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Kickstart your future in accounting and finance with the ICAS Foundation. We support talented accounting and finance students from low-income backgrounds with bursaries, mentorship, and career guidance.

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About Us

The ICAS Foundation empowers future accounting and finance professionals studying eligible courses by providing financial assistance, mentorship, and career guidance to students from low-income backgrounds.

The video below explains the work of the ICAS Foundation in more detail

How It Works

We take a holistic approach to student support:

• Identifying Talent: Helping ambitious students excel in their course.
• Financial Assistance: Bursaries to reduce financial pressures and cover essential study costs.
• Mentorship: Personalised support from sector professionals, usually a Chartered Accountant
• Career-Ready: Access to internships, networking opportunities, and professional guidance.

Eligibility

Open to UK students pursuing studies in accounting or finance at

• Any Scottish university
• Partner universities in England: Lancaster University, University of Birmingham, Middlesex University (current students only), City St George's - University of London, and the University of Portsmouth
• Selected Scottish partner colleges (currently Forth Valley College, Fife College and Glasgow Clyde College)

Applicants must:

✔ Have a household income of £34,000 or less per year (before tax)
✔ Be eligible for UK government student support
✔ Not hold a previous degree (exceptions apply).

 

Formal University Partnerships

The ICAS Foundation works with a number of partner universities to deliver our programme of student support. We have match funding agreements in place with the following universities where the costs associated with providing a bursary for eligible students are split between the ICAS Foundation and our university partners.