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📸 At a Glance

 🌍 Birmingham, England, UK
🎓 Russell Group ❌
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Bronze Award
💷 Scholarships Available ❌
🏅 Ranking: 50 (Complete University Guide 2026)

🔎 Overview

Aston University is a public university located in central Birmingham, England. It is known for its strong focus on employability and industry placements, with many courses offering work experience opportunities. The university provides degrees in areas such as business, engineering, health, computing, and law, and has strong links with employers across the UK.

 📊 Ethnicity Breakdown

  • Black: 19%
  • Mixed race: 4%
  • White: 23%
  • Asian: 50%
  • Other: 3%
  • Not known: 1%

💷 Scholarships & Funding

🚨 Aston University does not have ethnicity or country specific scholarships, but it does have multiple general scholarships that you can apply for depending on your background, income, or academic performance.

👨🏾‍🎓👩🏿‍🎓 Student Life & Support

  • Afro Caribbean Society (ACS)
  • African Caribbean Medical Society
  • Black Excellence & Advancement Society (BEA Society)
  • 🇦🇴 Angola and Friends Society
  • 🇪🇹 East Africa Society
  • 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Society
  • 🇸🇴 Somali Society

*The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.

📣 Things Uni To Know

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What this means

•Race Equality Charter: Recognises universities improving ethnic minority representation and outcomes. Awards include Bronze, Silver, or Gold; some universities are members without an award.

• Ethnicity breakdown: Shows the ethnic makeup of UK-domiciled students (those with a UK permanent address) across all levels, based on the most recent academic year.

Scholarship Update

• Scholarships are for Black students (home/domestic) and African/Caribbean students (international).

• "Black" includes those of Black heritage and mixed Black heritage.

• Eligibility varies by scholarship - check each listing for details.

• Scholarships are for 2026–27; some may have closed. Check back for 2027–28 updates.

• Scholarship availability changes yearly, some scholarships may be closed now but reopen later. Check official sites for details and revisit this page for updates and new listings.

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How This Data Works

• Info is based on the latest HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) and publicly available data for UK-domiciled students, reflecting the previous academic year (rounded to whole numbers).

• Ethnicity is self-identified, so figures are indicative, not exact.

• The “Mixed” category by HESA includes all mixed ethnic backgrounds, including mixed Black backgrounds.

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