Partially funded

Launchpad Bursary

BIMM University, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Launchpad Bursary helps talented students from underrepresented backgrounds enter creative industries education at BIMM Music Institute. Up to 10 bursaries are awarded each year across the UK campuses in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London and Manchester.

The bursary is a tiered tuition fee reduction across the whole degree, worth one-third of total tuition fees. It is not paid in cash; it lowers the fee bill and so reduces the student debt you build up.

It is for UK Home fee students only and is not open to international students or to students at the Dublin or Berlin campuses. Holders may also receive the Fair Access Fund if they meet its criteria, and neither award affects eligibility for student loans.

Award Information

  • Have applied to BIMM Music Institute and accepted an offer to start in 2026.
  • Be enrolling in the first year (Level 4) of an undergraduate degree at the Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London or Manchester campus. Diplomas, short courses, CertHE and postgraduate courses are excluded.
  • Be ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible for the Home tuition fee rate.
  • Have a full tuition fee loan in place. Students paying fees privately are not eligible.
  • Meet at least one of these categories:
    • Low-income household: combined household income of £28,000 a year or less, as assessed by the Student Loans Company (student finance application must be completed).
    • Global Majority: you identify as being from a Global Majority (non-white, including mixed-race) background, assessed from the ethnicity information on your UCAS or direct application.
    • Disability or long-term health condition: a disability, chronic illness or long-term mental health condition, based on your UCAS or direct application or evidence of a Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) award.
  • Irish citizens studying in the UK may qualify if they receive UK student finance and pay Home fees (usually requiring three years' UK residence before the degree).
  • Students transferring into Level 5 or Level 6 from another institution are not eligible.
  • Tuition fee reduction equal to one-third of total tuition fees over the course (2026-27 entry).
  • Year 1: 50% tuition fee reduction.
  • Year 2: 30% tuition fee reduction.
  • Year 3: 20% tuition fee reduction.
  • Programmes of other lengths receive an equivalent level of support.
  • Applied as a fee discount, not a cash payment.
  • Recipients are drawn at the start of the 2026 academic year.
  • If you have not been contacted by 31 October 2026, assume your name was not drawn.
  1. Apply to BIMM Music Institute for an eligible undergraduate degree starting in 2026 and accept your offer.
  2. Complete your student finance application and secure a full tuition fee loan.
  3. Enrol on your course. There is no separate application form; eligible students are entered into the draw automatically.
  4. Successful students are contacted directly by email.

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How selection works

  • Up to 10 recipients are chosen by random draw from eligible students who enrol, to reduce bias in awarding.
  • Each eligibility category you meet gives you one extra entry in the draw, but no student can receive more than one award.
  • To keep the bursary you must progress through each level of the course. It continues in a repeated year (capped at one-third of total fees), pauses during intermission, and is forfeited if you withdraw or defer.

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