharon Palla (email: s.palla@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture - Jon Cameron (email: jon.cameron@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Law - Claire Fletcher (email: clairefletcher@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Social Sciences - Pam Thomson (email: pam.thomson@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Biological Sciences - Melanie McCann (email: m.mccann@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition - Sarah Duncan (email: sarah_duncan@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Psychology - Kaye Taylor (email: kaye.taylor@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Engineering - Lisa Clydesdale (email: l.clydesdale@abdn.ac.uk)
- School of Geosciences - geosciences-office@abdn.ac.uk
- School of Natural & Computing Science - Julie Timms (email: julie.timms@abdn.ac.uk)
- Business School - Louise Mckenzie (email: louise.mckenzie@abdn.ac.uk)
Deadline
Friday 7 November 2025