Dean Benson Scholarship

Dean Benson is a Teesside alumnus and the CEO and Founder of Visualsoft, a successful e-commerce platform company based in the region.

With thanks to Dean for his generous support, two scholarships will now be available for students enrolling in the 2022-23 academic year, with a total value of £6,000 awarded to each scholar across the duration of their three-year degree. Two further scholarships will be made available in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years.

To be eligible, you must be an incoming undergraduate studying computer science or a related course. Please see further details regarding eligibility below.

Dean Benson scholarship eligibility

To apply for this scholarship:

• you must be a new entrant on an undergraduate course studying computer science or another related undergraduate course (see eligible courses below):
  BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence
  BSc (Hons) Computer and Digital Forensics
  BSc (Hons) Computer Science
  BSc (Hons) Computing
  BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Networks
  BSc (Hons) Information Technology
  BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
  MComp (Hons) Computer Science
  BSc (Hons) Computer Games Programming
  BSc (Hons) Games Development
  BSc (Hons) Technical Game Development
  MComp (Hons) Computer Games Programming
  BSc (Hons) Cyber Security Management
  BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Forensic Computing
• you must have a TS postcode
• you must come from a household where total income is below £25,000 gross a year
• you must have selected Teesside University as your first-choice destination with UCAS.

How to apply

If you are eligible, you will be invited to apply in October 2022.

Please note that this scholarship cannot be accepted in conjunction with any other scholarship disbursed by the University.