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Sanctuary Scholarship

  • Summary: A number of scholarships for forced migrants to the UK, available for undergraduate, postgraduate or research degrees.
  • Value - what money is on offer: Full cost of tuition fees and £10,000 a year towards study costs.
  • Who is eligible: To apply for this scholarship you must be a forced migrant to the United Kingdom. This means you are a person displaced from your homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures.

How to apply

University of Leeds is pleased to offer scholarships for forced migrants to the UK. The Sanctuary Scholarship is open to people who wish to study any undergraduate, postgraduate or research degree.

The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition and £10,000 a year towards study costs.

There are a limited number of scholarships available. Successful applicants will be chosen using a set of selection criteria before a shortlisted group will be invited to interview. Successful applicants will not have to repay any of the money they receive through the scholarship.

Applications for the 2025/26 academic year will open in Spring 2025.

For full eligibility criteria and to apply, see the Sanctuary Scholarship webpage.

Further information

If you have any questions about the scholarship or wish to submit your supplementary evidence please email the Sanctuary Scholarships team at sanctuaryscholarships@leeds.ac.uk.