Clinical medics and vets
You’re eligible for the Cambridge Bursary for the duration of your course, including your clinical years when you will be funded by the NHS. You do, however, need to apply for income assessment through your regional funding body in order to continue to receive the CBS in your clinical years.
Veterinary students should apply each year as usual.
How to apply
To be considered for a Cambridge Bursary if you receive an NHS Bursary (usually medical students in their fifth and sixth years) you must request means-testing by your regional Student Finance body.
Submit the following to them in respect of Academic Year 2026/27:
- PR1 to renew your student finance application - 2026 entry
- non-means tested to means tested form - 2026 entry
- cover letter explaining that you would like to be means tested for a bursary
- PFF2 form if you are a dependent student - for 2026 entry
The bursary will be based on household income amount, with no deduction for the NHS Bursary.
To be considered for a Cambridge Bursary if you receive an NHS Bursary (usually medical students in their fifth and sixth years) you must request means-testing by your regional Student Finance body.
Submit the following to them in respect of Academic Year 2026/27:
- PR1 to renew your student finance application - 2026 entry
- non-means tested to means tested form – 2026 entry
- cover letter explaining that you would like to be means tested for a bursary
- PFF2 form if you are a dependent student – for 2026 entry
The bursary will be based on household income amount, with no deduction for the NHS Bursary.
As a Scottish medical student, you do not receive an NHS bursary and are assessed in the normal way by Student Awards Agency for Scotland throughout your course. You need to reapply for financial assistance each year.
You must contact your College to arrange for your financial information to be obtained from your Education Authority. We cannot do this automatically. Student Finance Northern Ireland is a very useful website for information and support.
When completing your clinical years, please follow the process for continuing EU students, by renewing your application for a tuition fee loan through your regional Student Finance body each year.
You are eligible for the Cambridge Bursary for every year of your course, even though this is not your first degree. The same eligibility applies to you as to undergraduates taking their first degree.
If your regional Student Finance body is assessing your household income, not the NHS, you’ll automatically be assessed for a Cambridge Bursary. In your clinical years, follow the instructions for clinical medical students.
If you are studying Medicine or Veterinary Medicine through the affiliated route, you are eligible for the Cambridge Bursary for all years of your course, in the same way as other medical students. The level of bursary is based on assessment of either your own income or your parents' income, depending on whether or not you are considered independent by your regional funding body. In your clinical years, follow the instructions for clinical medical students.