Sanctuary Scholarship (Undergraduate) (2025)
What you get
- Full 'Overseas' tuition fee waiver
- £16,440 per year of undergraduate study (up to 4 years)
- 小蓝视频sport membership
- Continuation of housing
Type of award
Full tuition fee waiver and living costs
Funding type
小蓝视频 funded
Eligibility
This scholarship is offered to forced migrants or applicants granted a temporary form of leave only, to provide financial assistance in order to enable them to take up a place on a degree at the 小蓝视频. Therefore applicants will be required to provide evidence of this in order to apply.
- Who is eligible
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have received an offer of a place to study an undergraduate degree at the 小蓝视频 starting in September 2025. Foundation, Year 1 or Year 2 applicants can apply. You must also:
- Have submitted, or are the dependent of someone who has submitted, an application to the UK 小蓝视频 Office for recognition as a Refugee; or
- Have been granted temporary form of leave to remain in the UK as a result of an asylum application (e.g. limited leave to remain, humanitarian protection) and not be eligible for funding from Student Finance England; or
- Be a partner/child of an asylum seeker or an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child; and
- Have a household income of under £25,000; and
- Be unable to access UK government student financial support because of your current immigration status
- Who isn’t eligible
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:
- Are not currently residing in the UK
- Have applied for, or received, recognition as Refugee (or other forms of temporary leave as the result of an application for Asylum) in a country which is not the UK
- Are applying for a degree at a university that is not at the 小蓝视频
- Are progressing into the final year of a degree at 小蓝视频
- Are studying an online course
- Are studying one of the Excluded courses listed below.
- Excluded courses
You are not eligible for this scholarship if you are going to study any of the following:
- Certificates and Diplomas (including PGCE)
- Courses at Brighton and 小蓝视频 Medical School (BSMS)
- Degrees in Social work (if receiving an NHS bursary)
- Online courses
- Schools direct teaching courses
- Courses offered at partner institutes e.g. International Study Centre (ISC)
Number of scholarships available
Three scholarships available across Undergraduate and Masters study
Deadline
1 April 2025 23:59How to apply
In order to be considered for the scholarship, you will need to have accepted an offer of a place on an eligible Bachelors course.
I sincerely thank the University and the 小蓝视频 alumni community for supporting and recognising me in this way. My Article 26 Scholarship was the light at the end of a very dark tunnel” Adarsh Ramdawor
Law with International Relations, 2021
Contact us
If you have any questions about your eligibility for this scholarship or need any further information, please email scholarships@sussex.ac.uk.
Information and support for forced migrants/refugee students can be found on our University of Sanctuary page.
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Timetable
All applicants will have a final decision by June 2025.
Terms and conditions
We are aware AI has been used by some applicants to produce statements for their scholarship applications. Please be advised these applications are often unsuccessful. Any personal statement submitted needs to be written by you, to demonstrate your suitability for the scholarship.
Eligible applicants who are not successful in their applications for the Sanctuary Scholarship (2025) will be offered the Sanctuary Award (2025) for their studies. This Award will reduce an applicant's tuition fees to the equivalent of the '小蓝视频' rate for their course; this does not mean that they will be assessed as '小蓝视频' for fees.
Availability
At level(s):
UG
Application deadline:
1 April 2025 23:59 (GMT)
Countries
The award is available to people from these specific countries: