Scholarships

As a college, we are fortunate enough to be able to offer a selection of scholarships to students from lower-income households.

Scholarships include:

Margaret Bloomfield Scholarships

Margaret was an English Literature student at St Mary’s (1944-47). After graduating from university, she went on to have a successful career in Education. Margaret died in February 2023.

In her will, Margaret left St Mary’s College a legacy with the words “In gratitude for my four happy years at St Mary’s which made possible my rewarding career”.

While the college has a number of existing generous donations supporting students from lower-income households, these will be the first permanently endowed, fully financed scholarships in St Mary’s College’s 125-year history. 

Miss Bloomfield’s legacy will also fund a number of bursaries to ensure all students at St Mary’s can benefit from the collegiate experience, regardless of financial circumstances. 

These scholarships and bursaries will be advertised to Durham University offer holders soon and will commence from the academic year 2025/26.

Durham Inspired St Mary’s Scholarship

The Durham Inspired St Mary’s Scholarship, set up in 2019 is offered due to the generous support of St Mary’s alumni and is specifically intended to support applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.  The scholarship of £4,000 a year for up to 4 years is intended to help students get the most out of their time at Durham University and can be used to pay for the things that would help most, such as textbooks, laptops, memberships or sports activities and it does not need to be repaid. 

St Mary's PG Scholarships

New for academic year 2025/26, we will be advertising 2 scholarships to support St Mary's undergraduates as they embark on postgraduate studies. Each scholarship of £4,000 will provide much needed support to students as they continue their studies at Durham.