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Would your students prefer a degree that combines study and paid work experience? If so a sponsored degree may appeal to them. Our guide explains all...

What's a sponsored degree?

Employers have various titles for sponsored degree schemes, including school leaver programmes, sponsored degrees, and scholarship schemes.

Sponsored degrees combine full-time study, paid work experience and reduced tuition fees for students.

They can be a great option for those who want to balance full-time study (covered by an employer) with real-world work experience plus a salary.  

What subjects can you study as part of a sponsored degree?

  • Accounting and finance
  • Business
  • Chemical engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil engineering
  • Computer science and software engineering
  • Construction, economics
  • Electronic, electrical and systems engineering
  • Maths
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Medicine (Armed Forces only)
  • Manufacturing and production engineering
  • Materials engineering
  • Natural sciences
  • Physics
  • River and coastal engineering
  • Technology
  • Television production and broadcast journalism

Coming soon...

We're working on a guide to sponsored degrees which will be available here shortly.