To be eligible for BSURE you must:
- be able to prove right to live and work in the UK; and
- be currently undertaking (at least in second year), or have completed, an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related subject at a UK or Irish university; and
- have an interest in undertaking a research postgraduate degree/ research-oriented industrial roles; and
- be on track to achieve or have achieved a final undergraduate degree grade of a 2:1 or a First in Computer Science, or a related subject; and
- have not completed or hold an offer for postgraduate study.
Preference will be given during selection to candidates who meet at least one of the following criteria:
- be care experienced (for a period of more than 3 months); or
- have had caring responsibilities for 3 months or more occupying more than 10 hours per week; or
- be estranged from your parents/guardians; or
- have been considered as statutorily homeless and qualified for assistance under your local authority’s ‘main homelessness duty’; or
- be a refugee, stateless person, or asylum seeker, or been otherwise forcibly displaced within or outside your country of origin; or
- be from a low-income background and in receipt of more than the minimum levels of support detailed from your regional funding body; or
- belong to a travelling community that includes the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman and Boater communities.
The University of Birmingham is committed to increasing the participation of students from underrepresented backgrounds across all its programmes.