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Sanctuary Scholarship 2023/24

About the award

Level: Undergraduate
Course: All in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Country: United Kingdom
Value: Full fee waiver; £1,700 QMUL Bursary per year; £8,400 living cost grant per year for those living in a parental home or £13,002 living cost grant for those living independently
No. of awards: up to 2
Deadline: 19th April 2023

More information

Queen Mary University of London is offering tuition fee and maintenance support for up to two undergraduate students who are asylum seekers or have a temporary immigration status awarded as a result of a claim for asylum but outside of the immigration rules, studying on degree programmes in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Successful applicants will be awarded a full tuition fee waiver and maintenance support. The non-repayable maintenance scholarship will include £1,700, the equivalent of the QMUL Bursary, and the equivalent of the student loan which most closely matches your circumstances, £8,400 for those living in a parental home, £13,002 for those living independently.

Funding will be provided for the normal duration of your course, if you need to apply for extra funding, e.g. for a course change or repeat year, your individual circumstances will be examined by the panel and a decision will be communicated to you.

Eligibility

For us to consider your application for our Sanctuary Scholarship you must:

  • have a temporary immigration status awarded as a result of a claim for asylum but outside of the immigration rules (e.g. limited leave to remain, discretionary leave to remain, humanitarian protection); or
  • be an asylum seeker or child of an asylum seeker;

AND

  • be ineligible to obtain funding from the Student Loan Company due to your immigration status; and
  • have submitted a UCAS application for a place on an Undergraduate course in the Faculty of Science & Engineering or the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences by 25th January 2023; and
  • not already hold an equivalent or higher level qualification.

How to apply

The deadline for the Sanctuary Scholarship 2023-24 is 19th April 2023

The application form can be downloaded below:

Sanctuary Scholarship 2023_24 [PDF 623KB]

Completed applications and supporting documents should be emailed to bursaries@qmul.ac.uk

Contact us

Find us online:    arcs.qmul.ac.uk/bursariesoffice

Email:   bursaries@qmul.ac.uk

 

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