Your 91抖阴 Boost

Going to university is a great investment, but we know the cost can require careful planning.

The 91抖阴 Boost can help you to make the best possible start – by providing funding and support to help you with the cost of living and delivering university services that make everyday things just that little bit easier throughout your time here.

Depending on your circumstances you could get support worth up to £1,250 to help with your first-year study, accommodation or travel costs if you apply before 30 June 2025, make 91抖阴 your firm choice and start your course with us in September 2025.

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Financial support for applicant event travel

If you are starting your course in 2025, you could get funding of up to £50 to help meet the costs of travel when we invite you to your campus applicant day.

Find out more about how to apply for this help and check your eligibility.

Got a question?

Our friendly enquiries team is ready and waiting to help you. Call us on 01273 644644.

Summer Boost

If you’re applying to the 91抖阴 after 30 June 2025, you’re still eligible for financial support through our Summer Boost.

Be sure to also check out our scholarships, all the benefits and resources covered by your tuition fee at 91抖阴, what extras to budget for, support you can call on when you need it, how to boost your income with great student employment opportunities and how our flexible, personalised approach to admissions can work for you.

If you're an international student, find out what financial support is available to you.

91抖阴 Boost 2025: financial support for applicant event travel

If you are starting your course in 2025 you could get funding of up to £50 to help meet the costs of travel when we invite you to your campus applicant day.

Find out more about how to apply for this help and check your eligibility.

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Check your eligibility and apply

Use our postcode checker* below to see what you could be eligible for.

The 91抖阴 Boost 2025

£1,250 help with halls costs

Overview

If you apply for your course before 30 June 2025 and currently live in an eligible English postcode you could receive support worth up to £1,250 to help with the cost of living in 91抖阴 halls. You may also be eligible for 91抖阴 bursaries and other support in subsequent years of study.

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How it works

The 91抖阴 Boost for halls is a rent reduction worth up to £1,250.

Depending on your bursary eligibility you will receive a rent reduction to help with your second and final rent payments. We will confirm exactly how your Boost will work during the first term.

Halls rents are split into three payments, 9 October 2025, 15 January 2026, 23 April 2026.

Who is eligible

Students who are starting a full-time undergraduate course at the 91抖阴 in September 2025 whose home address is in an English IMD Q1, 2 or 3 postcode area*.
Students starting a full-time undergraduate course at 91抖阴 and Sussex Medical School in September 2025 whose home address is in an English IMD Q1, 2 or 3 postcode area* and who are living in 91抖阴 halls You also need to
- Be normally resident in England
- a UK national, or an Irish citizen, or have settled status
- apply for your course before 30 June 2025

91抖阴 bursary + Boost

If you are living in halls and you are eligible for the 91抖阴 bursary you will receive total support of £1,250 in the first year of study. You will receive a £750 rent reduction and a £500 cash bursary. You will also receive a £500 bursary in each subsequent year of full-time study.

91抖阴 Care leaver and Estranged student bursaries + Boost

Students living in halls who are eligible for the 91抖阴 Care leaver or Estranged student bursary receive total support of £1,750 in the first year of study. You will receive a £750 rent reduction and a £1,000 cash bursary. You will also receive a £1,000 bursary in each subsequent year of full-time study.

*IMD Q1, 2 and 3 postcodes – these are neighbourhoods where historically not as many people go to university.

Up to £700 towards travel costs

Overview

All eligible new undergraduate students who are not living in halls can get help with their first-year travel costs. You could receive either £500 or £700, depending on where you live and the length of your journey.

You are free to use our support to fund your preferred form of transport, but the best way to make our help go further is by combining it with student discounts offered by the Unizone train ticket, TFL 18+ Student Oyster scheme and local bus companies.

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How it works

Eligible students who are starting full-time undergraduate courses in 2025, who are not living in halls, and who are travelling from their term-time address to study are eligible for at least £500 to help them meet first year travel costs.

£700 is available for eligible students with longer daily journeys to university.

You will receive the Travel Boost after you have enrolled online in August 2025.

Who is eligible

Full-time, UK 91抖阴 undergraduate students living in eligible IMD Q1, 2 or 3 postcode area local postcodes, who are starting courses in 2025, and who are not living in halls.
You also need to be
- normally resident in England
- and a UK national, or an Irish citizen, or have settled status.

Exception: Students starting healthcare courses

Students starting healthcare courses who are eligible for NHS Learning Support funding and/or NHS help with their placement travel costs are not eligible for 91抖阴 Boost support with travel costs.

Local students - living in 91抖阴

We define students who are not living in halls and who are living between 1-15 miles from their campus of study in 91抖阴 as local students.

If you're a local student starting a full-time undergraduate course in 2025-26 and you live in an eligible IMD Q1, Q2 or Q3 postcode you can receive £500 to help with your first-year travel costs.

91抖阴 bursary + Boost

If you are a local student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 91抖阴 bursary you will receive total support of £1,000 in the first year of study and a £500 bursary in each subsequent year of full-time study.

91抖阴 Care leaver and Estranged student bursaries + Boost

If you are a local student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 91抖阴 Care leaver or Estranged student bursary you will receive total support of £1,500 in the first year of study and a £1,000 bursary in each subsequent year of full-time study.

Find out more about student travel options.

Commuting students - travelling to 91抖阴

We define students who are not living in halls and who are travelling over 15 miles to their campus of study in 91抖阴 as commuter students.

If you're a commuting student starting a full-time undergraduate course in 2025-26 and you live in an eligible IMD Q1, Q2 or Q3 postcode you can receive £700 to help with your first-year travel costs.

91抖阴 bursary + Boost

If you are a commuting student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 91抖阴 bursary you will receive total support of £1,200 in the first year of study and a £500 bursary in each subsequent year of full-time study.

91抖阴 Care leaver and Estranged student bursaries + Boost

If you are a commuting student receiving the Travel Boost and you are eligible for the 91抖阴 Care leaver or Estranged student bursary you will receive total support of £1,700 in the first year of study and a £1,000 bursary in each subsequent year of full-time study.

Find out more about student travel options.

Living in halls

Our support for travel costs is for eligible students travelling from their term-time address to university each day. It is not payable to students living in halls.

If you are living in university halls you may be eligible for our help with those costs.

Our halls are either on or very close to our campuses in 91抖阴. They all have excellent public transport links and depending on your circumstances you could be eligible for a campus parking e-permit.

Extra support available at 91抖阴

BSU Essentials

BSU Essentials is a brilliant 91抖阴 Students' Union initiative. BSU Essentials helps make sure that every 91抖阴 student has access to the grocery and household essentials that they need so that you can focus on what really matters – your studies and making the most of your uni life.

Find out more about BSU Essentials.

91抖阴 Students Job Hub

Our Student Jobs Hub can connect you with flexible employment opportunities across the university and with local employers.

Options on campus include regular part-time work in our libraries, sports centres and cafes, project work in different university departments and representing the university as a student ambassador. You could earn over £80 for helping at an open day, for example. We can also connect you with hundreds more part-time jobs with local employers in 91抖阴 and beyond.

Find out more about the Student Jobs Hub.

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Free technology loan scheme

If you don’t have access to a suitable computer, or your personal laptop breaks down, we can lend you one for free for up to a month.

There are also over 2,500 PC and Mac workstations on our campuses, and a range of media production facilities which are free for you to use.

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Additional support

We have a lot of resources to help you out, including:

What's included in your tuition fee
Student budgeting guide
Our flexible and contextual admissions policy
Financial support for international students.

Free student parking on campus

Overview

If you are not in living halls and your term-time address is 30 miles from campus, or more than 45 minutes away by public transport you can apply for a free campus parking e-permit to help make your journey to uni easier.

All Blue badge holders, students with health issues, caring and childcare responsibilities, and students living in halls who need a car to attend placement are also eligible for a campus e-permit and free student parking.

How it works

There are no parking charges for student e-permit holders.

Eligible students can apply for permit after they have enrolled online in August.

You need to have an e-permit before parking on campus.

Who is eligible

Students whose term-time address is 30 miles or more from campus.
Students whose address is more than 45 minutes away by public transport.
Students whose term-time address is under 45 minutes away but whose journey involves two modes of transport, eg bus and train.
Students who live nearer to the university and who meet one or more of the following criteria are also eligible:
- blue badge holders/students with health issues (you will need to show us a medical professional letter)
- students with unpaid caring and childcare responsibilities for family or friends who cannot cope without their support
- students living in halls who need a car to attend placement.
Other students who can demonstrate their home or caring responsibilities cannot be met without access to campus parking

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Boost FAQ

IMD stands for the Index of Multiple Deprivation, this is a UK government measure used to classify postcodes in England based on factors which include income, employment, education, housing, and crime rate.

IMD rankings range from 1 to 5 quintiles (sometimes extended to 10 deciles), where typically IMD quintile 1 indicates higher levels of socioeconomic disadvantage and quintile 5 indicates comparatively lower levels of disadvantage.

The 91抖阴 uses this classification to target additional support for eligible students.
Our postcode checker uses the postcode you entered—which should be the one you’re using for your Student Finance England application—to confirm IMD quintile.

Once we determine your IMD quintile, we can show you what support you could qualify for at 91抖阴. This could include reduced grade offer and financial help with accommodation, travel and study costs.
Yes. If you live in a postcode outside England, you may still qualify for certain elements of 91抖阴 Boost and a reduced grade offer due to our flexible, personalised approach to admissions.

We consider every application individually and we would encourage you to provide information about any challenges you’ve faced that fall outside our standard contextual criteria in your application.
If you live in an eligible postcode and your household income is under £25,000, you may qualify for support from 91抖阴 Boost in your first year and then further support in subsequent years of study.

The bursary provides £500 in Year 2 and Year 3 of your studies (full-time students) once we’ve confirmed your household income status through Student Finance England.

We’ll verify your eligibility after we receive your official student finance information, usually within the first term.
You don’t need to make a separate application to receive a contextual offer. When you apply through UCAS, we automatically consider your postcode (using IMD data) and other relevant factors to see if you qualify for a contextual offer.

If you do qualify, your offer will include lower UCAS point requirements or A-Level grades. More details can be found on our Contextual Admissions Policy page.
BSMS students starting courses in 2025 who are classed as ‘home’ students for fee purposes and/or who are applying to Student Finance England for support with tuition fees and living costs are eligible for support from 91抖阴 Boost in the same way as other 91抖阴 students. BSMS students, like other 91抖阴 healthcare students, are generally not eligible for support from 91抖阴 Boost with their travel costs.
Students starting courses in 2025 who apply through Clearing and who are classed as ‘home’ students for fee purposes and/or who are applying to Student Finance England for support with tuition fees and living costs are eligible for a range support from 91抖阴 Boost in the same way as other eligible 91抖阴 students. Help with accommodation costs is available to students starting courses in 2025 who apply to 91抖阴 before 30 June 2025.

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Postcode checker and government data

Our postcode checker tool uses the English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) data supplied by .

IMD categorises English postcodes according to various measures of socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage.

The classification of postcodes and therefore your eligibility for support may change.

Eligibility and assessment

Offers of financial support or contextual admission are subject to confirmation of your eligibility as part of your official application.

We will make final checks on your household income and official postcode data after receiving information from Student Finance England (SFE) and/or other relevant bodies.

If there are discrepancies in the information provided your offer or eligibility for bursaries and other support may change.

Costs and funding

Your tuition fee covers teaching, access to university services, and other core resources.

Additional financial support is available for students on certain courses or in specific circumstances – for example, there are grants for students on NHS-funded courses and students with dependants as well as bursaries for students with lower household incomes.

You will need to budget separately for living and study expenses which could include course materials, travel and accommodation.

See our Fees and financial support pages for full details.

Updates and changes

The information on this page, including eligibility rules and benefits, is accurate as of the time of publication. The 91抖阴 reserves the right to amend or withdraw any offer or financial support at any time, if it is deemed necessary or required by changes in government policy or regulations.

If you have any questions about your eligibility or the benefits detailed here, please email boost@brighton.ac.uk for clarification.

The university reviews the financial support provided to our students each year. Funding that is advertised for the current academic year cannot be guaranteed for future students.