William Arnett Memorial Wardlaw Scholarship

Value of award (per year)

£4,400 paid as maintenance but can be used towards University accommodation fees.

Maintenance is paid in ten monthly instalments directly to your bank account (BACS) from September to May, with a double payment in February.

Where maintenance is payable on this award you can choose to off-set all or part of your maintenance towards University accommodation during matriculation (registration).

Duration of award

This award is paid annually for the duration of the student's undergraduate programme.

At what stage of my course application can I apply for this scholarship?

Please apply for the scholarship after you have submitted your application for a place at St Andrews. You do not need to wait until you have received an offer of a place before applying for the scholarship.

Additional criteria

Selection is based on financial need and donor-specific criteria.

Please note that as the Wardlaw scholarships are donor-funded, core personal details may be passed to the benefactors of your scholarship with your permission. This permission is requested in the application form. If you select that you do not wish to be considered for donor funding, you will only be considered for the St Andrews Access Award.

As part of the application, you will be asked to upload the following:

Household income

Please refer to the Financial Funding Tool for advice on how to calculate your household income and the types of supporting evidence we require you to upload.

If you are care experienced and unable to provide household evidence, please upload a document that states this. You do not need to upload evidence of your care experience, if this has already been provided to Admissions.

If you are an asylum seeker and are unable to provide household evidence, please upload evidence confirming your official Home Office status.

You must apply to the University for funding, giving complete and accurate information before the deadline. Late applications will not be considered.

How to apply

This scholarship is available through the St Andrews Access Award application in the View and continue my scholarships and funding in the Scholarships and Funding section of My application.

After you have applied to a new course beginning in the academic year 2026-2027, you will be provided with login details for the My application portal.

You must allow at least two working days for processing and receiving your login details before you can apply for this scholarship.

Please see the scholarship application form guidance for more information.

Terms and conditions

Please read the University of St Andrews scholarships terms and conditions.

If applying to this scholarship, please be aware of the following requirements:

• Core personal details may be passed to the benefactors of your scholarship. Your name, the name of your town of origin, school/college and subject of study will be passed to the donor of the scholarship with your consent. These details may also be used in university publications and in promoting fundraising for other university scholarships. Further details will only be released with your express permission.
• Your scholarship award in subsequent years of study is conditional upon your successful completion of the academic requirements to progress in your proposed subject of study at the University of St Andrews. If your scholarship is subject-related then your award is usually also conditional upon your continuing to study that specific subject.
• Attendance at Development related scholarship events (including invitations to meet the donors) is strongly encouraged. You will be invited to these as appropriate by the Development Office.
• Submission of reports throughout the period of scholarship support. You are required to submit an Introductory Biography at the start of your award period and the Development Office will contact you towards the end of the academic session for a report on your time at St Andrews to share with the donors of your award. This will be an annual cycle for the duration of your award.

When will I know the outcome?

The outcome of your scholarship application will be available on View my applications in the Scholarships and funding section of My Application by the end of May 2026.