Featured bySwansea University
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
15 hours tuition + £650
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
Their choral and organ scholarship scheme is designed to support the scholar's development as a musician, in partnership with St Mary’s Church, Swansea. The scholarships are funded jointly between the University, St Mary’s Church, and the Swansea St Mary’s Choral Trust (SSMCT).
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Scholars receive the following benefits:
Up to fifteen hours of individual tuition per year in their instrument or voice;
An annual bursary of £650.
Scholars are expected to participate fully in the music of St Mary’s Church, Swansea.
Eligibility
- Scholarships are available to full-time students at Swansea University enrolled on taught degree programmes.
- Scholarships are not available to exchange students or students enrolled on courses lasting less than one academic year.
- Scholarships are not available to students enrolled on research degrees.
- Applicants should be aware that the demands of some courses of study may not be easy tocombine with the obligations attached to the music scholarships; the University will aim to beflexible in setting obligations for individual scholars, but it may not be possible in all cases toreconcile these competing demands, especially if other non-academic commitments restrict thescholar's flexibility.
- Only one music scholarship may be held at any time.
- A music scholarship may not be held concurrently with a sport scholarship. This is to ensure thatthe scholar can give the appropriate level of commitment to both their scholarship activities andtheir academic studies.
- Instrumentalists (apart from organists and pianists) must be able to supply their owninstrument(s), unless agreed with the University at the time the scholarship is offered.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
22 Oct 2025
Scholarship applications require the submission of an application form and references and a face-to-face audition.
Scholarships are available to all students studying taught degree courses.
Applications are only accepted from currently-enrolled students; the deadline for applications is 22nd October.